Ray Maule stories
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:14 pm
I figured there's plenty of them out there it warranted a new thread. I'll start by relaying I story I got today.
In 1973 during his senior year in high school in Napoleon, MI a young man decided to do something else with his life other than continue in the family tradition of the dairy farm, so he enrolled in his first flight lesson from a local instructor named Ray Maule. On the first approach, Ray brought the M4 in at an unusual attitude and proceeded to demonstrate a single wheel touch down and roll out on the right side and then shifted to the left wheel before becoming airborne again for another lap around the airfield. The young man was so stricken with fear that he kissed the ground once he got out of the aircraft at the end of the lesson. The young man decided to be and A&P instead of a pilot at that time although he eventually did get his license about 20 years later.
Although I have spent several hours on the phone with Ray discussing the finer points of the Maule, I regret I never got to take him up on the invitation to go fly with him.
Looking forward to other experiences the folks here have had with Ray.
In 1973 during his senior year in high school in Napoleon, MI a young man decided to do something else with his life other than continue in the family tradition of the dairy farm, so he enrolled in his first flight lesson from a local instructor named Ray Maule. On the first approach, Ray brought the M4 in at an unusual attitude and proceeded to demonstrate a single wheel touch down and roll out on the right side and then shifted to the left wheel before becoming airborne again for another lap around the airfield. The young man was so stricken with fear that he kissed the ground once he got out of the aircraft at the end of the lesson. The young man decided to be and A&P instead of a pilot at that time although he eventually did get his license about 20 years later.
Although I have spent several hours on the phone with Ray discussing the finer points of the Maule, I regret I never got to take him up on the invitation to go fly with him.
Looking forward to other experiences the folks here have had with Ray.