Blue and white Comanche/Arrow departing Sunriver Sunday?

Hey, if you're the guy who took off on runway 18 in the light blue and
white Piper retractable at Sunriver, OR (S21) Sunday around noon, what
the hell was wrong with your engine? With the sputtering I half expected
not to see the plane pop up above the trees... And I was really surprised
you didn't come back around to land immediately!

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Hey, if you're the guy who took off on runway 18 in the light blue and
white Piper retractable at Sunriver, OR (S21) Sunday around noon, what
the hell was wrong with your engine? With the sputtering I half expected
not to see the plane pop up above the trees... And I was really surprised
you didn't come back around to land immediately!

We had a similar experience at Sun N Fun while watching as a beautiful old
DC-3 / C-47, fresh out of the paint shop, departed on RWY 9R -- trailing
black smoke from her starboard engine.

They didn't seem to be climbing very well, and we expected to see them come
back to land immediately. They did not, and over the course of the day I
forgot about her .

We found the big Gooney bird back in its parking spot by supper time,
apparently none the worse for wear -- but I (and others around me) were very
concerned at the time. It seemed pretty obvious that they were having a
problem of some sort -- but they successfully ignored it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

We had a similar experience at Sun N Fun while watching as a beautiful old
DC-3 / C-47, fresh out of the paint shop, departed on RWY 9R -- trailing
black smoke from her starboard engine.

I saw something similar at Osh a few years back. This one was an immaculate Howard.
They started the engines and did a mag test. The right engine was obviously running
on one mag - the pilot ran the test several times, and the engine would die, only to
come back to life with a loud bang when he cut the working mag back on. Took him a
while to make his decision, but, after a few minutes, he waddled over to the runway
and took off to the west.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:24:44 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



Jay Honeck wrote:

We had a similar experience at Sun N Fun while watching as a beautiful old
DC-3 / C-47, fresh out of the paint shop, departed on RWY 9R -- trailing
black smoke from her starboard engine.

I saw something similar at Osh a few years back. This one was an immaculate Howard.
They started the engines and did a mag test. The right engine was obviously running
on one mag - the pilot ran the test several times, and the engine would die, only to
come back to life with a loud bang when he cut the working mag back on. Took him a
while to make his decision, but, after a few minutes, he waddled over to the runway
and took off to the west.

Was that the guy they invited to leave?

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

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Roger Halstead wrote:

Was that the guy they invited to leave?

Dunno. He was parked north of the warbird row, and I was photographing the plane when
they cleared the area and he started up. I *was* sort of surprised to find him there,
since he really belonged down with the classic aircraft at the South end of the
field.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Roger, when are you going to post your pictures of SNF?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:TStlc.21896

... It seemed pretty obvious that they were having a
problem of some sort -- but they successfully ignored it.

Or fixed it in-flight. There're lots of things that can make a big ol'
radial smoke. :-)

John Gaquin wrote:

Or fixed it in-flight. There're lots of things that can make a big ol'
radial smoke. :-)

Yeah. Like having oil in it. I would worry more about the *other* engine. It's
obviously out of oil!

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

In article , G.R. Patterson III
wrote:

John Gaquin wrote:

Or fixed it in-flight. There're lots of things that can make a big ol'
radial smoke. :-)

Yeah. Like having oil in it. I would worry more about the *other* engine. It's
obviously out of oil!

Do you me oil in the bottom cylinders from sitting for awhile?

"EDR" wrote in message
...
Yeah. Like having oil in it. I would worry more about the *other*
engine. It's
obviously out of oil!

Do you me oil in the bottom cylinders from sitting for awhile?

Do you mean "do you mean"?

I don't think so. I'm guessing he's referring to the notorious oil
consumption of radial engines, with the implication that if you're burning
oil, at least that means there's oil to be burned. An engine of that design
not burning oil very well might be considered suspect.

Pete