"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:01:02 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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John Smith wrote in
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In article ,
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

I have a lot of time in them. Still one of my favorite airplanes.
Demanding, on the ground, anyway, but very responsive for such a big

There are a few, the late ones, that were tricycle gear.
Friend has one down south of KFNT.



Yeah, 've flown only one of those. It was a conversion, though towards the
end the factory would install it new. They used the Volpar conversion, but
there was also a tradewinds. I flew an H that had it from new. There was no
nosewheel steering, it just castered on springs.

Bertie