^ the first A model Fire scouts were built on this airframe and were ow built in Horse heads NY by Schwither

I think you mean Schweizer(?)

Yes thank you I do
Darn spell check

Well, lookie here:

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1763147040.jpg

Look ma... no people.
And where's the fun in that...?

Depends who is on the deck!

I had the privilege of taking the full scale Fire-scout MQ-8B model to both Spain (Ferrol) and Germany (Bremerhaven) Naval yards
Our marketing Department wanted to show their Naval brass that it would fit onboard their frigates and would fit into the onboard hanger
I had to recruit a couple of sailors to help attach the rotor blades and with the blade stowage.

Very cool. The pictures I posted are nearly 20 years old...I was standing on the starboard side of the Nashville.

Neat aircraft.

Is there a market / avenue for selling used aircraft gauges? I inherited several boxes of used gauges as well as a dashboard that appears to be from some type of fighter plane as there is a switch / label for arming guns. Appreciate the guidance

Was going down the YouTube rabbit hole and somehow ran across this:

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I didn't think one of those would do that...

Benefits of rigid rotor system

@fanaudical, that is impressive and the pilots certainly have the stones.

There was a recent crash of a military cargo plane in Turkey, where the fuselage was missing forward and aft of the wings. Did they ever find out what happened?

A sort of easy one to visit is behind the Camping World on the South end of Las Vegas blvd. Easy to spot on google maps.



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mmmaybe I believe one of them

Yet the tug driver is in a short sleeved shirt!

I've been to Fairbanks in winter multiple times.
Nope.

The most important thing to protect is the engines. At those temps, the oil turns to thick jelly.

Don't know about the commercial airlines, but general aviation usually shuts down at -40.

Hard generating enough lift with that outfit to get to 38k feet where the temperature is...ah...

A930,

I've seen a picture of the falling fuselage with the wings attached it was missing one prop (#2?). If so looks like improper maint. similar to what NADEP Cherry Point did in 95-96 timeframe, then a USAF depot replicated the Six Sigma "savings" resulting in the VMGR 452 loss.

S/F FOG