{"id":128,"date":"2010-08-13T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T17:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joeclarksblog.wordpress.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2012-11-10T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T14:09:11","slug":"more-treasures-of%c2%a0the%c2%a0garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"More Treasures of\u00a0The\u00a0Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N98048 on Final Approach<\/p><\/div>\n

First it was the Dzus key, then the old high school yearbooks. Then we hit the mother lode. \u00a0We found some very important old photos for which I had been searching for a long time. \u00a0I shot these photos as a student in journalism school. They were B&W images of Charlie\u2019s place, the airport where I became a pilot.<\/p>\n

I learned to fly in the summer of 1971.\u00a0 Charlie\u2019s Airport was a short 2300 foot grass strip and he operated three Piper J-3 Cubs and a 1959 Cessna 150.\u00a0 He taught people how to fly in the Cubs and then prepared each student for their private pilot checkride in the 150.\u00a0 It was a wonderful way to learn how to fly.<\/p>\n

Going through these photographs brought back so many memories.\u00a0 I had to laugh at the hair styles and fashions of the 1970s.\u00a0 And as much as hair styles and fashions have changed, the airplanes, the laws of aerodynamics and physics, and learning the basics of flying have not changed at all.<\/p>\n

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The Hangar<\/p><\/div>\n

When Charlie taught us how to fly, we learned the rudiments of flying first without worrying about talking on radios or using electronic navigation.\u00a0 We focused entirely on the art of flying<\/em>.\u00a0 We would worry about radios and VOR navigation later; the focus was first on learning how to be safe and skillful pilots.<\/p>\n

There was no schedule book Charlie\u2019s.\u00a0 There was a bench facing the landing area of runway nine and when a student arrived, he would take his place on the bench.\u00a0 Then he would wait his turn.<\/p>\n

While waiting, we on the bench would critique and learn from watching other student pilots land.\u00a0 Charlie would fly each student only 30 minutes.\u00a0 At the end of one student\u2019s lesson, Charlie would taxi the airplane over near the bench and the student would climb out.\u00a0 The next student in line on the bench would then climb into the backseat of the Cub.\u00a0 He and Charlie would taxi out to take off and the rest of us shifted down one on the bench to continue waiting.\u00a0 Then we would carry on learning and critiquing until it was our turn.<\/p>\n

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Continental A-65 Engine<\/p><\/div>\n

While waiting, we on the bench would critique and learn from watching other student pilots land.\u00a0 Charlie would fly each student only 30 minutes.\u00a0 At the end of one student\u2019s lesson, Charlie would taxi the airplane over near the bench and the student would climb out.\u00a0 The next student in line on the bench would then climb into the backseat of the Cub.\u00a0 He and Charlie would taxi out to take off and the rest of us shifted down one on the bench to continue waiting.\u00a0 Then we would carry on learning and critiquing until it was our turn.<\/p>\n

Occasionally, if the winds were calm, you could actually hear and understand Charlie teaching the student while on downwind at 700 feet.\u00a0 We could hear him because this was back in the \u201cold\u201d days when we did not protect our hearing well enough.\u00a0 We climbed into the airplane without any hearing protection and listened to the roar of the mighty 65 hp Continental engine and tried to understand what Charlie was saying.\u00a0 While it was bad for our hearing in the airplane, listening to Charlie from the ground also helped us with our learning.<\/p>\n

In addition to learning how to fly, we learned other things at Charlie\u2019s. \u00a0If you were hanging around and it was too hot to sit on the bench or the wind was too tricky to fly, there was always a Cub in some state of rebuild to help with finishing.\u00a0 While rebuilding a Cub, this allowed us to learn about how airplanes worked.\u00a0 It was a wonderful lesson covering many subjects; aeronautics, mechanical engineering, fabric work, engines, using tools, airframes, and getting along with others.\u00a0 This was a wonderful education which turned out far more fun than I ever imagined.<\/p>\n

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Tools and parts on the workbench<\/p><\/div>\n

I wish I could go back there and sand one of the wings one more time.\u00a0 And maybe fly 69 Hotel once more again.<\/p>\n

-30-<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2010 J. Clark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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