Biplane Ride

Slickcraft · 08-10-2013, 05:23 PM

We did it last year, kids gave us a gift certificate for Christmas. Best gift we ever got!

SIKSUKR · 08-12-2013, 02:30 PM

I always wondered how the pilot saw where he was going while on the ground.

kbh · 08-12-2013, 02:49 PM

Now if we could just combine this plane ride and the skydiving thread, we could be jumping out of a biplane in Laconia -- sweet!

Slickcraft · 08-12-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I always wondered how the pilot saw where he was going while on the ground.

We asked him that. He can't see directly ahead so he looks side to side to keep track of position on the runway and taxi way. He probably has every runway feature memorized. It does have very short take off and landing capability.

Aguamenti · 08-12-2013, 06:19 PM

We saw the biplane over Center Harbor. Bet you didn't see us waving!!

upthesaukee · 08-12-2013, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

We asked him that. He can't see directly ahead so he looks side to side to keep track of position on the runway and taxi way. He probably has every runway feature memorized. It does have very short take off and landing capability.

...we would get a few bi-planes that would land, or be based at the airports I worked at. Most of them would do a little zig zag taxiing to allow them to see what lay ahead of them.

It would make you thing that we had a drunk pilot on our hands.

ApS · 08-16-2013, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Little Bear

We took a 1 hour biplane ride today with Phil from Lakes Biplane out of Laconia Airport. Besides being a spectacular day to fly, the flight itself was incredible...If you want a unique experience, you owe it to yourself to take a tour. We can't wait to go back up this fall when the leaves are turning.

http://www.lakesbiplane.com/index.html

That Saturday, I heard Phils' white Waco approach from the west, grabbed my camera, then noticed Phil was flying at a much higher altitude than usual. No photos taken that day...

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I always wondered how the pilot saw where he was going while on the ground.

...and...

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

...we would get a few bi-planes that would land, or be based at the airports I worked at. Most of them would do a little zig zag taxiing to allow them to see what lay ahead of them.

It would make you thing that we had a drunk pilot on our hands.

It wasn't a problem only with biplanes: even the vaunted P-51 Mustang of WWII had to zig-zag.

Sent to a friend, this frame from a long WWII Government documentary in the South Pacific shows a P-47 Thunderbolt with the US Army's answer to zig-zagging:

08-10-2013, 05:23 PM	#1
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Aguamenti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MA/Tuftonboro Posts: 143 Thanks: 95 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	We saw the biplane over Center Harbor. Bet you didn't see us waving!!