The Oldest Plane you have Flown In?

[gerrit]

Grunau Baby In 1971 . I was 15 years and learned to fly sailplanes at 14. Started to fly in Röhnlerche and Ka7. After that Blanik, M 100 and Finaly Grunau Baby a plane of 1939!!. It is now hanging in a museum. At 16 I learned to fly motor planes with Grashopper,Piper cub planes who were used in WW2 and sold to local clubs here in Belgium. After that we aquired a chipmunk from the RAF and I learned acro with it. Also dubbled in a Tiger Moth Stampe Vertongen. I stopped flying at 22 yrs due to bad eye sight. Shattered all my dreams to become military pilot...from Tiger Moth to Marchetti to Fouga to ...the ground. Now I fly giant scale warbirds and still look to the sky!!!

 

[gerrit]

Grunau Baby In 1971 . I was 15 years and learned to fly sailplanes at 14. Started to fly in Röhnlerche and Ka7. After that Blanik, M 100 and Finaly Grunau Baby a plane of 1939!!. It is now hanging in a museum. At 16 I learned to fly motor planes with Grashopper,Piper cub planes who were used in WW2 and sold to local clubs here in Belgium. After that we aquired a chipmunk from the RAF and I learned acro with it. Also dubbled in a Tiger Moth Stampe Vertongen. I stopped flying at 22 yrs due to bad eye sight. Shattered all my dreams to become military pilot...from Tiger Moth to Marchetti to Fouga to ...the ground. Now I fly giant scale warbirds and still look to the sky!!!

 

[parsifal]

Im impressed. Very interesting

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A 1955 Mentor.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

1941 DHC-82C Tiger Moth CF-TBS

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[gumbyk]

1941 DHC-82C Tiger Moth CF-TBS

Cheers,

Jeff

Is that the Tiger with the covered cockpit?

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Is that the Tiger with the covered cockpit?

Yes, Canadian built version as it tends to get a little chilly here for a good part of the year.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[gumbyk]

It just doesn't look right to me!

 

[Jeff Hunt]

It just doesn't look right to me!

From a purist point of view I agree but at -30 degrees celsius my perspective would probably change!

Jeff

 

[Westfield Charlie]

I have to join the club of those who flew in the DC-3 as a passenger back in the mid '50's, (Eastern Airlines) as well as the four motor, triple-tail, TWA Constellation, same time. Also, my older brother, who was a fighter jock, (F-89 Scorpions and F-102 Delta Daggers) took me up in a Piper Cub Trainer in 1956 and stood it on its wing so I could get a good view!

 

[davparlr]

Don't know the ages of these but I rode in some type of cub with side by side seating an uncle owned, probably in the mid-60s, then, in 1969, the Navy flew me to New Orleans for a flight physical in a R5D (C-54). They also took me up in a T-34 to either or both, impress me or see if I got airsick. Later I rode in a Navion to Santa Catalina and had a buffalo burger.

 

[GrauGeist]

Later I rode in a Navion to Santa Catalina and had a buffalo burger.

That's a real kick in the drawers going in or out of AVX!

I haven't been to Catalina in years, sure miss the place.

 

[at6]

Got an hour in the At-6d Texan with aerobatics when I turned 50 in 2000. With my current heart condition, I will never experience that again.

 

[Bernhart]

went up in a stearman back about 20 years ago, don't know how old an airplane it was, but assume it was at least from the 40's

 

[CommanderBounds]

1938 Piper Cub at KSCG. Before he sold it the owner was asking $10 dollars for 30 minutes in the air so I accepted the offer and had a blast flying around! What a nice ol' bird it was too.

 

[Marcel]

A Stampe SV.4b. Great little biplane, build in the 30ies

 

[Ohm-men]

A Stampe SV-4b, build for the french air force in 1946. Flew it as a passenger about decade ago (in the front cockpit).
Behind the stick was a retired B.A.F. colonel (who used to train F-16 pilots) He showed me the ropes with this machine...They also had a Texan at the same airfield at the time.
Best fun I ever had!

 

[soulezoo]

C-141B

Tail # 63-8088 "Golden Bear". First operational C-141 delivered in 1965. I was asst. Crew Chief on this plane for awhile and flew all around the world in her.

 

[nuuumannn]

Went up in a Canadian built Fox Moth in September last year...

...and a DC-3 two days ago.

 

[Old Wizard]

DC-3