Jason Baldwin, dead.

Sad news. Was he racing in the 1000 this year? ___________________________________________________________ tw

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase') A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,

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L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote:

What's a Pirate Plane?

I'm a private pilot who owns 1/2 of a Beech.

I'd never heard a GA aircraft called a "Pirate" plane. I was picturing something with the Jolly Roger painted on the tail and a scurvy dog at the controls.

FWIW, a Cessna 210 can a be a nice rig. Some are even pressurized and have almost a 1600 pound usable load.

As another pilot who keeps up with this kind of thing and reads plenty of flying related printed matter, I've never seen the term "pirate" airplane either. Must be a non-pilot term.

Jerry

L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote:

I think Bill is trying to say that 'pirate' was a typo and he meant 'private'. ___________________________________________________________ tw

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase') A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,

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Jerry Bransford wrote:

You've never heard of the Pittsburgh Private Pilot Pirates?

Correct. "All-knowing" is not part of the Private Pilot Practical Test Standards, although some pilots act like it is.

I usually think of something illegal when the term "pirate" is added.

Never heard of it until you posted it. Since we live on opposite coasts, I also wondered if it was a regional thing.

Geese guys, I am not a pilot and I knew exactly what he meant and have heard the term many times.

The small private 'pirate' planes fly low across borders and do drug drops. We hear about them in the news, even come across their bush strips out on our runs too....

The plane that Mr. Baldwin was in is in that class, but the article said they touched down for a border check, so it wasn't a 'pirate' flight.

Although I really think Bill just screwed up the spelling of 'private'. ;-)

Mike

Just as I suspected! ;) _____________________________________________________________________

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Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase') A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II. _____________________________________________________________________

L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote: