jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
Hmm...no miliatary experience for me, so don't have any of those flights to talk about.
My coolest three are;
1) Flying with my grandpa when I was a kid in his J-3 Cub. Used to leave the "doors" open on the right side (cub guys know what I mean) and would put the plane in a fairly steep right hand bank. He would put the wing on a point, like the barn on the farm, and then turn so the barn always was on that wing. It was a near perfect, unobstructed view of the ground. I always enjoyd flying with Grandpa as a kid. As I got older he'd let me fly when we were up in the air.
2) Over Christmas I flew with my uncle off of the family farm in his plane (think it was a 172, not for sure...definitely a 4 seat, high wing tricycle gear prop plane). I hadn't been up in a small plane at the family farm for several years. We taxied to the end of the runway - a grass strip between fields - , took off, and he said, you wanna fly? He gave me some brief lessons (all while he was also on the controls) and allowed me to fly for about 20 minutes or so, including basic navigation by sight (north south / east west roads, landmarks, etc.) and by compass heading. Man, I had forgotten how much I loved flying until he took me up.
3) Honeymoon in Kauai about 7 years ago. We took a helo tour through the Waimai (sp) Canyon in a very small, nimble helo. Pilot was a Vietnam vet that could really handle that thing. No doors, just the awesome sensation of flight. Almost lost the video camera out the door though...good thing my hand was through the hand strap!
My coolest three are;
1) Flying with my grandpa when I was a kid in his J-3 Cub. Used to leave the "doors" open on the right side (cub guys know what I mean) and would put the plane in a fairly steep right hand bank. He would put the wing on a point, like the barn on the farm, and then turn so the barn always was on that wing. It was a near perfect, unobstructed view of the ground. I always enjoyd flying with Grandpa as a kid. As I got older he'd let me fly when we were up in the air.
2) Over Christmas I flew with my uncle off of the family farm in his plane (think it was a 172, not for sure...definitely a 4 seat, high wing tricycle gear prop plane). I hadn't been up in a small plane at the family farm for several years. We taxied to the end of the runway - a grass strip between fields - , took off, and he said, you wanna fly? He gave me some brief lessons (all while he was also on the controls) and allowed me to fly for about 20 minutes or so, including basic navigation by sight (north south / east west roads, landmarks, etc.) and by compass heading. Man, I had forgotten how much I loved flying until he took me up.
3) Honeymoon in Kauai about 7 years ago. We took a helo tour through the Waimai (sp) Canyon in a very small, nimble helo. Pilot was a Vietnam vet that could really handle that thing. No doors, just the awesome sensation of flight. Almost lost the video camera out the door though...good thing my hand was through the hand strap!