Dudley Henriques wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in
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I had the same feeling. Better nose vis in the standard and the 450
was heavy as hell in the glide. Great airplanes though and a whole
lot of fun. Flying open is a special experience :-)



Only way to go in my book. Stearman was a great aerobatic trainer.
Virtually unburstable (except the prop, of course)

Yeah. I remember Rolly Cole going in with a prop failure.


That's right. He wasn't the only one, either.
The steel McCauley had an AD on it which is one reason why you see so many
converted to wood props nowadays.
Aside from that, at the time I flew them anyway, the airframe was
completely AD free. I think thy ehave a couple of age related ones now but
nothing too serious if looked after. I still can't figure out how they came
up with a redline on the thing, We could never get them to go faster than
about 170 standing on the pedals.


Bertie