nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: Greatest OBAM aircraft achievement in history? |
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At 04:40 PM 12/15/2010, you wrote:
Cool souvenir Bob! I have a picture from an Oshkosh long ago of Burt
Rutan sitting on the edge of his Defiant cockpit with his headset on
taking notes. He was recording flight data from Voyager that was
inbound to KOSH at the time. You can't tell it from the picture, but
soon after Voyager made a pass down the runway to the utter amazement
of the crowd. Not as cool a souvenir as yours, but it is certainly a
cherished memory of that beautiful plane.
I've never seen it fly. I was present at the 'official'
roll-out party at Burt's Place. During a stroll down
a really amazing flight line that I spotted the bones
of the Beech Lightning languishing outside one of Burt's
buildings.
http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Misc/38P.jpg
I think he got it as part of his "silver parachute" when
he left Beech. Development testing of hardware
for this airplane WOULD have put the first
crowbar ov protection system on a TC aircraft.
I agree this may have been the greatest, but I certainly hope it
isn't the last OBAM achievement!
Oh, certainly not the last. It would be
interesting to talk to Burt, Mike, and
all the original team to see what they
see as possible OBAM aviation opportunities.
Bob . . .
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