# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/961 "2017-07-23T17:41:45Z")
A club being formed around a specif home built all in for a meet & greet? Paint colors being like a club patch? Big planes. small planes. tail wheels, tri-gear or both? Mass formation takeoffs usually have special permission from the Tower and Departure Control at major airports. Maybe something in the local news?? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/962 "2017-07-23T18:25:21Z")
No visible tail wheels, but retractable gear. Low wing. Most unusual feature was that the leading edges of the rudders were forward swept. Oshkosh is only a couple hours drive away, and i just found that the EAA annual shindig starts tomorrow. There’s gotta be a connection. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/963 "2017-07-23T18:28:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > No visible tail wheels, but retractable gear. Low wing. Most unusual feature was that the leading edges of the rudders were forward swept. > > Oshkosh is only a couple hours drive away, and i just found that the EAA annual shindig starts tomorrow. There’s gotta be a connection. Sounds like Mooneys. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/964 "2017-07-23T18:39:54Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Sounds like Mooneys. Looks a lot like their online pics. Also, i saw their website pics touting … something approved by the FAA in March, so maybe this is part of a big sales pitch at EAA. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/965 "2017-07-23T18:52:39Z")
[Mooney Caravan formation 2015 EAA AirVenture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZnOUD785P0) (video, 3.47) [Mooneys in flight](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/host.madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/2b/82b851fa-1f70-5e66-8a47-5352e66ebff6/4e29ff5a1353e.image.jpg) (image) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/966 "2017-07-23T19:07:46Z")
Still pic side view looks dead on color-wise. I sent an email to Mooney HQ asking for anything they could tell me about today’s flight. Wonder whether I’ll get a reply. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/967 "2017-07-23T21:06:58Z")
I got a reply from Mooney confirming it was the Mooney Caravan. Unfortunately no count of how many planes were in it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/968 "2017-07-23T21:26:54Z")
The ‘local’ [fly-in](http://www.arlingtonflyin.org), which I missed again this year, has a flyover of [Van’s RVs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%27s_Aircraft). There’s usually 30 or 40 of them. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/969 "2017-07-24T01:45:10Z")
Another question and another reply from Mooney - today’s takeoff was 51 planes! And I was wondering if I’d inflated the number in my own head. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/970 "2017-07-24T03:16:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The ‘local’ [fly-in](http://www.arlingtonflyin.org), which I missed again this year, has a flyover of [Van’s RVs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%27s_Aircraft). There’s usually 30 or 40 of them. I wasn’t able to open that arlingtonflyin site you linked for some reason, and googling for it shows that there are fly-ins or air shows in Arlington, WA; Arlington, TX; and Arlington, VA. You’re in WA, n’est-ce pas? I was hoping to see whatever pics might be there, and if that phalanx of RV’s might be the West Coast Ravens – of whom I’ve written [earlier in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20228416#post20228416). (See the links in that post – some of them have a lot of good pics of RV’s and RV’s flying in formation.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/971 "2017-07-24T03:51:57Z")
Arlington, WA. Alas, their website is light on photos. [Here’s their Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/ArlingtonFlyin/), which has lots of photos and videos. ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/972 "2017-07-24T17:58:56Z")
I lurk on here more than anywhere else, so will put in a bit of a brag. After many years building finally flew my RV. Engine didn’t run as good as I hoped so need to work on that some more. Flew just great, still grinning. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/973 "2017-07-25T07:34:01Z")
> [@ThisOneGuy](#): > > I lurk on here more than anywhere else, so will put in a bit of a brag. After many years building finally flew my RV. Engine didn’t run as good as I hoped so need to work on that some more. > > Flew just great, still grinning. Double-plus-kewl! PICS! What model RV? You got a good wild custom paint job yet? The engines for RVs of course don’t actually come with the kit, as far as I know. You had to buy that separately, right? Where are you? Anywhere on or near the far western reaches of the United States? Are you a West Coast Raven (or planning to become one)? Or any other RV club? I’ve kinda-sorta discovered that there are many RV pilots-and-owners clubs around the country (and I’d expect elsewhere too). We get RVs flying through here now and then, sometimes a bunch in formation. (Byron, California, not to be confused with Byron Bay, Aus.) Sooner or later I’m going to talk one of those pilots into taking me up for a spin with him/her (perhaps even literally :eek:)! (Oh, and did I mention: **PICS !!!** ) As for all the other readers here: See what I mean about adrenalin? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/974 "2017-07-25T07:41:10Z")
Highly Mundane and Pointless post I just made in another thread (about duct tape, actually) that mentions something about aircraft, so I’ll just include it here by reference: [Something about holding aircraft together with duct tape](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20368847&posted=1#post20368847) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/975 "2017-07-25T15:16:19Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Highly Mundane and Pointless post I just made in another thread (about duct tape, actually) This is from a few years ago. A bear attacked a guy’s Super Cub in a remote area, so he [fixed it with duct tape](http://aviationhumor.net/duct-tape-use-number-1001-repair-a-plane-after-a-bear-attack/). ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/976 "2017-07-26T03:37:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Double-plus-kewl! PICS! What model RV? 8A, the tandem model with the (lighter in this case) tricycle gear. > [@](#): > > You got a good wild custom paint job yet? Not too wild, a military inspired like most -8 models. Went with a IJAAF scheme, as all the RV’s with P-51 colors creates a “Target Rich Environment” > [@](#): > > The engines for RVs of course don’t actually come with the kit, as far as I know. You had to buy that separately, right? Yes, you have to buy the engine separately. I’m not rich enough for a new one, so got an old O-360 out of an Apache. > [@](#): > > Where are you? Anywhere on or near the far western reaches of the United States? In Utah, so in the west, but not near the coast. Not really a club joiner. > [@](#): > > Sooner or later I’m going to talk one of those pilots into taking me up for a spin with him/her (perhaps even literally :eek:)! You do know that they call it the $30,000 free ride? I have 39.3 hours more to fly before I can take passengers, and am a big fat guy so unless you’re small we would be aft the aerobatic CG limit. So for spins you’ll have to look elsewhere. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/smilies/smile.gif](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/smilies/smile.gif) > [@](#): > > (Oh, and did I mention: **PICS !!!** ) [![](https://i.imgur.com/4EgBUyt.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/4EgBUyt.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JHBoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JHBoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHBoom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/977 "2017-07-26T03:55:18Z")
Nice! Catto prop? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/978 "2017-07-26T14:11:04Z")
Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/979 "2017-07-26T23:07:55Z")
> [@JHBoom](#): > > Nice! Catto prop? Yes. Got it used as well from another RV guy moving up to constant speed. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/980 "2017-08-01T03:12:39Z")
I have a love/hate reaction every time i pass this place. [:::: sigh ::::](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WY3G6SHRcCdIykvY2) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499.md?page=50)