Name The Pilot

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:30 pm

This is so far out of left field....

Did any of the 'Royal Guardsmen' play a Rickenbacker when 'Snoopy vs. The Red Baron' was recorded?

360dave · Post by **360dave** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:25 pm

Wiley Post

Dave
K6XYZ[at]valornet.com

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:15 pm

How about the guy from Jefferson Airplane? Geddit?
Sorry....too much coffee today....

ibmindless · Post by **ibmindless** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:01 pm

Wow - I actually saw the Royal Guardsmen in a live concert - and of course, they played Snoopy & the Red Baron. But I don't recall what guitars they used - sorry.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:12 pm

Never mind, Mark. Was seeing them a good or bad thing?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:28 am

Never mind, Howard.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:44 am

Time for a hint guys. He was a pilot, played a Rickenbacker and is in Richard Smith's book.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:56 am

Um, Ricky Nelson? He flew in more ways than one, too.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:30 am

Congratulations Paul.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:30 am

Well, I know it wasn't George Shearing.

But I'm thinking you don't mean famous as a pilot, just famous in any sense. Therefore, it has to be Jim Reeves.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:36 am

Yes John, famous in any sense.

Again your responses go well beyond the thoughts underlying my initial question and I like your answers better than mine. I had no idea that there were so many musicians who were also pilots.

John Denver would be another but no Rickenbacker connection to my knowledge.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:47 am

How about we take this thread in another direction as well.

As a pilot and general aviation enthusiast, I'd like to know how many of you are also pilots and what you fly.

Through the years I've noted a very large number of pilots among Rickenbacker owners, seemingly a greater number than the general population stat might suggest.

Doctors and lawyers seem to buy Gibsons . . .

ibmindless · Post by **ibmindless** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:18 am

Well... I'm not a pilot, but I do tell them where to go. I'm an air traffic control supervisor and I've been talking to airplanes for over 25 years, many of which were spent at SNA (John Wayne / Santa Ana Airport).

Do you need a tour of SoCal Approach, John?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:37 am

Wow, then no doubt I've already spoken to you many times at either SNA or Coast/SoCal Approach! More often than not I fly off the roof of the Centreport/Helistream/Tridair building.

Indeed, I'd love to visit. In the late 80' I visited the old Tracon at El Toro since I have an appreciation of antiques but it'd be great to see the new place!

jaybic · Post by **jaybic** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:33 am

My father was a pilot. He flew his little Piper Cherokee off of a landing strip he had on our farm. He'd occasionally do flying for various ag companies that wanted to take over head photos of fields or various plots. He had a small acrylic window installed on the bottom of the floor so the cameramen could just look down instead of banking the plane and shooting out the side window.