Biplane – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

A Fairy Tale

This was the beginning of the flight of my life. It was March, 1971, and I was ready to depart the farm near Lexington, Nebraska, to go to Lincoln and then on to Mineral Point Wisconsin a day or two later in the EAA Biplane that was built by my dad. Though temperatures hovered justContinue reading “A Fairy Tale”

The Presence of the Past

Round engine, open cockpit, two sets of wings, tail on the ground. When it comes to airplanes nothing says blast from the past more than those factors. This plane isn’t an antique, however, but rather a homebuilt 3/4 scale replica of a biplane designed and flown over 60 years ago. Having flown similar airplanes, IContinue reading “The Presence of the Past”

Pull Up To Go Down

It is often said on TV programs that to make an airplane go up, pull back on the control stick and to go down, push forward. That only works in a very narrow range of flight attitudes. Keep pulling back and the airplane slows to a point that the wings suddenly quit producing lift andContinue reading “Pull Up To Go Down”