| | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 21,705 Likes: 2245 Member/20,000 posts | | Member/20,000 posts Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 21,705 Likes: 2245 | Ya know, I believe that this is the only aircraft type forum where a person gets into trouble for showing appreciation for the type!  Bill Nope, it is the only aircraft type forum where we say, "when you have 600+ hours in one, you can comment realistically about them." Bingo. But not to worry Tim, the owner of this plane is just another run of the mill airline Captain with over 16,000 hours plus he's a CFII to boot. You know the type......a real dumb chit. BTW: I've never flown in one but I saw the remains of a Mooney 201 that went off the end of the runway at Leadville, CO.......must be another POS type plane. I've never flown in one but I even witnessed a Piper Comanche land gear up once and then helped move it off the runway...talk about a real POS! And then there was the time, while the student watched, I helped hold down the tail of a 152 that was off the runway with the nose gear.......never mind, I'm not about to imply that the 152 is a POS even though I have actually flown that type of plane......no way. Jim
Cessna 150/150, N2259M - Mighty Mouse
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | HMMMMMMMMM?? POS's? I just love having words put into my mouth!  Bill | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35,523 Likes: 554 DA POOBS Member with 30,000+ posts!! | | DA POOBS Member with 30,000+ posts!! Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35,523 Likes: 554 | Point of sale? Planes on sale? Pepper or salt? Planets or stars? Parking on streets? Pieces of.........   ...never mind....
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Love flying the Cherokee 180 and Archer! In my opinion they are one of those rare occurrences when the aircraft manufacturer got the engine and airframe matched just right for the intended mission. Those planes do just what they are supposed to do and don't cost your a fortune doing it. Great Airplanes!
If I could change one thing though, it would be a pilot side door. I like to be the last one in the plane so that I can help my passengers get strapped in and show them where things are and how they work. I don't like having to climb in first and just sit there pointing at things. It makes for a poor passenger briefing and is just plain rude. But in the Cherokee line one has no choice - but I digress, You've got a great airplane!
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | Love flying the Cherokee 180 and Archer! In my opinion they are one of those rare occurrences when the aircraft manufacturer got the engine and airframe matched just right for the intended mission. Those planes do just what they are supposed to do and don't cost your a fortune doing it. Great Airplanes!
If I could change one thing though, it would be a pilot side door............ Or maybe better yet, a bubble canopy? Now THAT would be an AWESOME airplane, for a low wing, that is!  Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,842 Likes: 259 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,842 Likes: 259 | Maybe we could design some kind of bubble canopy for the top of the Cessna 150! You know for the tall guys in our group like Rick and Bengie. They could stick their heads up into like an inverted plexi bowl on top of the cabin. You know like those bubble windows on top of the old VW Vans! Visibility would be awesome!  Please excuse me gang I've been up too many hours supervising snow removal at the airport. More snow fell today. Getting kind of punchy  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | Maybe we could design some kind of bubble canopy for the top of the Cessna 150! You know for the tall guys in our group like Rick and Bengie. They could stick their heads up into like an inverted plexi bowl on top of the cabin. You know like those bubble windows on top of the old VW Vans! Visibility would be awesome! Please excuse me gang I've been up too many hours supervising snow removal at the airport. More snow fell today. Getting kind of punchy Like the old bubble navigators used to use? [img] http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...47841CE3B81DC149B591550&selectedIndex=11[/img] Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,842 Likes: 259 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,842 Likes: 259 | PERFECT!!! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | I have thought for quite a spell of removing the chemical hopper from in front of the pilot in a Cessna Ag-Wagon/Truck/Husky and installing a passenger seat with such a bubble over the top. What a fun plane that would be, huh? (If you could afford the fuel?)
Bill | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,389 Likes: 923 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,389 Likes: 923 | Bill,
I agree with you - would make a pretty cool airplane (although it's a little slow for the fuel burn) and it has lovely control response.
When I was working ground crew for a crop duster I was told that when they got in a hurry and needed a flagger at a place it was going to take too long to drive, they simply stuck him in the hopper and flew him over there. I never saw it done and certainly would not liked to have done it - there's not a lot of things to hang on to, the space is oddly shaped, with a big metal baffle in the middle that is designed to keep the chemical from sloshing and the tank would almost always be lined with chemical stuck to the walls with a puddle at the bottom. I don't even want to think about the effects of breathing concentrated chemical in that tank for the ten or fifteen minutes a flight would take.
(Airplanes involved were Call Air A-9s)
I was also told that some of the smaller spray pilots would put a small flagman behind them in the seat to get them to a field to be treated. Never saw it. (Heard it was done in single-seat fighters from time to time...)
The more I think about your idea, the more I like it. There's probably enough space for two seats. Plexiglass around them and you've got quite a sight-seeing machine.
And, hey, Gene Soucy turned an Ag-Cat into the Show-Cat and does akro in it. The possibilities for old sprayers might be limitless! I never tried to roll an Ag-Truck or Ag-Husky, but it always seemed they would do decent aerobatics...
Warmest regards,
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