RCAF De Havilland Chipmunk

[macdonaldjr]

Alright!!! Great shots, I love the chipmunk, always fun to jump in that one!

Jason (from Winnipeg)

[DK8290]

great pics ....that is a great plane. I have just tonight touched fs2004 again after like a week's break and I think I'll take this one for a spin out of Comox BC :-)

[MikeM]

Awesome shots Mike, I had forgotten how detailed the Chipmunk is! :-eek

[pilatus96]

Another great set buddy!:D We used to have an r/c Chipmunk (with the bubble canopy though) about 10yrs ago. Unfortunately, on climb out (takeoff-still runway heading) of its very first flight the engine died, and my dad, a licensed r/c and real world pilot with his brain turned off:D, decided to attempt a fairly sharp "u-turn" to land back at the field. This of course immediately resulted in a stall which caused the airplane to nose dive directly into a concrete road just off the end of the field which is when we heard a loud crack.:( It pretty much split in half right down the middle. From the time the engind died 'til "Crack!", 3 seconds at most. Meanwhile, I'm a litte behind my dad crying, continuously ramming our van with my wheelchair, and yelling at him for being such an idiot and not gliding it into the corn field (which was lust past the road). As he realizes that's what he should have done. I used to get kinda reckless with my wheelchair sometimes when I was mad.:-lol Remember I was olny about 10 at the time.

Anyway, sorry for the long story, your shots just kinda reminded me of it.

[wallyboard]

Great shots, Mike. Funny you should post this, 'cause I am planning a PT-26 Cornell flight tonight. Very similat aircraft.

[Peer]

Great plane :-jumpy

[KylePrestwood]

Wow, great shots Mike! :9 That's a beautiful model as well. :-jumpy

What a story too, Bill! Sorry to hear about the r/c plane though. It's first flight?! I've had the motor quit so many times on me, back when I was learning to fly r/c (it was an old Fox .78), I got the hang of dead-sticks pretty well! :-lol

Kyle

[Wolfman]

Awesome shots!

[VFR_Steve]

Stunning shots Mike! :D My last flight was Monday I think .. hmm must find some more time to fly :-roll

[Ridge_Runner_5]

Good stuff, flyboy!