Why were almost all of them scrapped?

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:46:14 -0500, vincent p. norris
wrote:

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The Jug ran a miserly 80 to 90 gallons per hour at
economy cruise as I recall.

That sounds about right.

I'd like to have one of the tricycle gear Skyraiders. I think most of
those were tail draggers.

I've never even HEARD of an AD that was not a tail dragger. Do you
know if there's a picture of a tricycle gear AD on the net?

I've been searching, but not found any yet. It may just a faulty
memory, but I'm sure I saw one some place.


That thing is huge and had the largest
radial engine we ever used, as far as I know.

I think it was a 3350.

Same engine as on the B-29.

Early versions were 2500 HP and later versions were 2800 HP. How'd
you like to feed that for a trip from coast to coast? All that fuel
with about the same cruse when light (maybe 15,000#?) as a Bonanza..

I believe the 3350 was the largest every used on a single engine
airframe, but here were larger on multi engine planes.


I think there was a 43XX radial that was used
on the Connie or the DC7, but my memory is quite vague on that.

vince norris
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com