Hi everyone. The Dandenong RSL has acquired an Iroquois from the USA which has now arrived in Australia and which will soon be mounted on a display pole. It is 73-21763, construction number 13451. Can anyone help out with any history of this aircraft or even photographs of it when in service?

CESSNA 120/140 PARTS CATALOG This 1965 Cessna publication has about 150 8½" x 11 pages. Apparently every rivet, bolt, wire and airframe part on a Cessna 120 or 140 is shown on one page, and identified on the adjoining page by a factory part number or an AN-number. If you have any thoughts of...

Hi, everybody - I'm looking for info on the Northrop Gamma 2-series, specifically: Does anyone know what happened to the remains of the Sky Chief (X-12265) after it was destroyed in an accident during the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race from New York to Los Angeles? I understand there was an explosion...

I would like like comment on whether it is a good idea to use a Continental powered C182 as a tow ship that would be mainly used to tow the Schweizer 2-33 at sea level airports. I content that the tow speed would not be comfortable for a 2-33 and that overheating of the continental engine would be...

I know it's powdered milk and amonia and such to make Casein glue. Can anyone please give me the procedure? Thanks Bob Gaines USA

Can some one help me with a ballpark figure for shipping AC parts. What would be a guess fo sending 500lbs from CA to RI? Just looking for a line on the best way to ship parts. Thanks RAL

Hi all, am hoping you can help out. I have been asked by a friend to see if I can lay my hands on or get as much tech info about the Shevtsov Ash-21 engine.. Basically he and a friend have managed to get hold of an engine, and want to re-build it. So if there are any manuals available, where would...

I know Spruce and Dillsburg sell 4130 sheet and tubing. Can anyone recommend one over the other? Perhaps a third choice? - MIke

I need to converse with someone familiar with this engine. Having a problem that is perplexing several of us. I get a normal 50 rpm drop on the right mag, but get a 200 rpm drop on left. Have replaced left distributor cap, rotor, high tension lead, checked all wires and plugs....nothing helps. ...

I saw a special on PBS about the Aleutian Islands and they showed quite a few scenes of W.W.II aircraft wrecks just lying around on ground. The Narrator said that they US lost a lot of aircraft due to bad weather. My question is has anyone surveyed the Aleutian Islands for restorable wrecks. (I...

Hi, I'm looking for leads to any information on Frank Hawks' Golden Age racing airplane, 'Time Flies'. This plane was designed by Howell Miller and built by the Granville Brothers crew after the company was liquidated in the mid-1930's. The plane was damaged in a landing accident and later...

Does anyone have any information regarding how the Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum weathered Ivan?

My grandson gave me a beautiful Course & Speed Calculator manufactured by W.C. Pye & Co Ltd. The mahagony box is marked as REF. No. 6B/120. It is a MK IIA model. It is obviously analagous to a very early E6B. My guess it is WWII era, maybe a bit earlier. Does anyone happen to have an instruction...

Looking for any information on the removal of the wings on a A-26 Invader, or the method of attachment etc. Regards Mark

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We've got some Fly Baby builders who are considering building the Hevle Classic tandem Fly Baby. We're trying to work out what would be a good thickness for the spruce spar. My thought was that comparing it to that of a production plane would be a good start. So, can anyone tell me the...

Hi The Cradle Of Aviation is currently restoring a Grumman E2C, S2F, Ag Cat, Mohawk, Fairchild 21, and are nearly finished building (from blueprints) a full scale Brewster Buffalo. A second Brewster will also be built from scratch for a client. We also have a 1912 Bellanca with a functional 1909...

Is anyone able to offer any advice on the requirements for having an aircraft which was in storage for some years and has no available paperwork returned to the register. with thanks George

This could be in error, but was Meigs 100% "private"? It is my understanding that it is/was a "private" airport and has never taken Federal funding and thus the beloved Mayor and his crew were legal (though not so smart or clever) in destrorying the airport? Just asking. GA

The white, blue and black 1961 IFR Cessna 210A that had been listed by me on ebay a month or so ago was wrecked by a windstorm / squall line before it could be relisted. The aircraft was flipped out of the tiedown. Engine was NOT running but prop blades are bent. It has been listed again as a...