well we seem to have a forum for Show us your just about anything! so I thought it would be a good time to show us your rag and tube planes! even better, show us them in the bush! It always seem to find that these little buggers spend all there time going between lovley, neat airfields, when the truth is, there less is best attitude makes them awsome bush planes. there light and normally amazingly strong. I know for example the drifter, despite not having sides, would be one of the strongest little planes out there! and has brilliant stol performance. So feel free to show us photos of them in the Tabitha of which they thrive!

doesn't have to be strictly rag and tube, just anything basic that you fly!

Ill start with just a couple, but I'm a bit of a photo whore when it comes to showing off photos of popsy, so Ill just put up a couple Ive already previously posted.

Winter wonderland...

Some beach some where.

Waiting out the weather somewhere in west Texas on the way to Oshkosh, 2012.

Fun pics. I like that golf course airstrip, Evan. Looks like the Windows XP default wallpaper.

I got your rag-n-tube right here:

my old ride.. lots of rag (550 square feet) and a few tubes. still miss it on those warm summer evenings.

DSC_3650 by scottf, on Flickr


DSC_3452 by scottf, on Flickr

Zzz wrote:Fun pics. I like that golf course airstrip, Evan. Looks like the Windows XP default wallpaper.

Filed under the heading: "You know you've been in front of computers too long when..."

Zzz wrote:Fun pics. I like that golf course airstrip, Evan. Looks like the Windows XP default wallpaper.

That one falls under the old adage, "If it looks smooth, it might be."

That's Arth International. I stopped by there Memorial Day weekend and Mr Arth had just finished mowing. That portion is around 1000 feet. When he built his house he extended the downhill portion (to the right in the pic) another 500ft. I touched down in the "dip" on the new approach end and it launched me right back into the air. I bounced to a stop near where I parked. Ha.

The view from the top of that hill is great, and takeoff kicks ass too. The grass is nice, just watch for that low spot!

Crzyivan13 wrote:

Are you not bored with that thing yet?!?!

Welcoming committee at Red Hills...



And PROOF that she sometimes will go flying with me....

chosstronaut wrote:

Crzyivan13 wrote:

Are you not bored with that thing yet?!?!

Yes it's awful. Need to find a new one......


Hell no! I'm just learning how to have some real fun now.

In 13 months I'll add to this thread. Keep it active until then!

good work boys! loving it! you still flying the old rag and tube types zane?

Heading out for a night flight.

Here's my Stearman at home framing a neighbors Stearman.... you did say Tube and Fabric right?

gunny

Gunny, check your link. Pic's not showing up and I really want to see it!

DrifterDriver wrote:good work boys! loving it! you still flying the old rag and tube types zane?

Whenever I can. There's nothing like catching bugs in your teeth to remind you what real flying is.

"Rag and tube" is a pretty broad description that covers a lot of aircraft, as you can see from the posts in this thread. My new airplane is rag and tube and is just a little different from the ultralight I learned in.