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Posted: 3/21/2016 8:43:56 PM EDT
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A-26 Invader http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Attack/A26Midland07.jpg de Havilland Beaver https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver_N72355_Kenmore_2_crop.jpg/1280px-De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver_N72355_Kenmore_2_crop.jpg /Thread Took long enough for a Beaver to show up. |
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Posted: 3/21/2016 8:58:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:07:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:10:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:12:21 PM EDT
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This thread is where it's at. Jets are just a passing fad, in a few years it will all be back to props.
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:17:52 PM EDT
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And than the O-2 
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:27:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat place is local to me and my favorite place to go kill time and hangout. From their big airshow last May: 
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:45:20 PM EDT
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Not enough Skyraider in this thread.
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Posted: 3/21/2016 9:53:26 PM EDT
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Very disappointed.... 3 pages and not a single Ford!!!
Nothing like 3 R985s purring as you putt along 
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:07:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe 100P. Purely incredible!!!!! |
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:31:18 PM EDT
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To me, there is no aircraft sexier than the WW1 fighters. I wished I could have gone to the Rhinebeck Aerodrome when Cole Palen was still alive.
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:35:24 PM EDT
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Not enough Skyraider in this thread. http://www.oldskull.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VietnamWar-fotografia-oldskull-12.jpg https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/015/654/for_gallery_v2/A-1H__56th_SOW__Sock_It_To_Em__SEA__g_Merritt.jpg?1418019786 http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Attack/A1Banking2oClock.jpg https://acesflyinghigh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/skyraider-drops-napalm-and-white-phosphorous-during-the-vietnam-war.jpg First pic is a T-28, not a Raider. |
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:42:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:43:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryIf you only knew the pain, anger, and heartburn these little birds cause the local greenies and liberal democrats, you would love them too. There are huge wheat fields just feet outside our city limits and the panicked calls to the local PD and sheriffs office are hysterical when the spraying starts. 
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:46:16 PM EDT
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Not sure what it is but it's pretty.
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:48:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:51:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:51:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 10:52:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2016 11:01:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not sure what it is but it's pretty. https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12079219_1061991367174611_5346837973338990687_n.jpg?oh=274d36d6d86006d0cf453e88eff64a8c&oe=578F1E4E https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12106801_1061991110507970_8673910099434303694_n.jpg?oh=6dd88911b2df0760e54c1d14040e55e2&oe=5794A7EB   Raced an Eclipse business jet... Lancair climbing at 200kts @ 4k fpm, Eclipse at 180kts @ 1,980 fpm  Goodness. |
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Posted: 3/21/2016 11:12:38 PM EDT
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Some of my favorites in no particular order....
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Posted: 3/21/2016 11:15:38 PM EDT
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Beechcraft Model 18
Matt Younkin can make the old girl dance.
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Posted: 3/21/2016 11:18:26 PM EDT
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this one I actually got to fly in 
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Posted: 3/21/2016 11:34:57 PM EDT
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did most of those old radials leak oil like a sieve?
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Posted: 3/21/2016 11:52:08 PM EDT
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O-2. Always thought they were cool and one flies around town in the summer.
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Posted: 3/22/2016 12:01:00 AM EDT
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did most of those old radials leak oil like a sieve? Only when they have oil in them. 
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Posted: 3/22/2016 12:21:14 AM EDT
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That place is local to me and my favorite place to go kill time and hangout. From their big airshow last May: http://i.imgur.com/IqRYTdn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NzUa72y.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
That place is local to me and my favorite place to go kill time and hangout. From their big airshow last May: http://i.imgur.com/IqRYTdn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NzUa72y.jpg I like your second pic, and raise you one of my own. 
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Posted: 3/22/2016 12:21:24 AM EDT
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Sure, I'll play.
Hands-down one of my favorite photos, even if it was with an ancient camera. Note condition of flaps, gear, and props. 
Good ol' Reno Air Races. 
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Posted: 3/22/2016 12:22:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: did most of those old radials leak oil like a sieve? Reflection from oil in a drip pan:  |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 12:31:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryDon't be slaggin' my airplane, man. That sexy bitch was 5 years of my life. And for all the naysayers, the little wheel is in the proper location. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 12:49:46 AM EDT
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Extra cheese please. (this was for a contest) |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:07:39 AM EDT
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Oh you sexy little kitten!
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:16:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:17:05 AM EDT
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Extra cheese please. (this was for a contest) Can I win the one in the background? |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:17:46 AM EDT
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Lockheed L-1649 Constellation:
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:33:35 AM EDT
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Lockheed L-1649 Constellation: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Lockheed_L-1649_Constellation_TWA.jpg My Dad flew home on one, coming from Korea. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:53:06 AM EDT
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First pic is a T-28, not a Raider. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Not enough Skyraider in this thread. http://www.oldskull.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VietnamWar-fotografia-oldskull-12.jpg https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/015/654/for_gallery_v2/A-1H__56th_SOW__Sock_It_To_Em__SEA__g_Merritt.jpg?1418019786 http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Attack/A1Banking2oClock.jpg https://acesflyinghigh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/skyraider-drops-napalm-and-white-phosphorous-during-the-vietnam-war.jpg First pic is a T-28, not a Raider. Fixed |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 2:02:24 AM EDT
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Pan Am Clipper
PB2Y Coronado - my father often flew right seat on these when he was a squadron maintenance officer for NATS at Pearl Harbor during WWII. These and R5Ds were his favorite aircraft of that time. 
R5D 
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Posted: 3/22/2016 2:19:23 AM EDT
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The fastest seaplane ever built... the record of 440MPH still stands from 1934.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_M.C.72 You can watch her run about a minute in.
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Posted: 3/22/2016 3:57:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2016 11:30:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2016 11:30:57 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2016 1:29:35 PM EDT
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I'm surprised no one has posted photos of this bird before me. "Prop aircraft" + "sexy" can only equal Beech Starship.
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Posted: 3/22/2016 3:24:00 PM EDT
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Pilot and Aeronautical Engineering types, answer me this: wouldn't any prop plane that has a two-bladed prop automatically get better performance if it was changed to a 3 bladed one? Also, when I was kid living in New Jersey, we used to ride up the New Jersey Turnpike to visit friends in NY---when we passed the main runway at Newark Airport, parallel to and just adjacent to the NJTP, there was a whole line of Connies parked there---all in a row. . . I think they were ANG. . . this was early, and mid-60's. . |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 5:29:02 PM EDT
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Pilot and Aeronautical Engineering types, answer me this: wouldn't any prop plane that has a two-bladed prop automatically get better performance if it was changed to a 3 bladed one? Also, when I was kid living in New Jersey, we used to ride up the New Jersey Turnpike to visit friends in NY---when we passed the main runway at Newark Airport, parallel to and just adjacent to the NJTP, there was a whole line of Connies parked there---all in a row. . . I think they were ANG. . . this was early, and mid-60's. . A two blade prop is more efficient. You usually switch to a 3 blade for less noise or you need the extra blade to absorb engine HP. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 6:57:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A two blade prop is more efficient. You usually switch to a 3 blade for less noise or you need the extra blade to absorb engine HP. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Pilot and Aeronautical Engineering types, answer me this: wouldn't any prop plane that has a two-bladed prop automatically get better performance if it was changed to a 3 bladed one? Also, when I was kid living in New Jersey, we used to ride up the New Jersey Turnpike to visit friends in NY---when we passed the main runway at Newark Airport, parallel to and just adjacent to the NJTP, there was a whole line of Connies parked there---all in a row. . . I think they were ANG. . . this was early, and mid-60's. . A two blade prop is more efficient. You usually switch to a 3 blade for less noise or you need the extra blade to absorb engine HP. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 7:00:21 PM EDT
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A two blade prop is more efficient. You usually switch to a 3 blade for less noise or you need the extra blade to absorb engine HP. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Pilot and Aeronautical Engineering types, answer me this: wouldn't any prop plane that has a two-bladed prop automatically get better performance if it was changed to a 3 bladed one? Also, when I was kid living in New Jersey, we used to ride up the New Jersey Turnpike to visit friends in NY---when we passed the main runway at Newark Airport, parallel to and just adjacent to the NJTP, there was a whole line of Connies parked there---all in a row. . . I think they were ANG. . . this was early, and mid-60's. . A two blade prop is more efficient. You usually switch to a 3 blade for less noise or you need the extra blade to absorb engine HP. Yet the P-47 and F-4 Corsair turned into stellar performers when they went from three blade to four blade paddle props. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 7:41:31 PM EDT
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Yet the P-47 and F-4 Corsair turned into stellar performers when they went from three blade to four blade paddle props. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Pilot and Aeronautical Engineering types, answer me this: wouldn't any prop plane that has a two-bladed prop automatically get better performance if it was changed to a 3 bladed one? Also, when I was kid living in New Jersey, we used to ride up the New Jersey Turnpike to visit friends in NY---when we passed the main runway at Newark Airport, parallel to and just adjacent to the NJTP, there was a whole line of Connies parked there---all in a row. . . I think they were ANG. . . this was early, and mid-60's. . A two blade prop is more efficient. You usually switch to a 3 blade for less noise or you need the extra blade to absorb engine HP. Yet the P-47 and F-4 Corsair turned into stellar performers when they went from three blade to four blade paddle props. More modern airfoil shape to the blades. There is a lot of science and magic involved in prop design. You need to try to optimize the prop to the engine and the airframe it's going on. In your example of the P-47 and F4U, I bet there was also an increase in HP also. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 7:45:37 PM EDT
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Pilot and Aeronautical Engineering types, answer me this: wouldn't any prop plane that has a two-bladed prop automatically get better performance if it was changed to a 3 bladed one? Also, when I was kid living in New Jersey, we used to ride up the New Jersey Turnpike to visit friends in NY---when we passed the main runway at Newark Airport, parallel to and just adjacent to the NJTP, there was a whole line of Connies parked there---all in a row. . . I think they were ANG. . . this was early, and mid-60's. . That would have been the 170st Air Transport Group before they moved to McGuire AFB, transitioned to KC-135s and became the 170st Air Refueling Group. Back during the 1950s and during the Cuban Missile Crisis those C121s were moved to make room for nuclear armed and ready for war B-47s that were dispersed to Newark International Airport and several other major civilian airports. |
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Posted: 3/22/2016 8:01:09 PM EDT
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When your plane was in combat, that is sexy (and humbling).
I actually flew with this guy in his old plane. 
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