Some touch and goes in a Piper PA17 Vagabond

#PA17 #Piperclippedwing #Pipervagabond
Thanks to Greg the owner for letting me take his Vagabond for a run, with supervision!
Lovely aircraft to fly and a chance to hear some more of Greg's aviation stories.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day,
Warbles was here.
My first flying lesson was 25 minuetes dual, with Neil Cottee, in his 1946 J-3 Piper Cub, in 1978.
In 1979, while working for Ansett General Aviation, at Bankstown, I
Detailed a
Piper "Super Cub", with about
120 hp,
For
Glider towing...
It was that Piper Cub &
Neil's DH-87b Hornet Moth, which
Prepared moi to go
Solo
In the
"8-Hp, 1975, Red Baron Skycraft Scout...."
And return it to
Earth in fit condition to have
Been hanging in the
National Transportation Museum
At
Inverell, NSW.
So,
Ab-Initio in underpowered original condition
Yellow Cubs
Actually bloody
WORKS...;
Eh, what,
Olde
Bean...! (?).
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !