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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2002, 08:52:40 PM »
Whelp.. since they only made 10 of 'em, i got to wondering.. what happened to the other 9?

very interesting reading here..  check it out.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/type/109.shtml
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« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2002, 11:00:07 AM »
This forwarded from a friend re: the Boeing swimming lesson...


They flat ran out of gas while trying to solve a gear problem.  The group had discussed fueling that morning when they departed Everett Field but the Captain ("Ace of the Base" Boeing test pilot) overruled the idea. After all. said he, the flights would not be more than 40 minutes tops. No need for too much as weather was VFR.

The 307 had the same gear as the B-17.  It was just as troublesome and the test crew had had a history of problems with the gear in this airplane on at least three test flights.

It's interesting.  If Boeing loses a plane.  They go out of their way to immediately yell pilot error.  But, if one of their people screw up... All quiet on the western front.  Not a word in the press.  FAA is hands off for now.  I found out the fuel info from the Coast Guard officer that was on site.  No gas spill problem=no gas!

I'm sorry the engines will not be rebuilt.  When arriving from the west, the 307 would come right over the marina where my boat is docked.  It was a beautiful sound to hear those 4 round engines snarling from afar, overhead and as she passed.  Nothing sounds better than a radial.
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« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2002, 12:07:17 PM »
Toad, it was pretty well known in these parts that it ran out of fuel, my wife was working the ER when they brought the crew in for a check up, the Pilot and co-pilot had a bit of an arguement in the lobby, my wife witnessed it all, she said they were argueing over how much fuel was in the aircraft.  Anyway, local news in these parts basically said Pilot error.
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« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2002, 12:28:53 PM »
Rip, I really hated to see that restoration ruined. The fact that it was a "pilot error" of the most easily remedied sort... fuel load... makes it even worse.
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« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2002, 12:35:09 PM »
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Rip, I really hated to see that restoration ruined. The fact that it was a "pilot error" of the most easily remedied sort... fuel load... makes it even worse.


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« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2002, 12:37:45 PM »
what gets me is that statement about "over budget".....

helooooooooo, it's boeing here, way over budget for a piece of history....come on!

bastiges.
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« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2002, 12:42:01 PM »
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what gets me is that statement about "over budget".....

helooooooooo, it's boeing here, way over budget for a piece of history....come on!

bastiges.


Mason, all restorations rely on guys like me, our time and our money.  Boeing HQ, if they do contribute, contributes little.  Most all restorations are funded by private donations via the Museum of Flight.

Cheap? Dunno, I don't run the business, seems like it though.
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