Hi Jay, I don't know how this got turned around but will try to clarify.
JH>08 Jul 97 08:13, Jim Cole wrote to Jim Sanders:
JH> JC> I still content that this was the squirelest landing airplane
JH> JC> that I had experience with.  You got experience in the best with
JH> JC> the C-45 and T-11. I read the other day that they had place a
JH> JC> T-11 in a Museum some place but couldn't remember where.
I was talking strickly about the C-45/D-18 Beech.
JH>I've never flown a gooney....went to the ground school and then my
JH>company  went belly up....but my dad has a lot of time in them and 
JH>said they were very forgiving aircraft.  I just wonder if 
JH>that one you had so much trouble with was rigged out of 
JH>whack or possibly had a dragging brake, etc.
That was Jim Sanders that flew with someone that he said almost got it 
over on it's back.  I was disputing that statement and content that the 
Pilot probably didn't know what he was doing to get into that situation.  
I never had trouble with the Gooney.  My statements all along were the 
same as your Dad that they were a very forgiving Aircraft and were like 
a great big "Teddy Bear".
JH>Was this your experience in all gooneys, or are you basing 
JH>your statement on the experience of just that one?  I know 
JH>you have extensive flight experience, but I'm not sure how 
JH>it's spread around.  It's been rumored that you've been 
JH>flying ever since Moby dick was a minnow.  :)
Yep! I used to have to get Momma to drive me to the Airport (Just 
kidding) did ride my Bicycle though.  Been all the way from Challenger 
II UltraLite to Supersonic Fighters and everything in between.  Love 
Aviation and the discussion thereof.
So somehow this trouble with the Gooney was directed to me when it was 
Jim Sanders that had the trouble with it.
Thanks for the note Jay and hope to hear from you again....Jim.....
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