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PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE:

The new rebuilt Engine #1 is on and passed its test flight program.
If it is not raining this weekend ( Lawdy it is strange to write that after the drought we have been under) TEXAS RAIDERS will be at Brenham for a full day Saturday and a half day Sunday July 23-24, for Rides, tours and delicious hamburgers.

Come hungry and don't forget to bring your cameras! Poodle-skirt girls rock!

SPANNER

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TEXAS RAIDERS is in Colorado Springs from Aug. 8-13th.

I have heard the weather is more pleasant than Houston at the moment.

If you are in the area stop on by for a tour or purchase a ride.

SPANNER
(stuck in Houston)

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This is what it is all about.

http://www.gazette.com/articles/fliers- ... orado.html

CAF- Gulf Coast Wing salutes the 381st Bomb Group (H)

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It is a mind-blowing thing- how much an 1820 shakes when a spark plug lead comes loose and starts a cylinder mis-firing!!!
Fortunately that was the only sqwuak on the Colorado Springs trip.

Thanks to the folks at Cutter Aviation, West-Pac and Brent Meyers for their assistance.

TEXAS RAIDERS performed two fly-bys at the Air Force Academy and the vets from the 381st got to tour and some got to ride TEXAS RAIDERS.

Next year they are planning their 2012 reunion at Wright-Patterson.

TRIUMPHANT WE FLY!

SPANNER

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Pictures Copyright 2011 by Kevin Hong. All rights reserved.

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For those astute viewers who have been noticing that Engine #3 seems to be a tad smoky--- You win a Pony. Or at least a picture of a pony...
Please send a stamped self-addressed envelope etc., etc.

Our AH-HA moment was when Cylinder #6 on said Engine #3 did not give the Maintenance Cols. righteous numbers on a compression check dutifully done after the plugs kept fouling.





After it was returned to service TEXAS RAIDERS flew over Rice stadium for the opening footaball game between Rice and Perdue.

Some darned camera hawg yellow airplance keeps nudging into the photographs.

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(in best jackass southern drawl) "Well there's yer problem! You didn't remember to clean off the black stuff before going flying!"



Call me biased, but I don't mind anything powered by a Gipsy getting into a picture.

A Gypsy Ranger!!!!

Spanner, your B-17 engine tribulations sound very familiar. . .

A few years ago, Chuckie was on her takeoff roll and the #2 engine started making "less than ideal" power and doing a lot of shaking. The takeoff was aborted and the ship was taxied back to the ramp. Steve and I investigated the problem after letting the engine cool down. The culprit turned out to be a shattered insulator on a spark plug, causing that one cylinder to misfire.

A couple of years prior to that, our #3 engine was smoking a lot and using a lot of oil, and it kept getting worse. After a particularly smoky flight home from the Denton air show, our intrepid mechanics tore into the engine to find the cause. The problem was that an incorrect set of rings had been installed on the #5 piston when the engine was overhauled. The rings caused excessive wear, which led to replacement of the piston and cylinder. That was a real pisser for us because the slug and jug were both brand new when installed! The piston is sitting on my desk here at work, right next to a piston from B-25 Pacific Prowler (quite a sight for the un-initiated!). I think the cylinder ended up with a collector in Germany.

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

Bombardier of the Year! At least for Gulf Coast Wing.

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I thought the bombshells went in the bomb bay. But what do I know? I give her my permission to stay at her post, and thank you for posting the pic, Don. It's da bomb!

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

Ahhh now I get it ...... this is the cover shot for a new line in CAF - GCW merchandise

The 2012 Texas Rose B-17 Calendar Girls !

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Blue Skies .....

Peter

Consolidated by US state ~ see if there's a heavy bomber tour stop coming to an airport near you ...... http://www.bomberflight.info

Warbirdapps on facebook ~ every day a new image from my personal journey thru the world of warbirds ..... https://www.facebook.com/Warbirdapps

Not a half bad idea there Pedro!

TEXAS RAIDERS will be in Huntsville, Texas (UTS) Sept. 23-25, 2011 for Revenue Rides, Tours and generally livening up the locals.

I hope to have Moosejaw Belle there too, but at the very least I will have KERMIT- the Little Green Fun Machine.

Hope to see y'all there!

SPANNER

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Hey, to me, Ranger stole DeHavlland's design.

Cap-Flyer,
I don't know my 20s and 30s engine-ology, but didn't Menasco have a similar engine in the inverted six race?

Either way, the Ranger sounds sweet!

SPANNER

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