Herpa DC-3 Warbird Formation Flight 4/8, AVweb Essay Contest

dethklok9911 Says:

Apr 15, 2008 - Thats my mom! she did a good job of flying that plane. im proud of her.

dethklok9911 Says:

Apr 15, 2008 - Thats my mom! she did a good job of flying that plane. im proud of her.

Jmabry88 Says:

Apr 15, 2008 - Im very proud of what my mom has accomplished!! Love You!

flightplansx6 Says:

Apr 16, 2008 - This experience I will cherish forever! Much thanks to Herpa, AVWeb and to all those talented pilots off my wings. Having you all next to me in the sky made it extra special in more ways than you'll ever know. Now, off to finish up my instrument rating and I think I'll go for the "multi engine" rating too! Thanks Dan for the introduction!

flightplansx6 Says:

Apr 16, 2008 - Glenn you are the BEST! Perfect job at capturing the event from the beginning to end both on land and in the sky!

flycory Says:

Apr 17, 2008 - Wow very cool.

MewFushisDad Says:

Apr 20, 2008 - That was great. In my book the DC-3 is one of the best looking planes ever made.

zmatt Says:

Apr 27, 2008 - That's a cool DC3 I saw it last year, i want to log some DC3 time that would be awesome.

Aaron1701NX Says:

May 2, 2008 - wow this was incredible... time to go buy some new herpa models now i suppose? :)

airste172 Says:

May 20, 2008 - Wow! That's some mom! But then again, I tend to regard any woman who can fly as goddess.Enjoyed the video, enjoyed the show and enjoyed the company of the many people who share with me a passion for aviation.

2littleprincesses Says:

Jun 29, 2008 - Woo-hoo! Awesome job, Christa. You're amazing! Blast from the past, Audre

GettingLouder Says:

Jul 27, 2008 - Damn...aint that a dream just come true...

RedPanther1 Says:

Aug 1, 2008 - I love herpa airplanes

zeker111 Says:

Aug 30, 2008 - what the hell is difficult about that? all she has to do is turn very very slowly, it's not her problem what the 8 planes are doing behind her!! argh why are they telling she's a good pilot?? the other 8 pilots did an excellent job, not her

mvrsolutions1 Says:

Oct 14, 2008 - What is the purpose of this video?

alexrex20 Says:

Oct 29, 2008 - she's hot too

toastno6 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Zeker111, just promise me you'll keep yourself and your attitude away from Young Eagles, the CAF etc etc, people who actually work to bring new pilots in and give people an experience to savour for the rest of their lives.

zeker111 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Did you actually read what i typed? No. You just read something negative and you can't deal with it.

stormy0375 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - zeker111 not to sure if you are a pilot or not but there are alot of fundamentals that go into flying including this type of aircraft firstly it is a taildragger which means that it would be a real hard aircraft to take off and land respectively as well as it is a low wing which means it is not as stable as that of a high wing aircraft as in the video they stated there was a wind and it would have been hard controlling that plane plus they said she had 4 kids when was the last time she flew?!?

toastno6 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - Zeker. Er, yes I re-read what you typed but don't know why you think that would that change my response. What you typed was negative and generally a bunch of arrogant, self centred BS. Read my reply and understand that I wouldn't want you anywhere near any organisation that tries to give people a POSITIVE experience despite their experience level. You'd be the kind that just says, 'Huh, that's easy, anyone could do it'. God forbid you ever became an instructor, you're not cut out for it.....

zeker111 Says:

Nov 24, 2008 - I said it before and i'll say it again: you can't deal with negative feedback.

UGOT2CTHIS Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - Hey Zeker111 - I read what you wrote and I can deal with it. From this, we all can conclude that you don't know what you are talking about. The truth is that this girl did win a left seat DC-3 flight. As the aircraft owner of this DC-3 and the guy in the right seat for this flight, I have the job of pulling off a formation flight with a pilot that I have never met, and never flown with.

UGOT2CTHIS Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - This isnt my first time to do this, I have done it more than 50 times. I can also tell you that that I make an assessment of "just what Ive got" in the left seat starting from the first introduction, the briefing, engine start, taxi out, and the first takeoff. By the time we are in the air I have a pretty good idea how much actual flying this person is going to get to do in formation. Christa was a textbook perfect applicant.

UGOT2CTHIS Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - She listened instead of talked and absorbed all information. She was very smooth on the controls. By the time our pack of formation pilots had joined up on us the first time Christa had already displayed unusually high retention and very big SA. We actually made two passes, the first in formation down to about 350 AGL, the second down to below 200 AGL.

UGOT2CTHIS Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - On both passes it was Christa on the controls, what you could not hear was my voice on the headsets talking her through the letdown and the pullup. The decision of how much to let a pilot do is purely up to me.I did not have to touch a thing on these passes. I would say that in the past 50 or so media rides, Christa ranks probably in the top 5 on pure abilityand she is one of only two that I can remember that I "ever" let hand fly the DC-3 down below 200 AGL in tight formation. Dan Gryder