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@eduardodaquiljr9637 11 күн бұрын

Where the plane?

@tpelle2 4 ай бұрын

There is a Chinese-made equivalent of the Rotax 912 on the market now, in several versions. It's made by ZongShen, but seems to be marketed as Zonsen. ZongShen makes license-built versions of Honda CB and CG 175cc motorcycle to the tune of around 5 Million (!) of them a year, as well as motorcycle engines for KTM and for smaller European-market BMW motorcycles. They also bought the manufacturing rights to the newly revived Norton Atlas motorcycle engine when Norton decided to not put it on the market. It's used in a couple of Chinese export 300cc and 400cc motorcycles.

@Andreas-md3ly 7 ай бұрын

Its the love for aviation that we share - everything else in life went opposite ways : my parents thougt bringing up a child means destroying its personality & confidence / neglecting it / terrorizing it. So as an old man i can say i grew up as an orphan... No wonder i failed in life / achieved nothing ... Nowadays, my "hobby" is changing diapers of my handicapped son... As the saying goes : life is like a chicken - ladder : short, steep & shity ! I'm truly glad your life is the opposite ! Just typing some thoughts after seeing your video...

@Andreas-md3ly 7 ай бұрын

You're an extremly blessed man - God obviously loves you very much ! You probably got so many blessings / so much divine love that none was left for me...Well, they say thats life : unfair...

@toddbridges7430 7 ай бұрын

The is one of these colters on display in Thailand at a agriculture exhibit farm,,,,, also a number of American planes fro the era

@GibsonAviation 8 ай бұрын

what is the wing dihedral angle? thanks darren

@neilmcmanus3727 8 ай бұрын

great story, and descriptive details, with different aspects

@mccauleyprop 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation of why Boeing chose to update the 37 over the 57, as I always wondered why! 🤷🏻‍♂️ Now I know, and great presentation! 👍🏼

@tyesalhus5604 8 ай бұрын

Good interview but can’t stand the peanut gallery and peanut sized brain on the guy in the audience making comments. It amazes me that people go to speaking engagements to hear someone talk about their experience in Vietnam and then have to out do the speaker and talk and make comments for attention. Just shut up and listen. So annoying.

@flyboywbl 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! I have a 1/3 scale kit from Balsa USA I’m going to build

@jamespdillon5951 9 ай бұрын

My friend Tom Wixom was in the Air Force and a electric technician he would keep the radio equipment for Air America working. They showed him how to fly a plane. He has found memories of those days.

@jukkatakamaa7274 9 ай бұрын

This is so cool !

@drillsergeant5338 9 ай бұрын

It's all in my book, "The Secret War in Laos with General Vang Pao (1958-1975)

@handsomeman-pm9vy 5 ай бұрын

I suspect that the YMCA was involved.

@planker 9 ай бұрын

Excellent. I knew I recognized that Vert Stab. I bought an "overseas" R/C balsa kit that had no name. I wasn't impressed. It's been about a year since I last looked at it, but today, after watching your presentation, the plans for this little piece of history are now on the bench. It's kind of difficult to get dope these days, so I think my wing will be ok.

@bradtevelde6025 11 ай бұрын

I've read your columns in Flying for years, it's always the first one I read. Nice to see you speak.

@fredfrahm4560 Жыл бұрын

Air America's public image has fared poorly, and the 1990 spoof, Air America, is largely responsible for this. It featured a cynical CIA officer who arranged for the airline to fly opium to the administrative capital of Vientiane for a corrupt Asian general. Ultimately, we learn that the Communist versus anti-Communist war in Laos was merely a facade for the real war, which was fought for control of the area's opium fields. And Air America pilots in this film are portrayed as skilled, but basically, a wildly unprofessional

@fredfrahm4560 Жыл бұрын

For the full story, I recommend googling CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974, Supporting the "Secret War", by William M. Leary

@fredfrahm4560 Жыл бұрын

I was an H-34 pilot with Air America at Udorn, Thailand (October 69 - Oct 72) and can confirm Bill's presentation is an entertaining and truthful summary of the experience. 👍

@lesslater512 Жыл бұрын

These three videos have been quite useful in my understanding what's involved in various phases of building a Zenith 750 Cruzer.

@jafo766 Жыл бұрын

A time of Adventure & Danger , Sir we salute and admire you.

@thatairplaneguy Жыл бұрын

Too many factors. Depends on the weather, the aircraft. The tree types. The terrain. I’d have no problem going into water close enough to shore to swim with clothes on and broken limb if I had a canopy. If I have a door I don’t want to go into water. If I have a passenger, I don’t want to go into water because I don’t want them to have to get out if there is a door. Just so many more things.

@michaeloshea5878 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@kmathers101 Жыл бұрын

Operation mill pond?

@lancesay Жыл бұрын

@34:50 he was slightlt off instead of lima site 98 its lima site 85.

@jamesstephenpeyton3305 Жыл бұрын

I made friends with many air America chopper pilots while flying in northern Quebec during the 70’s. They were fearless and competent and very pissed off that they were not paid as promised.

@brentdykgraaf184 Жыл бұрын

C.i.a. declassify this? Lol

@zachjones6944 Жыл бұрын

I know Bill! He was my neighbor in Sandpoint Idaho!!!!

@starlordnetzero9633 Жыл бұрын

Love hearing stories from Vietnam Vets and appreciate them all.

@eugeniustheodidactus8890 Жыл бұрын

Air America = CIA.

@blinkybagger8342 Жыл бұрын

I'm struggling to reconcile the fabulous salary, the monthly R&R, the lifestyle supported by maids & servants, with the notoriety of Air America's operation, which included running drugs and undertaking activities that was considered overreach for the US Military in Vietnam. Am I correct in thinking that Air America sought to provide a firewall of plausible deniability to the US military where they needed to paint outside the lines? I'm grateful that the stories are being told all these years later.

@danielcotts8673 Жыл бұрын

No one sentence answer to your question. If you can find a copy I'd suggest "Back Fire - The CIA's Secret War in Laos and Its Link to the War in Vietnam" by Roger Warner. There is at least one book about the Ravens FAC pilots. Special Forces also had a secret presence in Laos.

@scottwhitmire6613 Жыл бұрын

🇺🇸 Thank You for your Service.🇺🇸

@wallochdm1 Жыл бұрын

Great story. Anyone on here familiar with another Air America pilot named Bob Heale? Great guy who I got to know when he was flying Caravans for FedEx. Passed away performing at an air show, but was supposedly the pilot who rescued Ted Koppel when things turned to shit. All of those pilots were heroes.

@beaniegamer9163 Жыл бұрын

4:40 It's called "plain of jars". The plain is quite flat land about 3 miles wide and 8 miles long. There were 3 sites of jars scattered throughout the plain. I don't see thousands of jars... but about 200 jars on each site. Some jars weight more than 1 and 1/2 ton. We suspected the jars were placed there during the Angkok era. No one knows how the jars were built. 😅

@RivetGardener Жыл бұрын

These jars are akin to the statues of Easter Island. The jars were carved by Polynesian visitors between 1250 and 1400 (via radiocarbon dating). Similar inscriptions have been found at both sites indicating the artists "mark" or "grafitti" depending on the interpretation.

@dirtyeric Жыл бұрын

Great presentation and video. I have studied the Secret War and met a few gents who either flew with AA or were Forward Air Controllers based out of Udorn Thani. The stories are vivid. We really dropped the ball in Laos, the Communists were all but defeated when the DoS forced control away from the CIA and did what State does best, FUBAR it.

@akkseljohansson3601 Жыл бұрын

Best training helicopter, Hughes 269/Schweitzer 300 has a manual throttle as the H34. Best way to learn for emergencies!

@michaelthomas7178 Жыл бұрын

What about the heroine?

@RivetGardener Жыл бұрын

The heroine of this story is known as Khamphoui, pronounced Camp-Phooie. She was born a poor white girl from a destitute dark Asian family thus being twice outcast. Sisavang Vathana, the King of Laos (also known as Sisy Vath) reportedly fell in love with her during a rest stop during a nationwide goodwill tour where he saw her tending a restroom. Other accounts place her at a checkout counter. Either way they married and had 5 children. She was very fertile even though Sisy Vath was known to be impotent. They were arrested in 1977 by the Communists and sent to re-education camps where they thrived and spent the rest of their years teaching English as a Foreign Language (EAFL).

@avalanche9026 Жыл бұрын

Where are the new generation heroes ? In 2023 world on fire America will survive ? Litle change. Thank to Biden administration. Game over.

@aerotech1bob Жыл бұрын

That was great

@DragonPilot Жыл бұрын

I flew Cobras and Hueys ‘68-‘69 near Saigon (III Corps). Firefly mission mostly. Took a similar hit one night. AK round came up under my right seat. Lodged inside my white bread can in my C-ration box which we usually stowed under our seats. It was pretty we’ll spent by then so I don’t think it would have gone through the seat bottom armor. 😅

@lancesay Жыл бұрын

Firefly mission, was before the Waterpump.There were a lot of Thai pilot flying the Firefly mission out of Thailand to bomb the HCM Trail then mid-1960, The Waterpump came into training Lao and Hmong pilots out of Udorn and Hua Hin. My uncle was one of the Waterpump and was called back by GVP to fly T-28 out of Long Cheng.

@ibbylancaster8981 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. My dad wanted to fly helicopters in Nam, but adolescent asthma sidelined that dream ( he was already a fixed wing private pilot at that time). I live next to Ft Bragg now and a couple of my neighbors are Blackhawk pilots. Excellent presentation.

@STONEDARTphotos Жыл бұрын

My most memorable time flying was with the company.

@jeffreypinder9398 Жыл бұрын

Great story. I worked at Summit Aviation in the mid 90's for a former Flying Tigers/Air America pilot. Def unique.

@Pibatl299 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation. Could have listened for another hour at least. A remarkable life. Thank you for posting.

@jbar6746 Жыл бұрын

Saw your plane on the ground at JMS today. Found your channel. Neat plane. Safe travels.

@jmwSeattle Жыл бұрын

Excellent, super beneficial presentation. Very high information content. I didn’t find anything wrong with the speaking. I appreciated the speakers thinking about the best way to say things. Editing on the spot. I do that in making videos.

@alanaspurling6469 Жыл бұрын

Being the owner of the remains of a low serial number Tailwind, the aircraft certificate only lasted one year. The early home built aircraft were only allowed to be airworthy was for just one year.

@MrGunPilot Жыл бұрын

Great presentation. I've never seen a Fly Baby, but they are cool looking and I'm sure a fun project and airplane. I wonder if a Subaru engine would be a possible alternative for the A65 or Corvair option; it's more modern and should be more readily available.

@karlcrosby541 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I had like a Piper Cub model radio control and crashing screwed up the cabin everything I cut the Wings off the canopy off I moved to download my father told me it look like a a fly fly baby and that's been 50 years ago

@kennethhancock2433 Жыл бұрын

I met Peter Bowers and his Fly Baby at the long defunct Henley Airdrome near Athol, Idaho in the nineteen seventies. He was flying to or from Oshkosh, I think. It was my first time meeting two legends. Great memories.

@cluelessbeekeeping1322 Жыл бұрын

A constructive criticism....stop saying uuuuh, uuuhm, uh, literally every single sentence you say it.

@thatairplaneguy Жыл бұрын

He’s a pilot. That’s how we uhhh talk

@cluelessbeekeeping1322 Жыл бұрын

@@thatairplaneguy uhh, uhh, uhh, that's a stupid thing to say.

@cluelessbeekeeping1322 Жыл бұрын

Also, MR. AIRPLANE DUDE. Repair your broken U-Control Avatar. Thanks in advance. =) @@thatairplaneguy

@Vikings_since_JoeKapp Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ron. I think I made only 3 wheel landings with N500F. I can't remember what grass strip I chose. I found it to be an honest airplane, with a notably low glide ratio ;-) I've lost all my N500F photos prior to the shots of it in storage at the museum's restoration center. I wish there had been 85's on all the 7AC Champs I've flown!

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