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Old September 15th 04, 03:25 AM
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
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vincent p. norris wrote:
PW R-2800s. Hell of a good engine. The Curtiss Electric props were
troublesome, though.



The early ones also had electric fuel pumps that had a bad tendency to go BOOM
from time to time. Not all C-46s lost over the Hump flew into the mountainside.



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