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Old February 8th 07, 03:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Montblack
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Default 60 degree Mopar V6 for homebuilt?

("cavedweller" wrote)
Aircraft use is a lot more like pulling a trailer uphill at highway
speed.


.... in first gear if a PSRU is used.



(Wikipedia)
"Airstream trailers are well recognized for their distinctive rounded
aluminum bodies, which originated in the 1930s from designs largely created
by Hawley Bowlus . Bowlus was the designer of Charles Lindbergh's aircraft,
the Spirit of St. Louis."

"Rec.Homebuilt" g
http://www.airstream.net/images/torpedo.jpg
"Dr. H.W. Holman and wife Thelma with the oldest existing Airstream. This
'torpedo trailer' was built from plans supplied by the Airstream company in
1935."

http://www.airstream.net/as_photos/photos.html
Photos of vintage Airstreams


Montblack