SunN Fun pictures Friday

Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:23 pm

Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:29 pm

Well doen Chuck and thanks. Guess Doug was helping with the light for the hooter shot as well, seeing its part of the job :wink:

Does Wiley Sanders still own the Red/White DC-3? I remember when it was always at Breckenridge.....

Lynn

Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:07 am

Those are some great pictures. I wish I could have been there.

By the way, what is that crazy lookin' blue and yellow airplane?

Cheers,

David

Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:28 am

Looks like the Bear 360, an airplane Skip Holm was promoting a few years back...

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... i_n8980576

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:45 am

Sigh......

I sure miss working on that Yak 9. It is an excellent airplane.

Thanks for the pictures Chuck.

Gary

Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:53 am

OK, this has to be the worst dressed guy there. Note the shoes:

Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:33 am

Hi all,wondering if someone has some history on the cowls on the DC-3.The area of the cooling air inlet at the front seems markedly smaller than normal and it also seems to have non-standard gill doors.Was this a factory mod or other,either way it looks great.What type is the aicraft with the yellow nose & polished spinner,it appears to have T-6 lineage,great pics Chuck,especially the Hooters!!Cheers,Pete

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Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:55 am

First cockpit shot......Yak 9, N1157H. ;-)

Gary

Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:43 am

Ozfuryfan----That is a P-64 replica. North American built about thirteen of them with about half to go to Siam. After Dec.7 they were impressed into US service. Lots of T-6 in them, biggest difference was an 1820 motor. That one looks like it still has a 1340.....we have one down here with the 1820 built up by Ezell, boy does it climb.

Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:15 am

Did Bill brush all the snow off his Spit for that photo? :wink:

Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:44 am

Obergrafeter wrote:Ozfuryfan----That is a P-64 replica. North American built about thirteen of them with about half to go to Siam. After Dec.7 they were impressed into US service. Lots of T-6 in them, biggest difference was an 1820 motor. That one looks like it still has a 1340.....we have one down here with the 1820 built up by Ezell, boy does it climb.

Hmmm, interesting. I'm gonna hijack the thread for just a moment here.....

When we were doing our part of the work on the airplane you're talking about that is here in Texas (not the one pictured in this thread), we called it an NA-50, based on the 1820 being installed......well, and because of this information here........

Thread hijacking over now. :wink:

Gary

Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:14 pm

WOW Great photo's.

Thanks for sharing. :wink:

Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:19 pm

Is it me, or are you guys fired up for airshow season?

Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:24 pm

Gary Austin Wrote:

Sigh......

I sure miss working on that Yak 9. It is an excellent airplane.

Sean Carroll did some "work" on them as well :twisted:

Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:55 pm

There is just something so very right about a Spit with a five bladed prop.