Best of 2016 Taylorcraft photos

[M Towsley]

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This one Darrin?

[lfries]

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Awe inspiring picture. Thanks for posting.

[dkenney1]

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Marty, I believe that is the one someone on the previous page referenced. Background story for those here who may not know.... my father, 85 got his pilot's license after I did when he was 63. A life long dream of his and my wife and I got him going working on the PPL. Ten years ago he regrettably felt it medically necessary to stop flying however he went with me whenever possible loving the wings off the Taylorcraft I bought three years ago. This past September, after a great two hour flight, he fell walking away from the plane and broke both wrists requiring surgery and his pelvis. After 6 weeks of hospital and rehab he returned home to fall two weeks later and fracture his spine and pelvis again. Determined he made it home Christmas day. Part of his rehab is to walk with a walker. The owner of the airport thought a good idea to move the Taylorcraft to the heated bulk hangar, so my father (Jim) could do laps in the hangar and be among the three planes in there. "No sense Jim and that pretty bird freezing in the old hangar". I took him there last weekend and I did an oil change while he did his laps. The weather unseasonably warm and barely a stitch of wind. I ran her up to check for leaks, all good and when I went to get the cowl he somehow figured out how to get his pained and crippled 6' frame into the Taylorcraft. I could see the pain in his eyes yet there was a twinkle and excitement that I knew meant "get the cowl on and lets fly". So after 4 long months "Jim's Flying Circus" was airborne again. Emotion and cognitive abilities returned with every moment in the air, flying with pilotage and precision and nice three point landing (he was never a tailwheel pilot). "The Taylorcraft always makes me feel alive and worth every second of pain to be in it" he said to everyone that would listen the next few days. The Taylorcraft can be the most effective medicine known to man and perhaps not known to doctors. :-)

[M Towsley]

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Nice story, Darrin. That's why I thought I would help posting the picture. Enjoy!

[Bonanza91K]

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I would post some pictures from 2016 including a trip to arctic Quebec and Labrador on floats and local flying on skis but I can't seem to get the pictures to upload.

Jim
Rochester, NY
Tcraft F21
Baumann 1500A floats
Trickair skis.

[Bonanza91K]

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Looks like the pictures uploaded. The first one is on the George River in the Ungava region of arctic Quebec. The next on is in front of my hangar in Williamson, NY. Then Great Valley airport in western NY. Then aerial view on the white lichen that the Caribou eat.

Jim

[Robert Lees]

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Great pictures, Jim!

Rob

[N74DV]

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Owned this fine plane for 10 years. Had a great time with it. My business partner took these last February a couple months before I sold it. Photo ship was a Robinson R22. Flying tight next to a whirlybird is slightly more nerve wracking than a fixed wing.

[3Dreaming]

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DJ, those are some calendar worthy pictures.

[Peterroy]

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WOW! Nice pics!