Harvard in action

Ollie · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:24 pm

In preparation for our participation at an airshow next week-end, we flew the Harvard today.

Yummy, smoke!

First pattern...

Second one...

Stoney · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:12 pm

A Harvard with gear doors?

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:19 pm

Don't know which model this one is, but a number of Mark I and II's did have gear doors on them.

dj51d · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:29 pm

Its a Harvard IV

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:39 pm

Lot's of Harvard 4's flying in the U.S. with gear doors, I presume it's just the owners choice to do so.

Robbo · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:14 am

It's looking good,Ollie. Happy Birthday for Monday by the way.

Rob

eric · **Joined:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:13 pm **Posts:** 15

Sounds like you yanks usually leave your doors off? I beleive they are standard on all harvards.

heres a shot of our freshly painted/polished one:

Ollie · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:35 am

Thanks Rob!

It's a Harvard 4, as Dan said. All the Harvards/T-6/SNJ have gear doors, the reason why the RCAF/CAF elected to leave them off is because they can be a pain in the neck to rig properly, as they always come out of whack.

But they give a much nicer look to the plane.

Stoney · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:40 am

Canadian built gear legs do not have the (for want of the word) thingy on them that the gear door ajustment rod attachs to, Harvard 2's and 3's, built in the USA did have them.

Ollie · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:32 pm

Harvard 3, eh?

That's not a real aircraft I'm afraid.

Anyhow, how Harvard has them, and we even changed a gear leg with one from our stockpile a while ago and it had the gear door attachment on it.

BTW Eric, very nice T-6, but you sure are courageous to have it that polished!

GIJOE290 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:01 pm

WOW!!

Ollie & Eric! SWEET, SWEET MACHINES!!

<< I go "google-eyed" over T-6's! :oops:

eric · **Joined:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:13 pm **Posts:** 15

Ollie wrote:

Harvard 3, eh?

That's not a real aircraft I'm afraid.

Anyhow, how Harvard has them, and we even changed a gear leg with one from our stockpile a while ago and it had the gear door attachment on it.

BTW Eric, very nice T-6, but you sure are courageous to have it that polished!

thanks, but its not mine

im just the monkey that helped polish it.

It belongs to Judy Pay of The Old Aeroplane Company

Chuck Gardner · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:37 pm

Ollie,
There is something terribly wrong with Havard you have pictures of:

There is an empty seat in the back!!!!

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11282

Stoney wrote:

Canadian built gear legs do not have the (for want of the word) thingy on them that the gear door ajustment rod attachs to, Harvard 2's and 3's, built in the USA did have them.

Are you looking for the word "lugs"?

My understanding is that they were left off the Harvard 4 because snow and ice could get packed beween the leg and the door or in the wheelwell and foul the gear somehow.

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:43 pm

eric wrote:

Sounds like you yanks usually leave your doors off?

Nope, just the opposite, the U.S. machines had gear doors, nice pictures by the way, thanks for sharing.

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