Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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

Yeah. Real shame about Cole. I don't remember any others but that's
normal. I really wasn't in the Stearman community and didn't hang around
with the guys all that much. I think Cole was using AT6 blades on a Ham
Standard Hub on his setup if I recall, but I'm not sure.
Great planes. Great times. Some tragedies of course.
Do you happen to remember the instructor over at Flying W in New Jersey
who rolled the Stearman into the woods over there? I think his name was
Milo Tycheck or something similar? It happened just before I flew there
for a while as an instructor.



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Dudley Henriques