Use of General Aviation Services during an EOFTW scenario

I see no point in aviation in grid down, maybe a small one seater but what would you do to keep the damn thing flying?

 

Here is a scout sorta like mine! a pretty rugged bird, better then a Maule, but not the same pay load!

 

My new Baby! A 9/10ths J-3 Cub with Super Cub wings! Dry weight is 870 pounds, engine power is 260 HP giving a thrust much greater then unity! Measured with the 78 inch Catto prop it pulled the scales @ 1260 pounds! Ye-Haw! It will pin you to the seat and hold ya there, climbs like a home sick angle!

 

I was going to start taking the classes a few years ago to get my pilots license , but just don't really have the money to enjoy the sport.

 

If you really want, Do the "Sport Pilots" classes, much cheaper and gives you almost the same privileges, and allows you to fly ether a Light Sport Aircraft with full privileges, or an Experimental class with out all the F.A.A. hassles! That's what most folks are doing now days, its almost affordable for the average Joe, almost! Its also the ONLY option for folks that cannot pass a FAA flight physical, even though they are no more a health risk then any one else, and you don't get the anal probing! You can add your tail wheel training and endorsement, and come fly with me any time!

 

Sorry I knocked this off track, so I will pass on some ideas I have through experience! A small light plane is going to be some what limited in hauling, but what it lacks in pay load it can make up in mobility! It can take you places no roads can, and deep enough out in the wilds that no one can reach you! It can be very useful for scouting game, and ingress, egress routs, doing emergency medical evac flights, resupplies for medical needs, and general haulage for lighter weight stuff, or doing it multiple trips. I would be using mine to scout, and to supply, or fortify a area I am holding out, I can carry one passenger and 480 pounds of cargo, or no passenger and emergency overloaded to about 1000 pounds for a shot and hot landing! I can sneak around at night and can avoid small arms fire if/when needed! the only time I wouldn't be able to use it would be a Fed lock down for a time, but if I don't see fighters regularly in the A.O. im at, then I can take the chance! I have all the radios and other coms I need, so I can be monitoring radio coms and find out what's going on unless there is a coma black out as well! I can flat tow the bird any distance I would ever need, and can set it up in about 1/2 hour and be ready to fly! I can break it down and tow it in about 20 min, and I can hide it more easily that way as well!
The nice part is most folks will not know how to fly, and those that do likely do not own or have access to a plane that can do the things I can do, so most that can fly, wont! Other then fuel theft ( and most don't know AV gas is bad for car engines) fuel should be pretty easy to find!

 

I'll look into this license,,,,Thanks

 

Mine is a American Champion built Super Scout ( Called Denali Scout/Super Scout now days) 1989 Model 7GCBG with originally a Lycoming AEI-O390E 235 Hp with 78 in constant speed Hartzel B prop

( Should be American Champion owned currently)

 

A hot air balloon exfiltration vehicle might be an option....optical, sound and heat signatures may be issues....oh...and keep away from tornados



Your payload, speed, direction, distance and personal safety may vary.

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Yup yup! Some one knew what they were doing when they orderd that engine! Thats why I'm keeping it! LOL! 390 inches of raw power! Superior is building a O-400 now, I wonder what that pulls like
I'm betting if that owner had the props we have now days, he might have kept it! On the 76 inch 3 blade Catto I flew it on first, it was a rocket in the climb, but sucked at cruise, swapped to a MT 74 inch 3 blade and it went ballistic in the climb and cruise much more betterer! Nice thing about MT and Catto, you can trade props with them any time and really fine tune your ship! MT props sound better too! No buzz saw in hardwood sound!

 

I’ll volunteer the Finlander(Pops) and his GlassAir to strafe $hit if SHTF. I’d go with him but it’s only a two-seater and mom will obviously ride shotgun.

 

And then there are ultra lights.

 

I’m a fan of the ultralight idea.

 

Mother of Pearl! That's an engine with some wings.


but it needs some duck tape

in Alaska, duck tape can fix anything - even aircraft. For a while, anyway.

or just skin the entire aircraft with duck tape.

(Belite Ultralight Aircraft)

 

As far as Ultralights go, I used a pair of these in my third World of the Chernyi book, Pedro Six Two.

In the book, they were used for bailing out of an urban area, then later, for airborne recon. Great fun to write.

The kind of aircraft described in the book are like this

two seater with very simple flight controls. No winglets, these are fairly recent innovation. A cargo load a couple hundred pounds are possible..


Some ultralights, while simple, are barely suitable for flying
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