Words of Advice:
"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne
“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *
"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown
“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie
"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad
"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown
"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers
"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown
"Eck!" -- George the Cat
* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie
6 comments:
Funny thing wood, fiberglass, and even carbon fiber suffer similar
problems when used.
They age, and the adhesives used age. We have metal airplanes
built one of to ways welded or riveted, or glued. The big
difference is not the smooth surface and aerodynamics but those
welds and rivets can be inspected even decades later. Glue we
have to trust it ages well, that is to say we assume it does.
So with materials that may age, even metals, we have to inspect
and do things that protect it from the ravages of time, water,
and mistreatment.
It may be why DC-3 is still flying and of those they may be
flying when the fantastic plastic birds have been grounded.
Eck!
One of my bucket list dreams is a visit to Australia/New Zealand. They have an incredible stable
of warbirds that are flown regularly. A friend who is Warbirds registration chairman at Oshkosh,went to Warbirds over Wamaka in New Zealand and Avalon in Australia and was blown away.
The use of Jacobs R755 engines is noteworthy as those are keeping with the original HP that the Fokker used.
Puts me in mind of the After Bathing at Baxter's album cover ....
The album, too as it lumbers in to the air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INUHhW_w-ws
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky
DC-3 with teeth and formidable in action.
Glues can be tricky to apply. "The British built bombers using this glue; Aerolite, a urea-formaldehyde resin in WW-II. Mix powder with water to form paste. Apply paste to one surface and brush on a catalyst hardener on the other surface. If you forget to brush on the catalyst you may never realize it until a joint fails later."
Beautiful bird! And they flew it with the windows open! :-)
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