Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:25 pm
Wheels up wrote:b29driver wrote:rwdfresno wrote:Whoever put the three bladed props on the Bobcat has a sense of humor lol.
There were a few modified with feathering props, this is one of them. They actually work!!
How'd they do that? Hartzell didn't make #20 spline feathering did they? So are those 985's?? Let's hope the termites hold on tight!
Those are 300hp Lycomings on that A/C.
Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:50 pm
RickH wrote:I saw it a couple of months ago in a small T hangar just across the ramp from lone Star. It was partialy disassembled then. At least the outer wings and vertical were off of it.
Yep Rick, I saw the A-20 in probably the same T-hangar in November during Flyday. From the outside
she seemed complete, but was showing bare firewalls. I meant to ask about her status in the post-show thread,
but it slipped my mind.
Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:21 pm
On the F3F's flying qualities, I was part of a conversation about museum stuff in general a couple of years ago when we dumped the hangar for the blanketyblank jet job we never got. I got the impression then that Mike Burke distinctly disliked the F3F and he said it was a real handful to fly with absolutely awful visibility.
On the whale, it was in the support hangar for a while and now there is renewed interest in it. A couple of newer members are both machinists and are making drawings and tossing around ideas for the waist guns. Hmmm. maybe they can fab up a couple of .30s for the PBY nose.
Doug Ratchford,
'the PBY guy' at LSFM
On the whale, it was in the support hangar for a while and now there is renewed interest in it. A couple of newer members are both machinists and are making drawings and tossing around ideas for the waist guns. Hmmm. maybe they can fab up a couple of .30s for the PBY nose.
Doug Ratchford,
'the PBY guy' at LSFM