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Made a good gunship too! Did electrical maintenance on the C and AC version (which, in turn, saved my bacon more than once).
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrjNlg2wg4
Some variety of sideways shooting transport orbited my cannon FSB near Song Meo for some time after a VC attack, flailing glowing tracer necklaces on to the hills around the perimeter with the sound of heavy canvas ripping. Unforgettable.
ReplyDeleteSigh... You NEVER push the prop through, you're always supposed to PULL it through in case it 'kicks'... And #1 needs a new set of rings on all those jugs! Thanks for the vid though, that airplane, IF I remember what I was told, was the supply/test airplane for NARL Pt Barrow, AK back in the 60s.
ReplyDeleteRings? I thought it was over fueling, blue smoke, should lean it out a bit.
ReplyDelete[what!? it's not a motorcycle? or a chainsaw]
Very cool. Fun fact: I did an aerobatic flight in a Citabria out of Richard's Field years ago. It was a whole pile of firsts: first grass strip, first taildragger, first tandem seating, and first aerobatics (we did a couple of spins and a couple of loops.) It's a tiny little airport, and I'm surprised that DC-3 made out.
ReplyDeleteThe cover of my first album is actually a photo of an abandoned ERCO Ercoupe at Richard's Field, wingless, overgrown with grass and what-not. I think it was trashed by a hurricane. Escape the Clouds: Bring the Rain
Ten Bears, A good one! But not a motorcycle or a chainsaw; A True WorkHorse! I saw a couple of these with so many bullet holes it defied logic that they were still flying and landing without falling apart. They just shrugged off the damage and finished their runs. Tough old birds.
ReplyDeleteI agree that overfueling is more likely than not for the blue smoke.
Jack Northrop had a lot of design input on the DC-2 and DC-3 wings with his multicellular concept of stressed skin construction. He over designed it and it ended up somewhat under-stressed, leading to longer life.
ReplyDeleteIt was safer to overdesign stuff back in the days of slide rules.
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