Warbird Information Exchange

Thought this was interesting...

http://www.transamcountry.com/forum/vie ... php?t=2821

Anyone know what the "Belle" is doing there?

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If you look closely the No. 1 engine is missing in the picture on the other forum. Last I heard they replaced it over the winter, and on one of the first flights this season it seized. I was under the impression that it happened at Geneseo itself, but I guess not.

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Yes, one of the engines is completely off.

I was flying with my dad about three weeks ago on a Sunday and we flew by Genesee County (Batavia) airport and saw the Belle there. It was moving down the taxiway towards the end of the runway so we figured we should land and sit on the ramp and watch it take off. Well, we landed got to the ramp and sat there for a few minutes watching the 17 at the end of the taxiway. It then appeared that one of the engines shut down and they taxied back towards the ramp. At this point we left the ramp to make room and took off. It's been sitting there since.

Not sure why it wasn't at Geneseo, they may have wanted to get it off the grass before it got real soggy from the Spring weather. (EDIT: Nevermind, actually read the other link now)

the brand new engine completely seized while taxing in really cold weather. I am not implying that one thing led to another, it is just the news I heard.

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Back in the early 90s we had to change all four engines on her because some dumb--- shut off the oil lines. This was a fire bomber mod for the off season. We never shut off the valves. We went out and started the bird and no oil pressure so we shut her down. Damage was done. We lost one engine every flight to the next airshow until they all got changed. The guys would load up the van with the new overhauls and chase the bird airshow to airshow. Very gruling work but it had to be done. Changing engines out on the ramp in the pouring rain was alot of fun. I would just remember thinking that guys during the war would do these changes in alot less favorable conditions than we had and I can say they really earned their pay.

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A few years back Dave had a couple of engines show up that were making more metal than the one that was removed.

Third time is a charm!

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