Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:47 pm
krlang wrote:Just found this on the NTSB list.....
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 991PT Make/Model: N3N Description: N3N
Date: 06/27/2008 Time: 2124
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: ODESSA State: TX Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RAILROAD
TIE, ODESSA, TX
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Activity: Ferry Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: LUBBOCK, TX (SW13) Entry date: 06/30/2008
Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:01 pm
warbird1 wrote:What a beautiful airplane.
How many N3N's are currently airworthy?
I have Stearman time, but have never flown in an N3N. In flight, how does it compare to a Stearman?
Is the rudder pretty effective? That thing is HUGE!
Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:07 pm
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:08 pm
warbird1 wrote:Are there any N3N's with floats that are currently flown? I've seen the beautiful examples at the Yanks museum at Chino, but I don't believe any of them have flown. Any others?
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:14 pm
N3Njeff wrote:warbird1 wrote:Are there any N3N's with floats that are currently flown? I've seen the beautiful examples at the Yanks museum at Chino, but I don't believe any of them have flown. Any others?
There was 3 flyable on floats. But one of our Wixers assisted its transformation back to the gear. So as I know right now off the top of my head, there are 2 flying on the water.
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:20 pm
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:25 pm
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:07 pm
N3Njeff wrote:should have waited........................now look up!
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:10 pm
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:12 pm
N3Njeff wrote:Now 2996 has been flying for a very long time. Probably just as long as ours. Now this is a bad video and somewhere I have it on VHS but take a look at this!!!!
Any takers????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k03H9VuKTVk
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:34 pm
warbird1 wrote:A few questions:
1) How rare are the N3N floats and gear to obtain to put it on the water?
2) Were there N3N's built specifically just for floats and not gear? In other words, were there specific land and sea versions, or were both built with interchanageable gear?
3) How hard would it be to convert a land-based N3N to a float plane version?
Great thread!
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:39 pm
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:52 pm
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:10 pm