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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2006, 06:31:00 AM »
Very nice Habu!

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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2006, 08:00:31 AM »
Very cool.
The Tiger Moth.......droooooooooooool
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2006, 08:25:50 AM »
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Had a chance to check out this flawless Tiger Moth.



I don't know, looks like a caucasian homosapian to me. Nice mustache, but flawless may be overdoing it a bit.

To each his own, I guess.
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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2006, 11:23:55 AM »
They had a number of very cool aircraft they were restoring. I would like to get a Stearman one day but a Tiger Moth would do.

The funny thing is the guys that own and restore all those planes do not have pilots licenses. They just rebuild them.

The O2-A had been sold and those trips were the last before it was sent to its new owners. I managed to get in three long flights on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday though and I made the most of them. Here is one more picture from the next days flight. I went to Edmunston (on the border between Quebec and New Brunswick) and saw a very original Lancaster bomber. It had flown in to there in the early 60's after being purchased by the town for $1,500 for a static display. They just put it on stands and have left it there since. It is probably worth millions today if it were for sale as there are so few of them left.

Lancaster



The information plaque



A very original WW2 era airfield (note all the original buildings around it) that I passed on this same trip. Trivia question. Do you know where it is?

It is said to be the only original Commonwealth airfield left in existence.

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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2006, 11:58:41 AM »
"After seeing this historic event I headed north to a local airport to buy some fuel and grab breakfast."

Buttonville?  They serve a good breakfast there...or used to.
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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2006, 12:22:24 PM »
Hey Habu, cool flight. Great little advanture, wished I was there. I have very good memories of the Skymaster. I had to fly one for my previouscargo company. You could carry anything, as long as you could close the door, you could take off at the end of the runway :D

Mine was the civilian version, the 337, turbocharged, pressurized. Cruised at 150 indicated at 12K, 170 on the GPS, 26"/23 @ 22GPH. Could cruise at 33"/25 and pull 190Kt, but the fuel burn went skyhigh.
 
The only bad thing was the summer flying, it was hotter than hell in the cockpit due to the bleed air from the turbos runing the pressurization.

What are the differences between the O2 and the 337?





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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2006, 12:25:53 PM »
Did your twin time count in the 337 or is it logged seperately as an inline twin? I'm curious as I was told getting a multi engine endorsement in a 337 did not authorise non in line twin flights due to the assymetrical thrust of the other models.
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2006, 12:26:21 PM »
If invasion of the body snatchers ever becomes fact not fiction, I think I'd like to snatch your life for a day first, Habu! Great pics, thanks for sharing!
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« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2006, 12:33:49 PM »
The flight time counts as twin time, yet if you are not multi rated, you will only need to have an "inline twin" endorsement to fly it.
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« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2006, 01:09:27 PM »
Frenchy, all those radios and knobs,  where's the DVD and CD player?
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« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2006, 01:45:32 PM »
Thanks Frenchy.
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« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2006, 03:51:30 PM »
Habu, You've got a PM.
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« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2006, 08:44:21 AM »
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"After seeing this historic event I headed north to a local airport to buy some fuel and grab breakfast."

Buttonville?  They serve a good breakfast there...or used to.


You have been in Buttonville? That is where I learned to fly. They have a Druxy's deli there but I went to Guelph for breakfast that day. Not a bad meal but the runway is like 20 feet wide.
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« Reply #28 on: June 17, 2006, 09:00:37 AM »
Lucky bastards!!
Cool pics :aok
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« Reply #29 on: June 17, 2006, 10:49:18 AM »
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Hey Habu, cool flight. Great little advanture, wished I was there. I have very good memories of the Skymaster. I had to fly one for my previous cargo company. You could carry anything, as long as you could close the door, you could take off at the end of the runway :D

Mine was the civilian version, the 337, turbocharged, pressurized. Cruised at 150 indicated at 12K, 170 on the GPS, 26"/23 @ 22GPH. Could cruise at 33"/25 and pull 190Kt, but the fuel burn went skyhigh.
 
The only bad thing was the summer flying, it was hotter than hell in the cockpit due to the bleed air from the turbos runing the pressurization.

What are the differences between the O2 and the 337?


Hi Frenchy

Thanks for posting those pictures. I always wondered what the stock Cessna instruments looked like.

The main differences between the military version and the civilian version (non pressurized one that is) are the following
Military version has

Military instruments
No vacuum system - all electric instruments.
Extra windows for better visibility.
Two alternators.
Thicker skin on wings and more ribs for higher strength and payload.
Higher gross weight.
No spinners on the props.
Military radios and rack in the back to hold the boxes.
Three seats only.

The civilian version is faster and lighter and burns less fuel.
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