The phrase is "Grandpa flew out of gear like a Model T Ford". From the book, Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. The Model T Ford had a planetary 3 speed transmission that was notorious for jumping out of gear into neutral. Grandpa got excited and flew out of gear.
This is a metaphorical expression meaning that the senile grandpa's behavior was erratic or unpredictable, similar to a model T-Ford that is out of gear and uncontrollable.
Since a model T Ford is fast, if your grandpa gets out of gear like one it means he got out of the gear really fast.
Lost control.
The past tense of fly is flew.
In 2003, the first remote-controlled model airplane flew across the Atlantic Ocean nonstop.
This is not an idiom. When you see a comparison with "Like a ___" you're looking at a simile. This one's comparing something to an old Model-T car.
This is not an idiom. When you see a comparison with "Like a ___" you're looking at a simile. This one's comparing something to an old Model-T car.
The plane flew past the building.The birds flew to the new nesting grounds.
The range of the Boeing 737 has increased with almost every model produced. Starting from the original 737-100 that first flew in 1968 with a range of 1,720 miles, many models increased speed and range. The latest model, the 737-900 now flies 3,400 miles. - Some specialised aircraft, such as the model -600 produced for SAS flew longer ranges, up to 4,500 miles at slightly reduced weights.
flew is the past tense of fly
The correct past tense for "fly" is "flew." So it would be "he flew out." "Flied out" is incorrect.
"The bird flew out the window" might be what you want.
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn, Apple seed and apple thorn; Wire, briar, limber lock, Three geese in a flock. One flew east, And one flew west, And one flew over the cuckoo's nest.