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My new next door hangar neighbor is Biplane Forums very own Jim Helms, aka jdhmotor. He showed me his very own custom homebuilt yesterday. Not an airplane, but the next best thing. Itâs an exact replica of the original Batmobile. He said it was to spec to the original. It even has a working âjet exhaustâ that throws a flame about 4 feet out the rear âjetâ nozzle. This thing is beautifully made and the attention to detail is incredible. Here are a few photos.
As I was starting to start my plane to warm up the engine oil for changing, he casually mentions he flew on Walker, Texas Ranger. I said, you canât just drop that little lovely and walk away. I peppered him with questions and come to find out he was Chuck Norris stunt coordinator and pilot (fixed wing and rotor). Told me he even had several speaking roles on the show and was âRanger Jimâ when he wasn't disguised as a bad guy. When I got home I did some googling and found this which shows some of the episodes he was in.http://www.imdb.com
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m0375747. Looked them up on youtube and here is a sampling.
Start at 1:12
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Look at this around 27:30
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Start this one at :40 minutes. He used Gene Soucy's ShowCat. He and the
late Charlie Hilliard did this together.
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He also flew for many movies. He told me he started by going to stuntman school in California and was auditioning for the role of a bad guy to fight Chuck. Chuck heard Jim was a helo pilot and asked him if he could fly in the series and the rest is history. Jim would never have brought this forward to the group because he is a very humble man. I hope this doesnât embarrass him too much. I canât wait to pull some more stories out of him.
Even with all this to play with, I did get my oil changed!
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Best regards,
BradEdited by: TxSkyBolt
As I was starting to start my plane to warm up the engine oil for changing, he casually mentions he flew on Walker, Texas Ranger. I said, you canât just drop that little lovely and walk away. I peppered him with questions and come to find out he was Chuck Norris stunt coordinator and pilot (fixed wing and rotor). Told me he even had several speaking roles on the show and was âRanger Jimâ when he wasn't disguised as a bad guy. When I got home I did some googling and found this which shows some of the episodes he was in.http://www.imdb.com
ame
m0375747. Looked them up on youtube and here is a sampling.
Start at 1:12
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRNsrcoyfJo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRNsrcoyfJo[/ame]
<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
fficeffice" /><O></O>Look at this around 27:30
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ3A8EDeryg&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ3A8EDeryg&feature=related[/ame]
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></O>Start this one at :40 minutes. He used Gene Soucy's ShowCat. He and the
late Charlie Hilliard did this together.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NrjW93qpw&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9NrjW93qpw&feature=related[/ame]
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></O>He also flew for many movies. He told me he started by going to stuntman school in California and was auditioning for the role of a bad guy to fight Chuck. Chuck heard Jim was a helo pilot and asked him if he could fly in the series and the rest is history. Jim would never have brought this forward to the group because he is a very humble man. I hope this doesnât embarrass him too much. I canât wait to pull some more stories out of him.
Even with all this to play with, I did get my oil changed!
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></O>Best regards,
BradEdited by: TxSkyBolt
