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August 4, 2004 at 9:03 pm in reply to: JDK…MIA #1810760

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I reckon we could raise at least £3.96!!!

Well, let’s not spend all the beer money right away. Remember, he’s a bright, resourceful fellow. After all, he’s an Asst. Editor of a new warbird magazine.

On second thought, how much did you say we’ve got???

August 4, 2004 at 1:21 am in reply to: Tom Cruise…..Reno air racer?? #1812071

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We all speak Spanish over here, Merlin. Cerveza con lima, por favor???

There, that was Spanish.

August 4, 2004 at 1:13 am in reply to: Oshkosh shots #1812092

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Would that be the L-39 owned by a certain forum member!!

Septic

Guilty 😀

August 3, 2004 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Tom Cruise…..Reno air racer?? #1812447

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Poor boy, see how I’ve upset him? Can’t even quote properly.

There there, Andy. Uncle Sam will make it all better now. 🙂

August 3, 2004 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Tom Cruise…..Reno air racer?? #1812641

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Treat Williams was at Pylon school this year in the T-6. Pretty sure he’ll be at Reno next month.

As for Tom, the advanced copy of the script that I read called for him to down a flight of ME-109s over Kent and then nip across the continent to take out a dam or two.

Isn’t Lend/Lease a wonderful thing? What would you have done without us yanks!

August 3, 2004 at 7:18 pm in reply to: Oshkosh shots #1812754

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Nice L-39 behind the Sea Fury in the shot with the wings folding 🙂

August 3, 2004 at 7:06 pm in reply to: Oshkosh shots #1812780

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The Sea Fury was Sandy Thomson’s out of Canada. He’s just gotten back in the air after waiting on a new engine for the last year. We had a brief visit and Sandy said that he is very happy with the performance of the new engine.

Here’s a link to the Sea Fury page on Warbird Registry:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregistry/fury-n58sf.html

August 3, 2004 at 5:58 am in reply to: Tom Cruise…..Reno air racer?? #1814223

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If Treat Williams can do it then I’m sure Tom can as well, just as soon as he finishes that little movie where an American pilot wins the Battle of Britain.

History through cinema; what a wonderful thing!

July 24, 2004 at 6:14 am in reply to: Supermarine Walrus to fly in New Zealand #1829563

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Quick, someone get the smelling salts for James!

July 24, 2004 at 2:07 am in reply to: For Warbird Enthusiasts. #1829575

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I see there’s a Mustang on the cover of the first edition. Bet I know someone (who will remain anonymous but his initials are JDK) who will be running out to buy a copy.

July 22, 2004 at 4:29 am in reply to: Ryan PT-22 First Flight #1830411

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I’m going to check with Bob Williams on the flap question. As far as I know he’s never had any trouble with them (this is his 3rd PT-22). In particular I’m going to ask about the flap ratchet construction.

As a general rule we in the Colonies tend to introduce flap a “notch at a time”, which helps to sort out if there’s a problem with asymetrical flap extension. I would tend to subscribe to the camp that if you have flaps it is better to deploy them than to not.

The L-39 has had a similiar problem with asymetrical flaps, which has led to the extension of T/O flaps on downwind followed by full flaps on final, instead of the more common practice of dumping all the flaps as you roll off the perch.

July 21, 2004 at 10:53 pm in reply to: RAF cutbacks #1830519

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I just got an email from your Ministry of Defense asking if I would be interested in letting them operate my Sea Fury on lease back. I had to ask if they will have a carrier to operate her from! 😀

Look on the bright side, I’m sure your government will give you a nice tax break with all the money they’re going to be saving.

July 20, 2004 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Ryan PT-22 First Flight #1552958

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Ah, if only we had your lovely grass airstrip to fly from here in Midwest America…

The use of flaps on the PT-22 is due to the fact that we tend to do wheel landings, and lowering the flaps helps with getting the nose down for the proper deck angle. This is especially nice in a cross wind on our narrow (40 ft wide) runway. On rollout the flaps are retracted and the tail settles nicely. By lowering them a click at a time you can get a feel for their operation. They probably don’t help a great deal, but we do use them.

As for engine failures in the PT-22, well, I was advised that if you lost the engine, lower the nose and see what was directly in front of you…cause that’s where you’re going to land.

July 19, 2004 at 11:54 pm in reply to: Ryan PT-22 First Flight #1553499

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Are the PT-22’s costly to run ?
ie maintenance after flights etc, relative to , say, a T-6 ?

Well, everything’s relative. The T-6 burns about 25 Gallons Per Hour. We’ll get Peter to tell us exactly, but my guess would be around 10 GPH for the Kinner in the PT-22.

As for maintenance, they’re both pretty good if they’re well sorted to begin with. One of the models of Kinner requires lubrication of the rocker boxes every 5 hours or so. I believe this is on the R-55. Again, I will defer to Peter or anyone else with more practical experience than me.

The thing I like most about the T-6 is that it’s always ready to fly. When I owned the T-28 it was 10 hours maintenance for every flight hour (plus another hour to clean). The T-6 just goes and goes and goes.

July 19, 2004 at 10:23 pm in reply to: Ryan PT-22 First Flight #1553581

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OK James and Andy, laugh it up…

Just remember, you might need some of those “little bags” when we go flying 😉
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