Blane Aviation Weekend Saturday

[dj51d]

The crappy weather early in the day kept many of the expected, but a fair number of aircraft still showed up. There was a reasonable amount of flying when the weather cleared, one of the Mohawks flew several times and we were treated to a few formation flights, 2 T-6s with a BT-13, and Paul Ehlen's freshly restored Mustang with Walt Frickie's T-28C.

Walt Frickie's recently aquired T-28C 140653/N653DB



The Southern Minnesota Wing of the CAF's Harvard Mk 4 RCAF20306/N13595


Don Larsons N3N-3 2660/N51H sporting a N3N-1 cowling



The Southern Minnesota Wing of the CAF's BT-13 41-11538/N52411


Paul Ehlen's P-51D 45-11586/N51PE




Robin Crandal's SNJ-4 51629/N6427D sporting new markings for racing


American Wings Air Museum's RV-1D 64-14262/N134RV


L-29 N8164C

[Al Moore]

Thanks for posting the pictures. The Mustang must have flown just recently?

[Ollie]

Nice pictures Dan!

The Harvard 4 has a T-6F clear rear canopy.

[italian harvard]

I must admit sometimes it's hard to say wether it's an Harvard/Texan/SNJ, let alone the Mk.. The Harvard IV distinguishing features are the lack of landing gear doors (like all harvards), the prop spinner, a rectangular luggage door and bay, a smaller ADF fairing (not the "football" one), frameless canopies and the turtle deck with an extra frame. We're rebuilding our Harvard IV following this standard config, but I see many ppl applying modifications and/or strange/fantasy paintjobs, which is a real shame

Cheers

Alex

[N3Njeff]

WOOOOHOOOO, thanks for posting the pics of the N3N............dont see many with the speed ring. It only increases the speed by 3 mph and reduces the visibility even more.

[Ollie]

Harvards have landing gear doors my friend! The reason you never see them fitted is because that way, you save on rigging them.

Our Harvard 4 has the doors.

[italian harvard]

Harvards have landing gear doors my friend! The reason you never see them fitted is because that way, you save on rigging them.

Our Harvard 4 has the doors.

As far as I can see in any of the Harvard mantainance and part number manuals I have here there's no mentioning of landing gear doors. Even in the old pictures u cant see a single Harvard with those doors installed. I once was told it was a directive from CAF to operate better from muddy and snowy fields. So yes, your Harvard has doors, but they're not an original issue as far as I can see. It would be useful and interesting to know the history of your machine

Alex

[italian harvard]

same thing goes for the turtle deck, the Harvard IV had a peculiar one with different framing and I think even a little bit longer.

Alex

[Ollie]

RCAF 20352, she's in the registry alright.

[B-29 Super Fort]

I assume that the P-51 Little Horse was reconstructed from the wreckage of Death Rattler according to the Registry, it looks nice.

[dj51d]

Yes, Little Horse was rebuilt from the remains of Death Rattler, though I'm not sure how much was left to start with.

[airnutz]

Thanks for the pics dj51, and a double-thanks for the captions on them!
The N3N speedring may be a negligible improvement, and a hassle for
maintenance, but it really does pretty-up her looks! Thanks to the owner
Don Larson for the extra effort!