View Full Version : My Dad's New "Ride"
SIMPLETON
07-07-2004, 01:27 PM
My dad is not really a car guy as much as us, he's more into airplane's. He owns two now a Piper Pacer and he's also been building this for about 7 years now. It's a Waco UMF-5 replica. It uses older, proven technology and weight saving engineering. It was even painted by him. And yes, it does fly.
Alcomet
07-07-2004, 01:46 PM
Very Nice.... What do you have to do to fly those babys?
Ps- does the Egg Nog Prof aplies to aeroplanes?
Sweeney921
07-07-2004, 02:17 PM
haha good idea, put it on the flight stick.
great job by your dad!
SIMPLETON
07-07-2004, 02:32 PM
plane proof .
hmm........ I knew I should have told him to get bucket seats
d-quik
07-07-2004, 03:25 PM
highest speed?
byronleehk
07-07-2004, 03:40 PM
And how much are we talking about here? :rolleyes:
SIMPLETON
07-07-2004, 03:45 PM
highest speed?
I dont know yet I'll ask my dad tonight how fast he's gotten up to.
it cost him somewhere around 200,000-250,000 dollars to build in total. I wouldve bought a Ferrari. or 4-5 Corvettes. or 3 Corvettes and a Viper
byronleehk
07-07-2004, 04:21 PM
I dont know yet I'll ask my dad tonight how fast he's gotten up to.
it cost him somewhere around 200,000-250,000 dollars to build in total. I wouldve bought a Ferrari. or 4-5 Corvettes. or 3 Corvettes and a Viper
OMG
:eek:
MrVette83
07-07-2004, 06:02 PM
it cost him somewhere around 200,000-250,000 dollars to build in total. I wouldve bought a Ferrari. or 4-5 Corvettes. or 3 Corvettes and a Viper
Simpleton brother(yep, that's right, mom and dad wanted me to tell you we're brothers) what is daddy's occupation nowadays? I'm looking for a career. :D
But all joking aside, that's a nice plane, I'm sure the feeling of flying it is equivelant to that of being out on our Harley just multiplied 100 times over.
SIMPLETON
07-07-2004, 06:18 PM
what is daddy's occupation nowadays? I'm looking for a career. :D .
He builds flight simulators for a company called Flight Safety
He didnt buy all the stuff at in one day, it was over 7 years. hmm....... maybe that why we owned a Ford Thunderbird for 14 years
MrVette83
07-07-2004, 06:24 PM
He builds flight simulators for a company called Flight Safety
He didnt buy all the stuff at in one day, it was over 7 years. hmm....... maybe that why we owned a Ford Thunderbird for 14 years
Yeah, I hadn't figured it was in one blow, and his occupation goes right along with his hobby.