[DeTomaso] Flying a P-51 Mustang - NPC

Mon May 3 22:48:27 EDT 2010

Don't make me retell that story about Mike Drew in Saudi Arabia mounting the camel....okay make me but lets at least have a couple beers 1st.

Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com

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From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Cc: gow2 at rc-tech.net; Peter Menyhart <pmenyhart at msn.com>; detomaso at realbig.com; eb20erik at yahoo.com; john bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 7:41:55 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Flying a P-51 Mustang - NPC

Again in Sudan.... A Twin Otter with just the pilot and a cook for the seismic camp was headed to one of the seismic camps with meat for the guys.
Lost the right engine near Malakal and it was real hot with low lift. Pilot told the cook to go back and start throwing meat out the door until he could keep it flying.

They made it OK, minus a bunch of cow carcasses and we used to laugh our asses off thinking about some guy out hunting with his spear, sneaking through the grass looking for the big kill and all of the sudden a side of beef would fall out of the sky.....

And the stories I could tell about the guys from Columbia Helicopters flying their Chinook out there... Jeezzz.....

Better over a beer though.

On 3 May 2010, at 9:34 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:

Gary
>Allot of guys who have never flown or flown in or out of  Latin America, Africa, Asia or the Middle East would not believe that story.....I do believe it!  ;-)
>
> 
>Mad Dawg Antenucci 
>Team Pantera Racing
>The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
>www.teampanteraracing.com
>
>
>
>
>
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From: "gow2 at rc-tech.net" <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
>To: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
>Cc: Peter Menyhart <pmenyhart at msn.com>; detomaso at realbig.com; eb20erik at yahoo.com; Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; john bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 6:51:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Flying a P-51 Mustang - NPC
>
>One of the guys flying the DC-3 I was doing the run up one had an engine
>failure flying to Mexico. He had a load of chickens. They took a shortcut
>and flew over the ocean instead of staying over land. Right in the middle
>of the ocean they puked an engine. My buddy coming from behind in a MU-2.
>As the DC-3 loosing altitude over the ocean they started throwing out
>tools, oil, and anything they could get their hands on. They decided if
>they could not hold it at a 1000 feet the chickens were going out. They
>arrested the descent at 1400 and made it in.
>
>My buddy in the MU2 caught up and escorted them in. The escort was a
>circling escort. He could not fly that slow.
>
>Gary
>
>
>>
>> Ah, yes.... the DC-3. Had a bad experience on one of those in the Sudan in
>> 1980. Right engine blew up and caught on fire during take off.
>> Not one of my favorite 10 minutes or so... the old saying about your life
>> passing in front of you? True.
>>
>> By the way, there is a B-17, a B-25 and such in Galveston. Not cheap
>> either, but cool.
>> It flies over my house every now and then. Very impressive.
>>
>> http://www.lsfm.org/
>>
>> FWIW,
>> Kirby
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3 May 2010, at 2:43 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have been able to do an engine run up on a DC-3 and have been up in a
>>> T-6 a couple times. I was doing loops, rolls 1/2 cubin 8's. The guy I
>>> was
>>> flying with does airshows. I was doing the rolls to the left but calling
>>> the maneuvers. I said now I'll do a roll to the right. "The guys said,
>>> lets not. I am an airshow pilot, not an aerobatic pilot. I prefer rolls
>>> to
>>> the left".
>>>
>>> More stories I can't write here.
>>>
>>> The best I can do is build and fly models of them:
>>>
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/per/trailer/load.jpg
>>>
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/per/gear/firstb.jpg
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you are a pilot or just love old WWII war birds you might appreciate
>>>> this touring group of old WWII war birds. See the site address below
>>>> for
>>>> details of when it is going to be in a city near you.
>>>>
>>>> Larry Kelsey who many of you know from his trips to Vegas or Monterey
>>>> for
>>>> the old run rallys or in Texas, Nevada, or Nebrasaka for the open road
>>>> races got into the back seat of a P-51 Saturday out of John Wayne
>>>> Airport.
>>>> Not too many WWII pilots still around today and we met several of them
>>>> Saturday who were pretty thrilled to see some of the same planes they
>>>> had
>>>> also flown or crewed  in WWII.
>>>>
>>>> Pilot let Larry take the stick after a few minutes to fly it for a few
>>>> minutes and even do some barrel roles, etc and Larry all most floated
>>>> out
>>>> of that old  Mustang after it landed about 45 minutes later he
>>>> definately
>>>> was a happy new 'young' man.  If you ever wanted to take a ride in a
>>>> B-17 'Flying Fortress", or the B24 Liberater or FLY a P-51 here's your
>>>> opportunity.
>>>>
>>>> It's not a cheap ride but if its on your bucket list you need to do
>>>> it....I saw a 70+ year old tired old friend get into that cockpit but
>>>> an
>>>> hour later saw a young man about 40 years younger climb out of that old
>>>> war bird and slide across the wing on his ass like he had been doing it
>>>> for 60 years.
>>>>
>>>> As an aside one of the veteran B-17 pilots was there with his daugther
>>>> waiting to take it up. Once airport they let the veteran ride
>>>> co-pilot....I heard he felt 20 years old again which was hold he was
>>>> when
>>>> he first flew a B-17!!!
>>>>
>>>> amazing weekend
>>>>
>>>> Mad Dawg Antenucci
>>>> Team Pantera Racing
>>>> "If you're not on the edge you're taking up space"
>>>> www.teampanteraracing.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.collingsfoundation.org/ma_p51mustang.htm
>>>>
>>>> Larry Kelsey
>>>> Airports Development Group
>>>> Sr. Construction Manager - Aviation
>>>> D 424.646.7516
>>>> lkelsey at lawa.org
>>>>
>>>> AECOM
>>>> 7301World Way West
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90045
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