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Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston
powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. "cjcampbell" wrote in message ups.com... | | karl gruber wrote: | Some can, easily. | | Karl | | | Hasn't Bob Hooover demonstrated that in the Shrike? | | "Sylvain" wrote in message | t... | by the way, that's one of the things that MS FS gets | wrong with the light twins: with a long enough runway you | can takeoff with only one engine... | | --Sylvain | |
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Follow on...
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/spe...ocomm/u-4b.htm "Gentlemen: Regarding the U4-B neither the Air Force or any military branch utilized the Shrike. The U4-B was a 560-A model Commander by the time it was picked up by the military. These particular "commanders" utilized the Lycoming GO-480 engines of (275h.p.) later models had 295h.p. The Aero Commander 680E was the last of the "bath-tub" nacelle versions used by them.. By 1959 Aero Design of Bethany, Oklahoma had cleaned up the airframe to include the new "speed-nacelles" found in all current "Shrikes".. President Dwight D. Eisenhower flew in one because he was so impressed with it's safety record, in particular, it's single-engine safety margins. The prototype flew from Bethany,OK to Washington D.C. with the left propeller removed and stored in the baggage compartment. Ted Smith and Gordon Israel had fabricated one of the nicest Business Twins of the period. All Commanders exhibit fantastic flying qualities, rock-solid and stable ideal for IFR operations. Blue Skies, International Helio Assoc. 06/30/2005 @ 15:06" "Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04... | Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston | powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right | prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of | approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. | | | | "cjcampbell" wrote in | message | ups.com... || || karl gruber wrote: || Some can, easily. || || Karl || || || Hasn't Bob Hooover demonstrated that in the Shrike? || || "Sylvain" wrote in message || t... || by the way, that's one of the things that MS FS gets || wrong with the light twins: with a long enough runway | you || can takeoff with only one engine... || || --Sylvain || | | |
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![]() "Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04... Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. Good............I remember that now.It was a publicity stunt.................... But it's not the light twin that I saw. And it's prop was still on and could have been running if needed. Karl |
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No, it was in the baggage compartment.
"karl gruber" wrote in message ... | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04... | Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston | powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right | prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of | approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. | | | Good............I remember that now.It was a publicity | stunt.................... But it's not the light twin that I saw. And it's | prop was still on and could have been running if needed. | | Karl | | |
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Jim...............I remember that Twin Commander. Great publicity stunt. And
I KNOW, the prop was in the back. I am writing about a different airplane whose prop WAS still attached. Karl "Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:2W%Wg.2154$XX2.1813@dukeread04... No, it was in the baggage compartment. "karl gruber" wrote in message ... | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04... | Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston | powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right | prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of | approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. | | | Good............I remember that now.It was a publicity | stunt.................... But it's not the light twin that I saw. And it's | prop was still on and could have been running if needed. | | Karl | | |
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Too much trivia.
"karl gruber" wrote in message ... | Jim...............I remember that Twin Commander. Great publicity stunt. And | I KNOW, the prop was in the back. | | I am writing about a different airplane whose prop WAS still attached. | | Karl | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:2W%Wg.2154$XX2.1813@dukeread04... | No, it was in the baggage compartment. | | | | "karl gruber" wrote in message | ... | | | | "Jim Macklin" wrote | in message | | news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04... | | Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, | piston | | powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the | right | | prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of | | approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. | | | | | | Good............I remember that now.It was a publicity | | stunt.................... But it's not the light twin that | I saw. And it's | | prop was still on and could have been running if needed. | | | | Karl | | | | | | | | |
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![]() "Jim Macklin" wrote in message news:2W%Wg.2154$XX2.1813@dukeread04... No, it was in the baggage compartment. Correct. I saw video of it many years ago (okay, it wasn't video, more likely film in those days). It wasn't a stunt, either, it was a demonstration like like Tex Whatshisname that rolled the 707 for the crowd. "karl gruber" wrote in message ... | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:BVYWg.2133$XX2.1727@dukeread04... | Back in the early 1950s, AeroCommander flew a 500, piston | powered light twin from OKC to Washington, DC with the right | prop in the baggage area. Ike had one on the list of | approved executive travel planes. Ike was a pilot. | | | Good............I remember that now.It was a publicity | stunt.................... But it's not the light twin that I saw. And it's | prop was still on and could have been running if needed. | | Karl | | |
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