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[abisel]

Originally Posted by dmcummins

I have a new one that’s supposed to be shipped out today, overnight air.

I checked around and no one close had one. The metal is pretty thin there, not worth the trouble to weld on a patch,. I’m still a 1000 miles from home, I don’t want to take a chance on a patch. If I could even find someone to do it.

Did you get your manifold? Installed? On your way home?

[dmcummins]

Still waiting for the mechanic to show up. I went ahead and removed the old one to save him some time. The new one showed up around 11:00. Weather looks good for me to go home tommorow.

[abisel]

It looks the same but a little different. Does it fit? And you'll have to drill some holes for EGT. The way the two pipes merge into the collector looks better than the old one. Gases are directed more into the collector rather than onto the side wall like the old one.

[edgemar]

[afterburn 549]

Barf............creatung more stupid pilots

[Amail]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Barf............creatung more stupid pilots

I dunno - the wife sitting in the right seat might find that handy when the pilot grabs his chest and passes out.

[afterburn 549]

You HAVE to be healthy as a horse because they have a LAW THAT SAYS YOU PASSED THE PHYSICAL.......how could they be wrong?
LOL
I will bet that the autopilot machinery will cost more the teaching the SO to fly!
To be clear the no pilot plane is not far away-if they can make a car maneuver by itself, the plane is not far behind.'
They even have driverless semi-trucks now.

There is no end to redundancy.

[flipper35]

With the PBOR you only need to have had a valid class III in the past few years (10?) and do a self check.

I would be willing to bet an automated plane will do better than the automated car since ADS-B and no lane markings to screw it up.

Takes all the fun out of it, but it is what it is. It is hard to find a car with a manual any more as well.

[Fly Mach .86]

Here are a few pics of some of the unusual and not so unusual airplanes I have flown.

[Fly Mach .86]

This is what I am currently flying.

[edgemar]

I've seen that turboprop beech fly over west los angeles daily for years. I've always wondered what it was up to.

[abisel]

I bet with the twin turbos and extended nose (radar maybe), that there is a bunch of lead weights in the tail to get it to balance. Would be interesting to see what is inside the tail cone.

[tcar]

The lead weights are in the nose, I think....

Have to counter the weight of the missing radials.

[Fly Mach .86]

Nothing in the tail. The PT-6 turbo props were mounted further forward. Forward enough we carried fuel in tanks in the aft end of the engine cowl. (the turbo props burnt more fuel than the PW r985's) We could carry 800 pounds in the nose. I would load up with Flying Tiger freight in LAX, drop it off in Phoenix. Then I would load 4000 pounds of USA Today news papers and fly to Santa Fe New Mexico, drop off about 800 lbs. then fly the rest to Albuquerque New Mexico. I used to doze off at times at 0200 or so between PHX and ABQ. ATC would see me drifting off course, yell and wake me up and give me a course correction. My early flying career was, ummm, "interesting". LOL

[Fly Mach .86]

No radar in the turbo powered ones but "Ole Thunder" had weather radar and wait for it..... a DME. I flew this one from LAX to Fresno every day on a contract for Consolidated Freightways. The Tule fog at Fresno would make the weather at Fresno in the morning 200 overcast and 1/2 mile every morning for weeks. I sometimes wonder how I survived it all.

[t6dpilot]

Loved flying the Twin Beech, but didn't do it under such rigorous circumstances as Elliott. Such a sweet old bird.

[Jolly Amaranto]

I was the only passenger aboard with only one crew when I flew from Saipan to Tinian on this plane. I got to ride in the right seat up front.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Fly Mach .86

The Tule fog at Fresno would make the weather at Fresno in the morning 200 overcast and 1/2 mile every morning for weeks. I sometimes wonder how I survived it all.

Brings back memories.



When the Toule fog would hit, we'd launch out of NAS North Island in the SH-60B, fly to Santa Barbara and get gas. We'd then file interim IFR to to Bakersfield and shoot multiple approaches, often way below minimums. We would let everyone know we were going to shoot multiple approaches - there is nothing quite like shooting an actual approach to minimums in calm air.

It was surreal. Flying in absolute clear skies and sunshine above the fog, then, on final approach, descending into the Toule fog. We would execute the missed approach instructions do it again. The controllers knew what we were doing and enjoyed having someone to talk to.

This picture is from Auckland but illustrates what I am talking about.

[tevake]

That last pic of yours Paul reminded me of a flight from Fiji to Auckland. Absolutely clear all the way in to find a fog bank just over the airport in Auckland. We flew all over the south end of N Island , until needing to land in Wellington to refuel. Then flew back to Auckland and finally landed there, quite the scenic tour, plus we had been upgraded to first class from Fiji.

Here are a few pics from WAAAM, a great museum of very early aircraft, from the beginning of aviation.





They have a very active restoration shop.

And a great display area full of unusual often one off prototypes.



Very worth a visit if you are in the Hood River area.

Home - Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum

Cheers Richard

[Rinty]

Originally Posted by Fly Mach .86

Elliot:

Is that one of the Oklahoma City conversions?