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March 17, 2005 at 4:09 pm in reply to: Yak-11 in Kansas City (2005 Zombie thread) #1396407

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Very nice. Any idea where it comes from?

I’ll ask Bob today, but if I remember correctly he purchased her around 1980 from John Garric, the guy who does the Yak-3 conversions with the Allisons.

As I recall he had several Yak-11 projects for sale at the time. I believe a complete airplane was around $50K.

March 17, 2005 at 4:01 pm in reply to: Spitfire PR.19 G-CDGK #1396415

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It may have to do with the increased drag of the second propeller, namely not being as efficient as a single prop.

Contraprops were mainly designed to counteract the gyro effects of the propeller, especially at low speed, by having two props spinning in opposite directions.

March 17, 2005 at 3:30 pm in reply to: Spitfire PR.19 G-CDGK #1396583

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2005 should be fun, and I hope to be there too. Will you be racing #47?

Cheers,
Richard

Southern Cross and I go to Reno for Pylon School (aka Rookie School) June 16-19. I also have to get a new race number, as 47 is John Bagley.

March 17, 2005 at 6:15 am in reply to: Spitfire PR.19 G-CDGK #1397530

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… still, I do love Sea Furies. Incidentally, I have some lovely pics of Southern Cross at Reno in ’98 when John Bagley owner her if you’re interested Steve. She sure is a beauty, and you’re a very lucky man indeed in my book!

Cheers,
Richard

’98 was a very good year. Southern Cross battled Riff Raff in the Silver, and I believe it was Stew Dawson’s rookie year in Spirit of Texas, where he raced in the Gold. It was also the year that Howard had engine failure on takeoff in his Sea Fury (due to a film crew accidently bumping the fuel selector in the cockpit). Howard cranked her around and landed without incident.

A very good year…let’s hope ’05 will be even better.

March 16, 2005 at 11:23 pm in reply to: Yak-11 in Kansas City (2005 Zombie thread) #1397697

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Good day today, as we got the wing and fueslage together (after much debate…nothing like having a room full of experts). Anyway, things are starting to really take shape.

March 16, 2005 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Spitfire PR.19 G-CDGK #1398300

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“Poop off a shovel”? Not really sure what that means. Precious Metal won the Bronze division in 2003 with a speed of 407 MPH. Jimmy came in 2nd with a speed of 402 MPH.

March 16, 2005 at 3:07 pm in reply to: Spitfire PR.19 G-CDGK #1398377

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Hey Steve…. think that you forgot about a certain “Red Baron”… now there was a contra-prop with attitude… and a few speed records too! Steve Hinton flew that too…. and crashed it after winning the Gold at Reno (1979?).

Cheers,
Richard

415 MPH for “Red Baron” in 78-79 wouldn’t even make the Gold race today. As I said, contra props look cool, and the crowds love them, but they’re slow.

March 16, 2005 at 3:58 am in reply to: Spitfire PR.19 G-CDGK #1398800

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Still, what I wouldn’t give to see her on the track at Reno.

The contra prop jobs never go fast at Reno. Just look at Precious Metal and Miss Ashley II. Slow, slow, slow.

March 16, 2005 at 3:06 am in reply to: Yak-11 in Kansas City (2005 Zombie thread) #1398821

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No, this is a new restoration. The airplane has never flown before in civilian hands.

March 16, 2005 at 2:02 am in reply to: A Homage Thread To Sea Fury TF956 #1398847

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Interesting photo #4, Seafuryfan. This appears to be a go-around for TF956, as the flaps are fully deployed (only done on landing) and the gear is in transit.

March 16, 2005 at 1:42 am in reply to: Twin Prop Spitfire #1398851

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Hi Britt,

Welcome to the forum, and sorry that the above image was posted without your watermark. I’m sure it will be removed quickly.

You have a fantastic web site, and I hope you will enjoy your experience on this forum. It’s a really good mix of pilots, photographers, and warbird supporters.

Best regards,

Steve Patterson

March 16, 2005 at 1:17 am in reply to: Sea Fury Winter Maintenance, Part XXIVish #1398859

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The Sea Fury is coming along nicely. Today we fitted the gear doors and swung the gear several times. The new instrument panel is scheduled to be installed next week, although most of the wiring is now complete. A new control column is being fabricated, and the O2 bottles are also going back in after being hydrostat tested.

Don’t panic Mike, we’ll be ready for Sun N Fun.

Steve

OK, there’s a little work left to do on the new panel… 😉

March 14, 2005 at 3:15 am in reply to: Would love to see your A-2 Nose Art Jacket posted here! #1402904

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That ebay jacket looks a bit dodgy…my vote would be a vintage jacket that had been recently painted. Just doesn’t look right.

I’m not really a leather jacket collector, but I’ve picked up a few over the years (mostly from friends who find them and know of my love of warbirds). I’ll put up some more photos tomorrow.

Steve

March 14, 2005 at 2:06 am in reply to: Would love to see your A-2 Nose Art Jacket posted here! #1402910

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And here’s my new Hoppers team jacket, from RT Foster in Oklahoma City. RT also did my T-28 jacket a few years back.

March 14, 2005 at 2:03 am in reply to: Would love to see your A-2 Nose Art Jacket posted here! #1402919

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Here’s one of mine…from the 453rd BG at Old Buckenham
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