We got some amazingly funny captions for our latest contest --
tagging a wood creation from Erik Lindbergh (more information
upcoming), who's made quite a splash in the art world. Here's the
picture...
...and here are some of your responses:
Airliner designed by Mayor Daley. --Dan Branstrom
From the Memoirs of the original Back “Woods”
Pilot. -- Rob Behner
And everyone thought Howard Hughes had a novel idea! -- Mike
Marden
(perhaps our favorite) The Flintstone Flyer -- Anon, Alan
Dominy
What our members are building: "Bedrock Beauty" built by Fred
Flintstone -- Larry Martin
Fred – what have you dragged home now? -- Wilma
Flintstone (unearthed by R. Steven Justice)
Fred Flintstone, you're going to spend more time with her, than
me! -- Wilma Flinstone (discovered by Bob)
Despite the pressures of working in the quarry and raising a
family, Fred finally finishes carving his single-trunk kitplane,
displayed here proudly at this year's OshRock fly-in -- Mitch
Hodges
Wilma! Have you seen my Pterodactyl scarf?! -- Anon
"Yup, she's old and heavy, but she still floats and with the
right pilot aboard, she sure can fly." -- David, who says, "My 4
year old daughter wants to be that pilot."
Overheard from the owner speaking to another pilot, "It makes
you think when the aircraft is made from the same tree as the
prop." -- Herk Strumpf
For Sale: Homebuilt Aircraft, 99% complete, needs large rubber
band... -- Alan R. Sayre
Introducing The Weyerhaeuser Rocket Non Sinkable Seaplane. --
Fred R Gefken
Gepetto's Pinoccio-II -- Peter Ashwood-Smith
After his canoe sank and the river froze over, and only having
his ax with him, the missing lumberjack found another way to get
home. -- Ron Dixon
Hey look this is my ride! -- Frank Bokoff
Pine Gosling... As in baby Spruce Goose -- Larry Bishop
You’ve heard of the spruce
goose?………This is the spruce gosling. -- Walter
T. Dieter
Howard Hughes' "SPRUCE GOOSE #1" -- Wayne Spencer
The long-lost Vans RV-1 (or RV-2) prototype. Now we see why. --
Rollin Olson
Yeah, they're gonna call me..."Fastest Man Alive" (Little Howie
Hughes, 7th Grade, as he put the finishing touches on this creation
he made with "raw materials" -- the Wet bar from his daddy’s
office!) -- Charles Fournet
First airplane, found in Viking Graveyard. circa 1006 AD --
Stan Markus
You take this big log, and you chisel away everything that
isn't an airplane. -- Donald McKibben
Weird canoe -- the damn thing will never fly!!! Won't float
right either -- Leo J. Corbalis
Ironically, it's got a composite prop. -- Jon Abel
The 2nd place winner of the "1803 Help Lewis and Clark Explore
America" contest. -- Sean Carson
For the astute, artistic aviator from Acadia to Adirondack -
this masterpiece floats even without the floats! -- Andrew
With the radar cross-section of a mosquito, this new Boeing
stealth fighter/bomber makes use of the natural radar absorbing
quality of wood and can be manufactured using local Seattle timber.
-- Brian Hausknecht
Capt. Smith and Pocahontas carefully approached the
strange-looking canoe -- Roy Harkness
Barrel of fun -- Clifford Will
So it goes that Bob the beaver became a pilot and the envy of
the dam in a few bites -- Anon
New FAA approved Sport Pilot training simulator -- Mike
Lipford
Al Gore: "Boy, I'll bet we can get a lot of these for we pay
for an F-18" -- Jerry Krainock
Howard Hughes Spruce goose was displayed today with great
expectations. -- Steven B. Wilson
Only GA aircraft allowed into Washington National! -- Andy
Cebula
What do you get when you cross a Spruce Goose with a Beaver? --
Brett
Joe wanted to make absolutely certain his float plane never
became a submarine. -- anon
Well... I hope it will at least float. -- Matt
"Yes, Mr. Inspector. My plane is made of wood and fabric. It
handles great. The only problem is that it has the glide ratio of a
stick." -- Jeff Salt
"Mayor Daley agreed to re-open Meigs field, but only for one
specific type of aircraft operations (type pictured here) -- Brad
Stanford
Mayor Daley's Floatplane Design -- Dan
It floated well, but it didn't clear the trees -- Dan
For Sale. Engine and aircraft logs are up-to-date -- Bill
Menzel
The EAA's newest proposed Sport Aircraft submission -- Erik
Ernst
Mock up of the RV -- Amphib prototype -- Henry Evans
A Pilots Woody -- Kevin J. Brennan (We're certain he was
referring to the classic auto)
Bush Pilot Special - Floating Woody -- Paul Tostenson (See
above...)
A Woody on Floats... How natural. -- William Carter
Look, when I said I wanted a "Beach Aircraft," I MEANT A
BEECHCRAFT!!!! -- John D. Cunningham
No matter how many hours you log in this baby, you'll always
find it unstable in pitch and completely unresponsive in roll --
Paul Turk
Plans by the DeHavilland Beavers? -- Greg Carnforth
The new Sports Pilot regulation is bringing our some new and
unusual designs! -- Randy Kenyon
Appropriately enough... "Cabin Fever." Simple and straight to
the log! -- Sid Hausding
Somehow I thought that Doolittle's Curtiss R3C-2 Schneider Cup
Racer was larger -- David Pride
Wood you like to go flying? -- Andrew H. Broom
Recently discovered artifact leads anthropologists to rethink
the sophistication of Amazonian tribespeople. -- Bruce
Finally made public and just in time for the release of the
Howard Hughes movie The Aviator, the actual prototype for the
Spruce Goose -- Steve Masters
In case of an emergency water landing, your seat cushion can be
used as a paddle. -- Doug Peoples
...and people, it floats." -- Curt Lohman
Thanks for axing. I wood love to log some stick time. -- Dave
Lowell
Are you certain it’s "scratch-built"? Looks like a kit to
me. -- Mel
Just revealed, TSA endorsed aircraft for general aviation. --
John Uhl
"I've logged many an hour in this beast" -- Keith H.
Freeman
Hiawatha was more advanced than the other Indians... -- Brian
Rodgers
Bellanca announces the debut of their first float equipped
Viking... -- Steve Serrill
You've heard of the Spruce Goose. This is the Log Hog! --
Gordon J. Beyreis
I've heard of "logging" time, but this is ridiculous! -- David
Tilley
Has anyone seen my cask of pennies? -- Lowell Metz
It does to float....about as good as Ivory soap! -- Jerry
Goodnow
Leafy Canopy optional extra -- Ian Richard Williams
Hey, I saw this ad for a sea plane rating on the Aero-News.net
site, what do you think? -- Dave Zavoina
They said UNLIMITED racers for the 2005 RENO AIR RACES
edition... right ! -- John T. Dickens
Thanks to all who entered their captions! We promised a prize to
the BEST submission... so it's time to decide WHO did the best
caption... so give us a hand and nominate YOUR pick of the best
reponse to this contest... the winner will receive a copy of the
new Klyde Morris book! Send your pick to TOP Caption Contest
Selections-1213a!
Let's do this again real soon! And if YOU have a picture worth
captioning, please make sure we can use it.
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