Oldest aircraft you’ve flown in?
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Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Her Majesty’s SAS. Retired, of course.
+10 internet bonus points if you know the movie without looking it up.
+10 internet bonus points if you know the movie without looking it up.
WacoFan
Bigly
1939 would be a pre-war/civilian DGA-15P. These were supposed to be superior to the military DGA-15P's. My grandpa's Howard was a 1943 and every Howard DGA 15P I've been in/flown has been originally military. I've never talked to anyone that really conclusively could say why the civil ones were supposed to be better - maybe weight? The DGA-11 was a civilian Howard - and best of the commercial Howards. Flew in one once and much faster than a DGA-15 on the same power. The BEST Howard ever, and one I was lucky enough to ride in and get to fly (except TO/Land) was the Younkin replica of Mr. Mulligan (DGA-6). It was an exact replica (per Harold Neumann who won the Thompson trophy in the original - and those were his words spoken to a group of us after he had just wrung out the replica (sitting in the left seat) including pylon turns and a couple passes down the runway that I am positive exceeded the speed restrictions mandated by the FAA). The Mulligan was a far better flying machine than any of the successor Howards and it, as well as the DGA-11, had better ground handling manners than the DGA-15.
T-34C! Not the oldest plane I ever flew, but stunningly and amazingly, the first plane I ever flew. Most planes after that were a bit of a let down. Not quite ruin-you-for-life class, but close.
I missed that topical perimeter as well. "Flown in" to me means: manipulated the controls of... "Been a Pax on" is a different category altogether.
I missed that topical perimeter as well.
knot4u
Repeat Offender
Perimeter or parameter? I suppose both work.
Nope. Not really. But given the last couple of decades of widespread malapropism (ironically, mostly deployed by widgets trying to sound "smart"), it sure can feel that way. Who knows today. Anything goes. 'Cause, you know, "language evolves".
fholbert
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web265
Well-Known Member
Interesting information. I've actually been in a few of the Howards, I had a friend that had one and went to the Howard Aircraft Foundation fly in a couple times, then flew to Oskosh with them. I took a lot of air to air photos of them, a couple were published. I ended up becoming a life member of the foundation, but, I doubt I'll ever own one.
I've met Mr Younkin several times, he was a great guy. Mr Younkin put a friends Howard together for him, I'm pretty sure it was an 11.
It never quite got finished before the friend, John R Turgyan, passed away. It was donated to the foundation and taken to a museum outside of Chicago where it lives today.
Beefy McGee
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The one I rode in was based out of St Louis, had a red paint scheme. I rode in it in tge early 90s. Not sure what happened to the plane later.
WacoFan
Bigly
Is that Bruce Dickenson's airplane? I think he calls it a DGA-21. Haven't seen it since he painted it. I've heard it kicks ass.
WacoFan
Bigly
John Turyan was a friend of my grandpa's. He used to fly his first Howard from the KC flyin in Atchison and land at my grandparents house and spend the week and then they'd all fly to Denton the next weekend. My first Howard ride was in Turgyan's first one before my grandpa's got done. Then he got rid of it, got a Waco Taperwing and then got into Spartan Executive and then he eventually ended up with the DGA-11 above. What a machine. You should post more of your Howard pictures!
///AMG
Well-Known Member
If I'm being honest, the turboweiner was the most fun I've ever had in an airplane.
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Is Grand Junction just up the road from it's sister town Conjunction? The one made famous by that song? I could never figure out the point of that place....
