New build in South Texas

[PoolDoc]

Cool pool, and interesting video . . . but I'm not going to get in a plane you're flying, until you've had a bit more practice!

[CarlD]

Cool pool, and interesting video . . . but I'm not going to get in a plane you're flying, until you've had a bit more practice!

Either that or he trained at "Top Gun"--in which case I am not flying with him! (where's the "chicken" smilie?)

[PoolDoc]

Either that or he trained at "Top Gun"--in which case I am not flying with him!

Speak for yourself! A chance to fly with a top gun pilot -- in an F-15/16/18 -- is likely to be one of my unfulfilled desires. For about 16 years, Chattanooga had an airshow every other year, with either the Blue Angels (2x) or the Thunderbirds. My back yard was in the middle of the southern leg of the Thunderbirds performance loop. They'd always run practice flights the day before, getting low enough so that once one of my sons got a wave from a pilot!

Three of us LOVED it. Susan, not so much. A couple of years, the T-birds would take a local media rep on a PR flight up to the military air space at Arnold Air Force base, which always made apparently made the reps a bit green. I was green too, but with envy, not nausea. I always said if I ever got an invite, I'd go to Six Flags on some off-days, and spend time on some of the looping and upside down rides to get ready.

A chance to do so, would be the ONLY reason I'd voluntarily go to Six Flags or somewhere similar -- so I could 'flight train' my stomach before getting strapped into the real thing.

[martinkennedy]

Thanks guys. You can see the way the palms were blowing that the wind was pretty intense. On a side note, when I was younger, I did solo on a Cessna 172. Take care.

[PoolDoc]

OK. I'll buy that.

Some years ago, I did some consulting and design work on a community condo pool at a luxury resort, and had to commute private plane, in a 1 1/2 hour flight. Several times, I was in a twin engine Beech, but mostly a single engine 4-seat Cessna, which may well have been a 172. On one return flight to Chattanooga, my pilot was threading his way along the NC/GA line between thunderstorms that were both south and north of us. I got into the co-pilot's seat with a fresh cup of coffee, before the pilot noticed. Once he did, he warned me to drink as much as possible before we got above 300 feet. I got a few sips before I had to cover it up with my hand. When we entered the downdraft across the primary mountain ridge, he was in a maximum throttle climb, and still losing 100 fps.

Needless to say, I didn't get another sip of coffee, till we landed in Chattanooga!

[CarlD]

Speak for yourself! A chance to fly with a top gun pilot -- in an F-15/16/18 -- is likely to be one of my unfulfilled desires. For about 16 years, Chattanooga had an airshow every other year, with either the Blue Angels (2x) or the Thunderbirds. My back yard was in the middle of the southern leg of the Thunderbirds performance loop. They'd always run practice flights the day before, getting low enough so that once one of my sons got a wave from a pilot!

Three of us LOVED it. Susan, not so much. A couple of years, the T-birds would take a local media rep on a PR flight up to the military air space at Arnold Air Force base, which always made apparently made the reps a bit green. I was green too, but with envy, not nausea. I always said if I ever got an invite, I'd go to Six Flags on some off-days, and spend time on some of the looping and upside down rides to get ready.

A chance to do so, would be the ONLY reason I'd voluntarily go to Six Flags or somewhere similar -- so I could 'flight train' my stomach before getting strapped into the real thing.

Have fun! I LOVE to watch them fly! As long as MY feet are firmly on the ground!

[BigDave]

... A chance to fly with a top gun pilot -- in an F-15/16/18 -- ...

My Brother-in-Law was a Fighter Instructor (F-5) for the Air Force. I never got close to a ride along but would have loved it. My plan was: don't eat for two days.

[PoolDoc]

my plan was: Don't eat for two days.

[CarlD]

My Brother-in-Law was a Fighter Instructor (F-5) for the Air Force. I never got close to a ride along but would have loved it. My plan was: don't eat for two days.

That sounds about right....I don't usually get motion sickness but that would do me!

[PoolDoc]

@martinkennedy: I'd be very interested in whatever photos / details you can provide on the controls & pump that maintain the overflow basin. I'm getting feedback from various sources that pools with infinity edge often began to have problems after a year or so, and end up been run with levels below the water flow.

I can think of several ways to run a pit below pool level, but some are much more reliable than others.