2021 "Skyfest" ~ Part 3

[@P61guy61]

Excellent. Great to see what it looked and sounded like. As close as we can get to a time machine. Thank you for posting.

[@JNEAircraft]

Thank You for taking the time to post your reaction to the experience! Glad you appreciated it.

[@thomask6307]

Love that plane,,,, Good job Ron piloting the Spirit'........ John , you're a genius.

[@JNEAircraft]

Thank You, Thomas!

[@tomcoryell]

This is incredibly cool! The plane has such a unique sound. I’m wondering if he even knew that biplane was below him.

[@JNEAircraft]

Thanks! Yes, he knew the bi-plane was there. Prior to the show there is a meeting with all of the pilots of all of the planes that will perform and everyone's watch was synchronized so that everyone was on the EXACT same time schedule. We all knew who went first, what they would do and when they would be done, then the next plane headed up, etc. The bi-plane was just ahead of the Spirit and was landing as the Spirit was taking off.

[@tomcoryell]

@@JNEAircraft Oh good! I was afraid that with the limited visibility he might not have known. Thanks for the response and thanks for building your plane. It one thing to see a plane like this in a museum and quite another to see it fly and view inside the cockpit.

[@JNEAircraft]

@@tomcoryell It was a good question that could certainly cause concern if you didn't know! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@user-impul134ame]

VeryNice Flyght🙂👍

[@JNEAircraft]

Thank You!

[@leahrussell8487]

It is like watching history! 🤩

[@JNEAircraft]

We always hoped it would be like that when we got her completed! Thanks for the confirmation!

[@severinappleton3438]

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[@shakeydavesr]

I never realized that Lindbergh was literally flying band. Didn’t know the only view he had was to his sides,,,,,That is nuts.

[@heathernorman4805]

That's one of the first questions we get when people see the plane in person ... "Where is the windshield?" We always have to explain that there was no place for a windshield because the fuel tank took up the space where it would have been. We also mention that in 1927 there was not the air traffic we see today, so simply looking out the windows was good enough to see anything he needed to see as he flew. Landing is the trickiest part. I'm sure it was easier for Lindbergh since he had wide open fields to land in from any direction. Our pilot is restricted to the established runways, so he has perfected his slip; and it's a real joy to watch him bring her in with such amazing grace and skill.

[@Rcgary24]

Wasn't there also a mirror viewfinder setup of sorts that he could look through to see out front?

[@gonagain]

A sideslip to the landing, just like Lindberg did it.

[@JNEAircraft]

That is pretty much the ONLY way it can be done safely!

[@leifvejby8023]

I live in Denmark and used to see Pierre Hollænder's Spirit, it even passed over my parent's house on the 75 years day for the New York - Paris flight. And a year later it broke up and crashed at an air show in Coventry because of a shoddy repair.

[@JNEAircraft]

I know of that plane well. I had a friend who was involved with the NTSB, figuring out what happened. Because of the repair to that tube that failed in flight, I installed a one gauge thicker tube there. It's always a sad thing when something like that happens.

[@leifvejby8023]

@@JNEAircraft One gauge thicker is so little weight, and you feel way safer. The first time it flew over though, I didn't know what it was, considered Piper E2 and Curtis Robin. It wasn't till it had passed, and I saw it from the rear, I knew what it was.

[@EdwardStrong-r2f]

Very nice they have a plane at Riinebeck to want to see Spirit

[@JNEAircraft]

Thank You! Yes, Old Rhinebeck is on our list whenever we get a chance to visit in the east!

[@dancahill8555]

Is your tailskid steerable? I did notice you have no brakes. Ground handling in any wind must be rugged.

[@JNEAircraft]

We have a removable tailwheel that we use when we fly. We are on paved tarmac and the airport managers would not be too happy with us if we used the original tail SKID. When we put it on static display, we generally remove the wheel and put the skid on so people can see it in its original configuration ... but if we have to fly it immediately after a display, we leave the tailwheel on ... just because it's a bit of a job reconnecting the cables to the wheel! We always look at the winds before we choose to fly, and never fly if the winds are more than about 8 - 10.

[@ПётрСидоров-м5з]

Это шедевр

[@JNEAircraft]

Thank You so much!

[@Bergstaller01]

It must be extremely difficult to land it on asphalt as opposed to grass.

[@JNEAircraft]

It is definitely a technique that our pilot has developed over time as he has gotten used to the way the plane handles! The hardest part is just not knowing how close you are to actual touchdown before it happens!

[@skooter2767k]

The camera is cheating