Dudley Henriques wrote in
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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.


Mira Slovac? He banged up a Jungmeister somewhere, but he lived and gave
it up.

I do vaguely remember some of the old guys talking about someone who
cracked up in Cape May, I think. Ran out of gas during his routine?
That him?


Bertie


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