On 12/17/2022 1:49 PM, jerry wrote:
Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks. Aviation headsets in general are not the epitome of comfort.
I had a set of those clamps (Vice Grips) once but I found a buyer.
Small airplanes are like sitting in a steel garbage can while people pound on it with hammers.
My dad wanted me to learn to fly before I learned to drive and had already arranged my lessons. That was a long time ago and light planes didn't appeal to me at all. As you say lots of noise and painfully slow. i was more interested in ham radio, fast cars and girls. Dad learned to fly at a small dirt airstrip in Benson, AZ in 1946. (I still have his log book) His instructor was a guy named Neil S. "Skeet" Taylor.
Fast forward 75 years. I have a close neighbor, Nelson, (1/4 mile away is close in my neighborhood) who I knew was a pilot, but I didn't know him well at all. Last New Years Eve another neighbor hosted a party and Nelson was there. We struck up a conversation, mostly about his flying (he's a pro). I mentioned that my late father had a private license, but since we were poor he didn't fly much and I was never interested.
When I happened to mention the name Skeet Taylor, a strange look came over Nelson's face. I stopped what I was saying and in a low voice Nelson said, "Skeet Taylor was my stepdad." Small world.
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