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Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:37 pm

Vick- Do you know this pilot??

My pops just sent me this. I believe this is Vicks day job...The ultimate taildragger!!

Worth the 10 minutes of viewing!!

http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:58 pm

Re: Vick- Do you this pilot??

Very cool!! It's also somewhere here on another thread. Probably buried deep. Very awesome to see it again.
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:27 pm

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Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:14 pm

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Thanks for that- it's great.

Anybody know who the passenger is?
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:16 pm

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denalipilot wrote:Thanks for that- it's great.

Anybody know who the passenger is?

James May BBC reporter
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:24 pm

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And i thought it was this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4YNkurhLk

I guess just cause he has an english accent doesn't mean that its the same person...
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:36 pm

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aktahoe1 wrote:My pops just sent me this. I believe this is Vicks day job...The ultimate taildragger!!

Worth the 10 minutes of viewing!!

http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/


Yep, Cabi (the pilot) I know well and I met James May when he visited for filming. Zane and Glidergeek dug up the other thread about it. Look on YouTube for James May at the Edge of Space - good doc about his whole visit.
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:50 pm

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mmartin1872 wrote:And i thought it was this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4YNkurhLk

I guess just cause he has an english accent doesn't mean that its the same person...


It is the same fellow. James May is a host of BBC's Top Gear, and also a private pilot.
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:05 pm

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and that is the reason why my wife thinks i'm bad at recognizing people. lol.
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:12 pm

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Zane wrote:
mmartin1872 wrote:And i thought it was this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4YNkurhLk

I guess just cause he has an english accent doesn't mean that its the same person...


It is the same fellow. James May is a host of BBC's Top Gear, and also a private pilot.

Well, James May is in that clip (the Top Gear YouTube clip), but only at the end, in the red sweater. Jeremy Clarkson is the primary one shown and talking in the clip (again, the Top Gear clip). James May is obviously the one in the flying video...

(edited for clarity as to which clips I was referring to...)
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:18 pm

Re: Vick- Do you know this pilot??

mckim wrote:
Zane wrote:
mmartin1872 wrote:And i thought it was this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4YNkurhLk

I guess just cause he has an english accent doesn't mean that its the same person...


It is the same fellow. James May is a host of BBC's Top Gear, and also a private pilot.

Well, James May is in that clip, but only at the end, in the red sweater. Jeremy Clarkson is the primary one shown and talking in the clip.


In that case, mmartin is bad at recognizing people. :)
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:53 pm

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It's James May... says in the description. But the important question is did anyone else notice that the plane has a rearview mirror on the left side??? I need one of those!
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:06 am

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Definitely May, I remember watching this episode back when it was first on over here in paradise.
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:00 am

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Cabi the pilot flies a J3 out of Yuba City area Kevin he's on my FB page
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:15 am

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Vick-Are you in the training squadron with Steve as the CO?
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:25 pm

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RR wrote:Vick-Are you in the training squadron with Steve as the CO?
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I'm at the group right now Rob but I know Steve and fly with them
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