Round Engines

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines

I guess that'd make me just a 2510. A brace of 1830s on the DC3, and a
little R680 on a Stinson I used to fly. :-)

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines

I guess that'd make me just a 2510. A brace of 1830s on the DC3, and a
little R680 on a Stinson I used to fly. :-)

Ah, the old Lycoming R680. Must have been a Gullwing :-)) Stable as a barn
door on concrete blocks that old bird was. You could fly those old birds
through a Hurricane and just maybe notice the ripple.
:-))
Dudley

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

Ah, the old Lycoming R680. Must have been a Gullwing :-))

Actually, it was a Detroiter, an SM8a. But a lovely soft flyer, too. A real
steering wheel, and crank-down windows, too!