National Aeronca Association Bulletin Board

It's a wet, windy and nasty day in NW Wisconsin. I'm out of materials for my L16 project until my paint shipment comes in so I thought I'd start a trivia for any members that might want to respond. Obviously doen't take a lot to occupy my mind .
I'll put my (responses) at the end of the question.........

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? (About age 14 when I had a ride in a J-3 on skis).
2. At what age did you solo? (40 was busy with other committments before that).
3. Type of plane you soloed in? (Cessna 150)
4. Hours to solo? (Just over 9)
5. Favorite flying movie? (12 O'clock high)
6. Favorite flying book? (probably '8 Hours to Solo', I read that over and over when I was a kid; however, "Thunderbolt' would be a close second.
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? (P-38 Lockheed, no question about it)

MikeB

It's REALLY WINDY in northern Illinois:

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? (About age 10).
2. At what age did you solo? (26; just out of law school and my brother asked if I wanted to buy an airplane. I had no money so he said he'd loan it to me. Bought a J-3. First flight on 9/7/1968 from York Township Airport, soloed on 10/12/1968 after 6 hours and 40 minutes instruction.)
3. Type of plane you soloed in? (Piper J-3)
4. Hours to solo? (6 hours, 40 minutes)
5. Favorite flying movie? (Home video enroute to Florida with the kids)
6. Favorite flying book? (Flight of Passage).
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? (My 182 and my Champ, Really!)

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1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? <Very young - The whole family worked at Lockheed. If you see the video of the initial flight of the C-5, my shining face (at 4 years of age) is in there somewhere.>
2. At what age did you solo? <29>.3. Type of plane you soloed in? <Cessna 152>
4. Hours to solo? <Somewhere between 8 and 12 - don't remember>
5. Favorite flying movie? <The Right Stuff>
6. Favorite flying book? (Too many to list, but I'll try: Biplane, A Gift of Wings, Nothing By Chance, Fate is the Hunter).
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? <Supermarine Spitfire - Mk IX or earlier, please.>
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Kyle

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? (I don't remember ever not wanting to fly).
2. At what age did you solo? (35 was busy with other commitments before that).
3. Type of plane you soloed in? (Luscombe 8F N9922C)
4. Hours to solo? (9.6 hours according to my log)
5. Favorite flying movies? (One Six Right, The Right Stuff)
6. Favorite flying book? (Lots of 'em...Stick & Rudder, Fate is the Hunter, God is My Co-pilot, A Gift of Wings, The Spirit of St Louis...)
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? (A Beaver amphib...or maybe a Goose)

Rick

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly?
Around 4yrs old on my Dad's lap in a Stearman Cropduster
2. At what age did you solo?
I was 39 according to my log book but I flew a cub much earlier....don't tell my dad.
3. Type of plane you soloed in?
First time J3, Official time N2661E Red and White 7AC
4. Hours to solo?
12...I was a slow learner
5. Favorite flying movie?
The Great Waldo Pepper
6. Favorite flying book?
Don't have one.
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be?
Sean Tucker Challenger II biplane

1. What age did you get the desire to fly? (Around 12 years old, ride in a V-Tail Bonanza)
2. What age did you solo? (18 years old)
3. Type aircraft soloed in? (Cessna 152)
4. Hours to solo? (Around 10 hours)
5. Favorite flying movie? (Pancho Barnes)
6. Favorite flying book? (The History of German Aviation Willy Messerschmitt)
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? (Bf-109 with the cockpit located at the empennage (Gee Bee R series) and of course with nitro-methane pure clean burning speed)

Charles F.

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? As long as I can remember as a kid I liked planes and flying
2. What age did you solo? 16, nearly 17
3. Type of plane you soloed in? A 1969 Cessna 150
4. Hours to solo? 9.6
5. Favorite flying movie? Spirit of St Louis
6. Favorite flying book? To many to list, We, Biplane, Nothing by Chance
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? One of the Curtiss Hawk biplanes

Or this one,

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? As long as I can remember...

2. At what age did you solo? 28

3. Type of plane you soloed in? 1946 Aeronca 7AC/EC Conv

4. Hours to solo? 10 - Insurance minimum...

5. Favorite flying movie? Top Gun

6. Favorite flying book? Fate is the Hunter, F.E. Potts Guide to Bush Flying, Last of the Bush Pilots, Clouddancers Alaskan Chronicles)

7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? SR-71, F-22, P-51, Edge540

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? Probably around 4 or 5. I can still remember sitting on a phone book in my dad's Cessna 140 to see out.

2. At what age did you solo? 16th Birthday

3. Type of plane you soloed in? 1963 Cessna 172

4. Hours to solo? 40. Had to wait for my birthday.

5. Favorite flying movie? Anything with old airplanes or the X aircraft.

6. Favorite flying book? Baa Baa Black Sheep signed by Pappy Boyington on 8/2/87 at Oshkosh.

7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? F4U Corsair, X-15

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? As long as I can remember...

2. At what age did you solo? 18 the first time, 49 the second, life got in the way in between

3. Type of plane you soloed in? Citabria first, Champ second

4. Hours to solo? 11

5. Favorite flying movie? Spirit of St. Louis

6. Favorite flying book? Spirit of St. Louis

7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? Boeing F4B-2

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? All my life. On nice days when other kids went to the ball park Dad took my brother and I to one (or all) of the local airports. He was struggling to get his PPL 1/2 hour at a time in a Champ.
2. At what age did you solo? 26
3. Type of plane you soloed in? Cessna 140A
4. Hours to solo? 16 spread over 10 years
5. Favorite flying movie? The Blue Max
6. Favorite flying book? Stick and Rudder, Forever Flying, Yeager
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? Meyers OTW

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? Grew up at my father's FBO. I was the "airport kid".
2. At what age did you solo? On my 16th birthday, FAA minimum age. Private at 17, Commercial at 18, etc.
3. Type of plane you soloed in? Aeronca 7AC
4. Hours to solo? 160, had to wait until I turned 16.
5. Favorite flying movie? The Spirit of Saint Louis (Jimmy Stewart) My father took me to see it.
6. Favorite flying book? Chicken Hawk (Vietnam Helicopters)
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? SR-71 Blackbird

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? 22, had been around aviation my whole live but didnt fall in love with it until later
2. At what age did you solo? Age 23 in 2008.
3. Type of plane you soloed in? Citabria 7kcab
4. Hours to solo? 20 as mandated by our insurance but was ready way before that
5. Favorite flying movie? Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart.
6. Favorite flying book? The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe or any other book about NASA
7. If you were able to fly any plane, what would it be? DC-3 or maybe a Howard DGA15

Was given ride in stagger wing at 10yrs. old and later in a Stinson 108. (1946.) Was hooked. Soloed at 18 and got license shortly after. I THINK I soloed in about 10 hours, flying both an 85 champ and a 65 champ. Also was intrigued by Stinson Reliant that picked up mail each morning at local airport using a hook on a cable. It was operated by all american Aviation out of Wilmington Del. (DuPonts owned it) Much later it became Alleganey Airlines, then U.S.Air. When young,lived near JHW, Jamestown N.Y. Have owned: a 195, A Stearman, part of a Mooney Super 21, 2 Cessna 140's, An 85 Champ, a 7eca, a cub and 3 taylorcraft BC12D'S. The Stearman was the most fun and I miss it! (it was no harder to fly than a Champ.) I always wanted to own a Stinson Reliant and missed one (a NICE one!) in the 80's by procrastinating and dithering! Big Mistake. Its was a real joy to fly also! Favorite flying movie, 12 oclock high, Favorite flying book: "Flight of Passage" By Rinker Buck (don't miss it!) and of course..".Fate is the Hunter" by Ernest Gann! JP

Always thought a Stearman would be a blast to own/fly. I had a ride in one years ago. Love the sound of the radial engine although I can't imagine feeding one oil and fuel. When I served in the air force in the late 50's we had a lot of big old radials. Seems like some burned 115/145 octane fuel. I think the first line fighter in those days was a F102, later converted to F106's.
MikeB