Simviation Forum - Remember when?

Jan 10^th, 2013 at 5:51pm

wahubna Offline
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Remember when you would sit in a cardboard box and make airplane noises? Yeah...did that today at work in the Great Lakes frame Grin

We never grow up do we! Roll Eyes

Ostensibly it was to test my toe brake design... Grin

Post your wonderful tales of cardboard box simulation below!

Tailwinds,
Adam...off to fly my box!

‎"At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation."- Igor Sikorsky

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Reply #1 - Jan 10^th, 2013 at 5:56pm

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My childhood cardboard box used to contain myself, and the lush little pig-tailed blond from next-door.... Smiley

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Paul...Teleportation Time!... Kiss

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Reply #2 - Jan 11^th, 2013 at 4:58pm

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My cardboard box had an instrument panel thanks to discarded pages from My dad's DC-7 flight manuals.

Dave....still flying DC-7s

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Reply #3 - Jan 11^th, 2013 at 5:37pm

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1olehippy wrote on Jan 11^th, 2013 at 4:58pm:

My cardboard box had an instrument panel thanks to discarded pages from My dad's DC-7 flight manuals.

Dave....still flying DC-7s

I used sharpie and other markers to draw my instruments Grin

The manual pages were our "glass cockpit" upgrades Grin

‎"At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation."- Igor Sikorsky

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Reply #4 - Jan 12^th, 2013 at 7:54pm

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you guys and your boxes and airframes to play in...when I was a kid we had a set of steps and an imagination

I've clearly made up for it with the time spent building the simulator

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Reply #5 - Jan 14^th, 2013 at 10:50pm

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One of the fun toys of my childhood (was 1962 that long ago?) was a cardboard Mercury space capsule, complete with a spining "map" of the Earth. OF course you had to go in through the "hatch" ... On second thought, it was a heck of a way to get a kid (relatively) calm and quiet in one place for a long time!!.

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #6 - Jan 15^th, 2013 at 4:16am

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Hi Fozzer

I like that one.
I have located and obtained a large cardboard box .
Now I'm trying to locate a pig-tailed blond !
It's never too late to to enjoy learning to fly Wink

Cheers
Karol

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Reply #7 - Jan 16^th, 2013 at 2:47am

jetprop Offline
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COBS wrote on Jan 15^th, 2013 at 4:16am:

Hi Fozzer

I like that one.
I have located and obtained a large cardboard box .
Now I'm trying to locate a pig-tailed blond !
It's never too late to to enjoy learning to fly Wink

Cheers
Karol

Don't forget the practice your airplane noises! Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Jan 16^th, 2013 at 4:06am

waspiflab Offline
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COBS wrote on Jan 15^th, 2013 at 4:16am:

Hi Fozzer

I like that one.
I have located and obtained a large cardboard box .
Now I'm trying to locate a pig-tailed blond !
It's never too late to to enjoy learning to fly Wink

Cheers
Karol

I've been out with a few tailed pig blondes Cheesy

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Reply #9 - Jan 17^th, 2013 at 6:31pm

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The good'ol days.

My favorite cardboard box was a refrigerator box I had fixed up with the gauge
cluster and seat and steering wheel from a wrecked 65 mustang.

One of my dads friends owned a junkyard, (little boy heaven!) The only bad part
about the junkyard was the BEES!

The good'ol days

"May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars" Cheers George!

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Reply #10 - Jan 18^th, 2013 at 2:35am

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Don't forget, growing old is compulsory, growing up on the other hand is optional........... Grin

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Reply #11 - Jan 18^th, 2013 at 6:27am

COBS Offline
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Doctor visit 1.
As a 4 year old I got stitches in my knee climbing a barbed wire fence.

Doctor visit 2.
A couple of days later I got my very first aircraft , you guessed it , a cardboard box , unfortunately it was a tight fit with my arms trapped tightly next to my body , well I tripped didn't I .
Crash landed on my chin , more stitches.

For a 4 year old it doesn't get any better , 2 lots of stitches holding me together , and all at the same time , so cool.

Cheers
Karol

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