MX flight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[swisspilot]

Today I went for a MX flight with the C172 to a nearby airport, really neat hangar next to the MX shop, full of pretty new or restored airplanes.

Rearwind

 

[AeroT]

Love the 50th Baron.

 

[swisspilot]

Couple more

Airport BBQ

 

[EIR]

Excellent pictures!

 

[n57flyguy]

Nice Cub

 

[Adler]

Uirapuru!

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Very nice - love the old straight-backed 172. And the Baron is good lookin' too.

 

[Apophis]

Very nice photos. I especially like the shelf with all of the old aircraft instruments!

 

[swisspilot]

Very nice photos. I especially like the shelf with all of the old aircraft instruments!

The guy as all sort of stuff, he has been collecting parts for the last 40 years, he has also the tools to make an airplanes from scratch....next time I will take some pictures of his shop.

 

[swisspilot]

Very nice - love the old straight-backed 172. And the Baron is good lookin' too.

Love flying that C172C, I think it flies better then newer 172s. The guy I fly with use to fly the T-41 Mescalero, I can`t even imagine how cool it would be having a 210HP engine in place of the 145HP...

 

[Cav]

Love the 50th Baron.

Yeah me too. I've always thought that the Baron is a great looking airplane...blast to fly as well!

 

[crfguy51]

cool pics, thanks for sharing

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Love flying that C172C, I think it flies better then newer 172s. The guy I fly with use to fly the T-41 Mescalero, I can`t even imagine how cool it would be having a 210HP engine in place of the 145HP...

Never had the chance to fly a straight-backed one, but P versus S models are no comparison, the P models are better machines too, I think - subjectively just feels better.

 

[swisspilot]

Never had the chance to fly a straight-backed one, but P versus S models are no comparison, the P models are better machines too, I think - subjectively just feels better.

I only flew this C and an R model, the R model feels bigger inside but I like the way the C model flies better, I just like the feel of the 6 cylinders..

 

[Maurus]

Yeah me too. I've always thought that the Baron is a great looking airplane...blast to fly as well!

Yes, but who has the money to throw down on a 1.3 million dollar twin piston?

 

[swisspilot]

Yes, but who has the money to throw down on a 1.3 million dollar twin piston?

Here, if you wanna do part 135 IFR in it, it has to be a twin, so there are a ton of Barons around

 

[robofos]

nice pics. theres some good scenery over there!

 

[N519AT]

Very nice pictures and nice aircraft.

 

[swisspilot]

nice pics. theres some good scenery over there!

It`s not too bad, along the coast it`s really nice, but when you start flying inland it gets boring as hell, you fly for like 3-4 hours and outside it looks always the same...and I`m not talking about the Amazon forest, there it must be depressing...

gonna go fly inland in a week or two and I will post some pictures

 

[Brazilian_Pilot]

It`s not too bad, along the coast it`s really nice, but when you start flying inland it gets boring as hell, you fly for like 3-4 hours and outside it looks always the same...and I`m not talking about the Amazon forest, there it must be depressing...

gonna go fly inland in a week or two and I will post some pictures

Dude, have you ever flown in the U.S. Midwest? That my friend is boring!

You are a great photographer BTW! Maybe when I return to Brazil in June you can teach me some camera skills!