What Does This Man Call?

Thank you for all your witty (and more) comments. Further I received the following from warbirdsforum.com:

“From the look of him I’d guess “yes please, milk and two sugars””

“I’ll be there as soon as I teach this ****** how to taxi this thing.”

“I don’t think I wanna’ get IN this thing … without beer.”

“I say, I think I’ve assembled our new ride-on mower incorrectly.”

“Where’s the clutch”……..

Hope you enjoyed once more, and regards, RT

“This aircraft is very difficult to get into. It should be made impossible!”

And to the rear are what might be spring-loaded push-in doors over a wheel well.

Ahhhh… makes sense.
BTW: I was looking on Barnstormers and there is a nice 45A project for sale in California.

Ok, dis is the story of how we fly the Atlantic, we gotta half a way…and waddy ya know ..we run outa petrol we gotta go back!
This time we take more petrol and we justa bout to land……and wad a ya know we run out petrol we gotta go back…….

With apologies to Chico M

The gear was retractable, thought you wouldn’t know it from this photo. You can see where the struts retract, but I don’t see a wheel well

I believe it retracted to the rear, despite that big drag link, which was probably just to provide lateral support on the ground; note the mechanism directly aft of the gear strut. And to the rear are what might be spring-loaded push-in doors over a wheel well.

:angel: I reckon it’s ….. “Does anyone know when the last flight of the Vulcan is?”

There were more than that built.

Yes, you’re correct. I was referring to the Jacobs-powered Fairchild 45, not the Wright-powered 45A.
They made 16 of the Wright models, and they say it was a very nice ship.

We’ve just had a little domestic and she’s locked me out.

Do you know who I am? ‘I’m Ronnie Pickering’

Erm… Do I actually have to be sitting in it to engage the autopilot?

“Ok,i’ve pushed that button ,now what do i do?”

“This wasn’t quite what I had in mind when I booked those so called value tickets!”

Can someone fix the window?

“Right, throw the **** now…..and we’ll see what happens when it hits the fan!”

Sadly just one built.

There were more than that built. One still flies out of Paso Robles, and Greg Herrick has a project which led to legal action to have the drawings released, as the manufacturer’s successor was still claiming that they were a ‘trade secret’, some 75 years after the aircraft was built!

He is practicing his jodeling skills but started the engine to prevent noise complaints.

Someone should tell him that’s not how to call the tower.

Interesting exhaust collector ring…engine was a 225 hp Jacobs.
The gear was retractable, thought you wouldn’t know it from this photo. You can see where the struts retract, but I don’t see a wheel well, the wheels were semi-exposed as was common for the time (1935).
Sadly just one built.

Erm, I say…… I appear to have locked my keys inside!