It's good to see something with history like that, Jim.
On a sadder note, we heard last week that a colleague, an ex-Jaguar pilot from
years ago, had exited a Cub to send a student solo when he walked into the
moving propellor. It appears it is possible to walk forward from the door.
Can you imagine someone doing that?
Chris
On 22 Feb 2012, at 18:48, Jim Nichols wrote:
> This simple airplane taught me the rudiments of flying. It was honest, but
> required a student pilot to provide the touches to do anything well. I
> started flying it as a flying club aircraft in 1957. After a serious mishap,
> it has been rebuilt and still resides in a Tullahoma hangar.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/The+Cub+in+Sepia.jpg.html
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