Liberty Belle & Glacier Girl

Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:06 pm

Hey guys check out K T Budde Jones article about this past weekend over at www.aero-news.net see Belle Of The Ball. Good write up.
Regards
Robbie Stuart :lol:

Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:47 pm

I notice the Belle's tailwheel doesn't retract, and i've seen this on other forts...why not?

-Dennis S.
Greeley, CO

Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:11 am

I understand that CNN was shooting some film on this, and the story is expected to air today (Friday 2/25/05) at 10:00 Eastern time. If a bigger
story comes up, it will be the following Monday.

Chuck Giese

Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:00 am

I guess some larger story came up

The CNN program on Gen. Tibbets (including the Liberty Belle) is now set to air tonight (Tue.) at 10:00 eastern time.

Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:03 am

Thanks for the heads up for the CNN broadcast. You guys might get to se my ugly face! :lol:

Robbie

Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:21 am

Dennis7423 wrote:I notice the Belle's tailwheel doesn't retract, and i've seen this on other forts...why not?

-Dennis S.
Greeley, CO

I got the following answer to the question. If it doesn't extend, it's difficult to manually lower it. Combine that with the inability to verify it's position from the cockpit, and most operators are willing to put up with the increased drag just to have one less thing to worry about.

Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:06 am

Hey Chuck, do you guys need a tail wheel retract screw for Desert Rat? Shoot me an e-mail!