I practically grew up at that airport back in the 70s and early 80s. I remember Mr Rainey and Mr Morris. My dad kept his 1963 Cessna 205 there for many years. Good times and good memories...
@@todhog Yes sir, that would have been him. Unfortunately the fellow who owns it now seems to have lost interest in the project, or realized how much work is involved, so I don't have very high hopes that he'll finish it.
Great to here how you got into flying at the beginning. Nice plane not to many clean 195 Cessna around. Thats a beautiful airplane. Flying is a great hobby. I need to vist my airport where I learned at. One of these days. Thank you enjoyed your video.
That is one nice looking aircraft, the pilots not looking to awful shabby yet. You both might have a few more great years in ya yet. Thanks for the ride along, hopefully will get a few more videos in the 195. Finding, buying and flying you’re dream airplane the very definition of a committed relationship.😁😂 Have a great day today and a better tomorrow.👍
Very cool video Capt. Wilson, you have strong roots in aviation, from your solo in your 140A to several airlines, flying turboprops, 727s .DC 8's worldwide, now Airbus. Well done!
I taught myself how to fly a taildragger, my Cessna 140 A , never heard of or had my shirt cut, must be a USA thing. Canada doesn't seem to do it. At least I never heard or saw it in the 25 years flying.
My dream plane. But I have a mental block with intimidation. I’ve been flying Skywagons since 91. What’s it like to have flaps that don’t offer any lift? How much does the Jacobs a leak? I’ve found no one in Utah with any round motor experience that’s still working. Are my fears warranted?
It’s not a short field airplane like a Skywagon, other than that it pretty normal. Mine doesn’t leak much at all and it’s a higher time engine. It does come out intake vents when it sits a while and sometimes out the exhaust when you pull it through on preflight. Depends on the mood it’s in. Finding somebody that knows how to work on it can be problematic but there are plenty of knowledgeable people out there. If you don’t know how to turn a wrench it can get expensive, they like to be tinkered with.
That video is Great! Well maybe not great but pretty good, not bad, could have been better…man it is awful, BOO, BOO! (Haaaaa!) Enjoy that beautiful plane Todd! Your not old yet!
does that have the shakey jakey 275 ? There was a break in your audio when you said " I don't like to 3-point this airplane because ......." and it broke up. What did you say ? 12:03
Yes it has the 275 Jake but it doesn’t live up to its name, most people comment on how smooth it is compared to a Lycoming. I don’t like to three point because it requires more skill and attention to make a good one. .
@@todhog Gotcha, yea, I think it was old-timer C195 guy Barrett that used to say that at air-shows. Thanks for clarifying on the 3-point, yea, I have heard ANY landing is a challenge in this plane unless you have the crosswind gear. Thanks for sharing!
@@dabneyoffermein595 actually, it is not hard to land, it’s the easiest of any tailwheel planes I have ever landed. It could be easy to lose control of as well. People “hear” a lot of things about planes that are usually just hear say.
@@todhog A mechanic probably saw that the tailwheel cables were crossed and thought it was rigged wrong and switched to un-crossed, which would cause that. (as you probably know, it has the odd looking cable-cross back there)
