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I have no words for this..........Check it out.

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:38 am
by Bennie Vorster
Take A Look At This- Woman Armless Pilo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlgHQwcMQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuMHSFPOzpc

Amazing, now who said it is hard to fly. :roll:

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:42 am
by Blue Angel
Ok, this is a perfect example of someone who has a " I want to " attitude.

Makes me feel that sometimes I am ungreatfull for what I have!!!

This is awsome.

I take my hat off to her!!!

BA

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:49 am
by RV4ker (RIP)
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

and I battle with 2 mitts :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: AWESOME....

PS
Wonder if CAA would even allow someone like this to attempt it....

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:03 pm
by BOATCH
I wonder how does she keep the ball in the middel cause her two feet look verry bissy at the controls

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:30 pm
by Low Level
I cannot see the videos at work. :evil: therefore hope there is no duplication.

Oxford and Cambridge have now decided to remove the words CAN'T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionary

Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl from Tucson, Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and became the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.
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Jessica Cox of Tucson was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from doing one thing: using the word "can't."
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Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.

With one foot manning the controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox, 25, soared to achieve a Sport Pilot certificate. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light-sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet..

"She's a good pilot. She's rock solid," said Parrish Traweek, 42, the flying instructor at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport.
Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's abilities.

"When she came up here driving a car," Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."
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Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she figured out early on that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices.

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:59 pm
by Wallaby
Increddible!!

But how does she operate the rudder pedals or are the yoke and the pedals interconnected?

Should show this to some of the guys standing at the robots with one arm or one leg and bumming for money. Even makes me feeling quilty, sitting here with two perfect arms and legs, but not wanting to work on this Friday afternoon. :oops: :oops:

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:25 pm
by BOATCH
Why work if you can fly, I will fly for food and i will beg to fly. vhpy

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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:12 pm
by Gyronaut
BOATCH wrote:I wonder how does she keep the ball in the middel cause her two feet look verry bissy at the controls
Wallaby wrote: are the yoke and the pedals interconnected?
Yes.

As a matter of interest... The Aircoupe she is flying has no rudder pedals! The aeleron and rudders are linked. Bazil Langley and a partner at Fisantekraal have one, original 1940's model which is now undergoing a rebuild. Stunning aeroplane and he tells me it flies beautifully. Only thing it can't do is sideslip.

Incredible achievement on her part none the less!

Len

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:41 am
by Gaylord Focker
TALK ABOUT CAMEL TOE !!!

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:50 am
by Tailspin
Gaylord Focker wrote:TALK ABOUT CAMEL TOE !!!
Eish GAYLORD #-0 #-0 -xX s067

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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:00 pm
by andreb
Gaylord Focker wrote:TALK ABOUT CAMEL TOE !!!
not even close to funny... :shock:

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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:38 pm
by Gyronaut
Gaylord Focker wrote:TALK ABOUT CAMEL TOE !!!
I am holding my breath kinda hoping Gaylord will say something in mitigation but alas...

Perhaps is was just an early monday morning after a good weekend that initiated the comment?

Lets hope so.... I'll give him the benefit of doubt, for now.

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