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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
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Better hope for some damn good battery monitoring.
Aim High!
Mikey
got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
Captain Scott Robinson Alwin
https://www.wahf.org/hall-of-fame/scott-robinson-alwin/
Remember on here a short while back discussing how Radials sometimes periodically lose their shit?! 
As my dear ol' daddy used to say "Bet you couldn't have driven a needle up his ass with a ten pound sledge hammer"Remember on here a short while back discussing how Radials sometimes periodically lose their shit?!
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Today, 85yrs ago, the Battle of Britain was decided. There wasn't a shortage of hero's that day, that's for sure.
If ramming a bomber because you ran out of ammo counts as heroism, then Artie's your man.
If ramming a bomber because you ran out of ammo counts as heroism, then Artie's your man.
If you ever visit the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California, they have a very cool stealth plane display... You have to see it with your own eyes...
Reminds me of a day coming to shop and noticed a flat black vega v8 at the curb.
Looking over it, the owner said do you like it?
Oh yes! What color are you paint it?
He said this is final coat.
Matte black spotchy typical rattlecan primer looked horrible.
He said it's radar absorbing paint from the air force.
$1000 quart back in the mid '90's!
He said he was a sgt. at nellis afb before retirement.
Cheeky!
anyone know of this paint(radar adsorbing/dispersal)?
only defense against the instant on radar coming on strong back then
Looking over it, the owner said do you like it?
Oh yes! What color are you paint it?
He said this is final coat.
Matte black spotchy typical rattlecan primer looked horrible.
He said it's radar absorbing paint from the air force.
$1000 quart back in the mid '90's!
He said he was a sgt. at nellis afb before retirement.
Cheeky!
anyone know of this paint(radar adsorbing/dispersal)?
only defense against the instant on radar coming on strong back then
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He was pulling your leg.
I worked on those aircraft extensively for 13 years...the paint didn't do anything except visually hide it at night.
The Radar Absorbent Material (RAM) underneath the paint was the true final touch to add to the "Hopeless Diamond" shape of the aircraft....those shapes are where most of the magic happened.
I could tell stories about it for hours but you know the old saying..."If I told you, I'd have to kill you!".
I saw this on an aircraft group page on facebook...interesting:
"It's easy to forget just how large modern fighter aircraft are.
The F-15C (63'9") is almost as long as the B-17 (74'4"), despite carrying just one airman as compared to the B-17's ten".
"It's easy to forget just how large modern fighter aircraft are.
The F-15C (63'9") is almost as long as the B-17 (74'4"), despite carrying just one airman as compared to the B-17's ten".
Thank you sir.He was pulling your leg.
I worked on those aircraft extensively for 13 years...the paint didn't do anything except visually hide it at night.
The Radar Absorbent Material (RAM) underneath the paint was the true final touch to add to the "Hopeless Diamond" shape of the aircraft....those shapes are where most of the magic happened.
I could tell stories about it for hours but you know the old saying..."If I told you, I'd have to kill you!".
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Incidentally, we messed around with this paint motif on one or two birds for a little while, it never caught on thankfully.
My wife and I are up for a short flight on this old plane tomorrow. We had originally wanted a flight on a different aircraft but they kept cancelling our reservation because of mechanical issues. We took that as a sign to select a different flight. Iirc we purchased the tickets over 2 years ago!. The flight will depart from the Canadian Warplane Museum in Hamilton, Ontario. Same place where the Lancaster bomber lives.
Just got back from our flight. Interesting aircraft. Apparently it was originally designed to run without electricity so it ran on dual magneto’s and was a crank start. It didn’t like cold weather starting so at night when they shut it down they drained the oil while warm and took the oil indoors overnight. Starting the engine with room temperature oil was easier.
9 cylinder radial engine, apparently the same as the Harvard. 600+ hp. Aluminum frame with wood and fabric covering. She was an old clunker but a workhorse.
Took a few pics of several other aircraft and will post those later.
9 cylinder radial engine, apparently the same as the Harvard. 600+ hp. Aluminum frame with wood and fabric covering. She was an old clunker but a workhorse.
Took a few pics of several other aircraft and will post those later.
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Wasn't that the type of plane that Glenn Miller was in when he went missing?
