Pete Fleischmann Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 View from the back seat of the L-39 is a Little bit better with the ejection seats removed and replaced with Recaro seats- Still sitting on Strong Co. chutes made specifically for the L-39. different! cheers P geedubelyer, Rockie Yarwood, Martinnfb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Aft CG now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Timmy! said: Aft CG now? yeah.. there is some ballast in the nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Catching up with your thread Pete, this is so much fun to follow, amazing pictures , great stories. Thank You for sharing. Cheers Martin ....Albatros's cockpit looks so stark without the analog dials and the bang-seats Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Catching up with your thread Pete, this is so much fun to follow, amazing pictures , great stories. Thank You for sharing. Cheers Martin ....Albatros's cockpit looks so stark without the analog dials and the bang-seats Thanks for checking in Martin- There are so many different variations to cockpit furnishings in the civilian L-39 community. As an instructor, it certainly makes it challenging, as every L-39 is different..some radically so. Now that many are being retrofitted with the Garrett 731 engine, the operating parameters are changing as well. Certainly keeps it interesting! with regard to the L-29; I have an EAA (type) rating for the L-29, but have never flown a traditional L-29. All of my training on the L-29 was in L-29 test aircraft for the OPL Lab- without going into too much detail, those aircraft are set up to mimic the F-35. best Pete Edited February 7, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 To me this sounds absolutely fascinating, who would ever say that we will see them flying for so long, in this kind of form and shape. So cool! Also, what is OPL Lab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 49 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: , what is OPL Lab? It is a flight test facility here in Iowa cheers P Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 OPL YouTube channel cheers Pete Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Back at my day job. Chasing the sunset again last night into IAH Shoggz, Michael931080, Stokey Pete and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 58 minutes ago, Pete Fleischmann said: Chasing the sunset again last night into IAH I read this and was imagining you in your best captain's voice briefing the passengers on the arrival weather in Houston. (Yes, I NEED to get out more). Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) On 2/15/2023 at 9:58 AM, easixpedro said: I read this and was imagining you in your best captain's voice briefing the passengers on the arrival weather in Houston. (Yes, I NEED to get out more). You can’t get hired if you don’t have that voice- This is my home for the next 4 days…’cause I’ll be living out of it. These are the best bags on the planet- they’ll take a ton of abuse and easily last 10 years Luggage works I can pretty much guarantee every one of these you see being dragged by a pilot has a bottle of hot sauce in there somewhere- cheers P Edited February 20, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny320 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Great bags. I’ve sent mine in for repair after years and it comes back like new! Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 33 minutes ago, Lenny320 said: Great bags. I’ve sent mine in for repair after years and it comes back like new! me too! a buddy of mine- his house burned down but the bag survived. He still uses it. I used to plow snow with mine on the walk from the train to the crashpad in ORD. You literally can’t kill these things- I did have a wheel blow up in Frankfurt. We had a mechanic in the cockpit for some minor issue, and he saw me messing with my bag…took pity on me, and left. Got some stuff. Came back- and fixed it. Lenny320 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 6:48 PM, Pete Fleischmann said: without going into too much detail, those aircraft are set up to mimic the F-35. Now, come on, that's pushing it too far. Those L-39s can land vertically? Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 10 hours ago, DonH said: Now, come on, that's pushing it too far. Those L-39s can land vertically? well..not THAT F-35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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