Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:59 am
My 15 YO son took most of the photos with a digital camera my dad gave me in 2000. Quite a few are fuzzy to begin with.
Here are some of the better from that night.
Sorry but no flames.
Rich
Here are some of the better from that night.
Sorry but no flames.
Rich
Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:06 am
Don't want to hijack your thread, but heres a night run of Wee Willy I took in 2005 just before the annual POF Airshow that shows flames pretty well...
Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:47 am
Jim, thanks for the flame shot. A flame is a flame and it doesn't matter which side of the pond its on. I have some of PE as you were starting her at GOL and had flames licking around the cowl. Please keep us in the loop on your Spit as its gets time for it to cross the pond as well.
Regards,
Lynn
Regards,
Lynn
Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:50 am
51fixer wrote:My 15 YO son took most of the photos with a digital camera my dad gave me in 2000. Quite a few are fuzzy to begin with.
Here are some of the better from that night.
Sorry but no flames.
Rich
Rich, thanks the same as they do show signs of life. I was at the 50th Annv. for the Mustang in Santa Maria and Hugh Bickel, sorry for the miss spell there ran his at night. I wish I was on the ramp but it was a sight from the hotel room.
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:53 am
D Fisher wrote:Don't want to hijack your thread, but heres a night run of Wee Willy I took in 2005 just before the annual POF Airshow that shows flames pretty well...
Outstanding shot, thanks.....
Lynn
Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:04 pm
Lynn Allen wrote:Jim, thanks for the flame shot. A flame is a flame and it doesn't matter which side of the pond its on. I have some of PE as you were starting her at GOL and had flames licking around the cowl. Please keep us in the loop on your Spit as its gets time for it to cross the pond as well.
Regards,
Lynn
Hi Lynn here she is -- Rich is shuddering having to deal with a British aircraft. I think it's bitchin but I don't have to sign the logbooks so what do I know
Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:52 pm
Ahhh, the Griffon....
Bigger flames!
Bigger flames!
Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:53 pm
One thing about the Spit, you do get good at pulling the fuel tanks. I was helping on a Spit during the Spitfire reunion here several years ago. One of the planes had a gear problem and it was tracked to a shuttle valve problem. You could see the valve by pulling the panel between the gear, but that is all you could do. To get to it you had to pull both fuel tanks, and climb down into the fuselage to get to the valve.
Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:56 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:One thing about the Spit, you do get good at pulling the fuel tanks. I was helping on a Spit during the Spitfire reunion here several years ago. One of the planes had a gear problem and it was tracked to a shuttle valve problem. You could see the valve by pulling the panel between the gear, but that is all you could do. To get to it you had to pull both fuel tanks, and climb down into the fuselage to get to the valve.
YOUR NOT HELPING!
Rich
Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:00 pm
Rich,
sorry, I guess I will not say anything about tracking down air leaks in the brake system
sorry, I guess I will not say anything about tracking down air leaks in the brake system
Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:04 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:Rich,
sorry, I guess I will not say anything about tracking down air leaks in the brake system
I have been told by some Brits that there will be no air leaks.
Right Achmed!
Rich
Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:33 pm
51fixer wrote:Matt Gunsch wrote:One thing about the Spit, you do get good at pulling the fuel tanks. I was helping on a Spit during the Spitfire reunion here several years ago. One of the planes had a gear problem and it was tracked to a shuttle valve problem. You could see the valve by pulling the panel between the gear, but that is all you could do. To get to it you had to pull both fuel tanks, and climb down into the fuselage to get to the valve.
YOUR NOT HELPING!
Rich
Rich, I been flying a Hawker 700 for several years now and we are still getting use to the Queen's way....
Jim, when do you think the Spit will makes its way over here??
Lynn
Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:41 pm
Two questions for Jim:
1) Do you plan on doing an aerobatic routine with it, a la' The Horsemen?
2) Does the 5 blade prop produce more torque than a 4 blade prop?
1) Do you plan on doing an aerobatic routine with it, a la' The Horsemen?
2) Does the 5 blade prop produce more torque than a 4 blade prop?
Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:32 am
51fixer wrote:Matt Gunsch wrote:Rich,
sorry, I guess I will not say anything about tracking down air leaks in the brake system
I have been told by some Brits that there will be no air leaks.
Right Achmed!
Rich
Air leaks??
The fun part is if you do need to get to the gear retraction jacks on a griffon spitfire,you have to drain the oil system,take the oil tank out ,Then drain the fuel and get the front 2 fuel tanks out.
Its all good fun,im sure Rich will have a beard down to his knees while working on this one.
Still, we,ve got to finish it first,you lot working into the middle of the night has given our boss some ideas........
Regards
Fred
Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:09 am
warbird1 wrote:Two questions for Jim:
1) Do you plan on doing an aerobatic routine with it, a la' The Horsemen?
2) Does the 5 blade prop produce more torque than a 4 blade prop?
I think it'd be a good machine to lead the act with and the torque issue is more that it's a left rudder ride than a right rudder one.