| Image Comments |
| David Duckett | 14-Jul-20 10:18 |
| James is in the yellow Ercoupe flying over the neighborhood on the way to Washington, DC. |
| David Duckett | 14-Jul-20 11:15 |
| James is flying this Ercoupe to Washington, DC, for some kind of ceremony, leaving his here. This one belongs to a lady who is a licensed pilot which by itself isn’t unusual. But she has no arms and flies it with her feet and that is amazing! |
| heywooood | 14-Jul-20 13:47 |
| Nice arial shot of the boneyard, Dave - never seen it from this perspective.
The Ercoupe’s controls are linked from the factory. RC pilots could think of control ‘mixing’ as when the the pilot inputs a bank to the ailerons by moving the yoke in the direction he wants to bank, the rudders move in that direction as well, to eliminate yaw and help make coordinated turns. The plane would be ideal for an aviator so impaired - although the challenge is no less amazing to overcome regardless. Douglas Bader flew Hurri’s and Spitfires without legs while fighting in the BoB. People of great character can do anything they care to do. |
| edtherenderman | 14-Jul-20 16:03 |
| Do you know when the picture was taken? It's interesting to see the B-52G models with the wings and tails cut off for the SALT-2 nuclear disarmament treaty. I was an Offensive Avionics Technician on B-52's in the mid to late 80's. I probably worked on some of those A/C down there.
And I agree with the statement about people with character! |
| David Duckett | 14-Jul-20 16:34 |
| This photo was taken Monday morning. |
| edtherenderman | 14-Jul-20 17:34 |
| Okay then! That's pretty current! |
| edtherenderman | 15-Jul-20 08:30 |
| D'oh! I realized I got the treaty wrong. Not SALT-2 but New START treaty. Aircraft had to be positioned in a specific way so that the Russian Satellites could see that they have been destroyed. |
