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Hey Bob, sorry about the impression I was correcting you on the P5 last week (I didn't mean it to sound as I was) but you're right on with this one...but do you (or any of the group) remember a civil airliner other than the stratocruiser with 4360s? ..and not the R4Q/C119 or the C74/124 or the Mars - they were all very, very military. Don't think there were any.
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Al G wrote
"Bob Moore" wrote Al G wrote DC-6, a DC-7 with 3 bladed props. P&W 3350's instead of 4360's DC-6s were powered by P&W R-2800 Double Wasps. 118' wingspan. DC-7s were powered by Wright R-3350s. 128' wingspan. Thanks Bob, I was off by a generation... It was a DC-6 wasn't it? Yep! We were still flying them at PanAm when I joined them in 1967. They were used in a "cost plus $1.00" contract to fly U.S. service personnel in Vietnam on Rest and Recreation flights. Bob Moore ATP B-707 B-727 PanAm (retired) |
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Boomerang wrote
Hey Bob, sorry about the impression I was correcting you on the P5 last week (I didn't mean it to sound as I was) but you're right on with this one...but do you (or any of the group) remember a civil airliner other than the stratocruiser with 4360s? ..and not the R4Q/C119 or the C74/124 or the Mars - they were all very, very military. Don't think there were any. You've confused me with some other "Bob", I never posted about the P-5, but I think that you're correct about the 4360. Bob Moore VP-21 VP-46 PanAm |
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It is a DC-6.
Tom Ingima "Dingo" wrote in message ... ....... or perhaps, confirmation. Apart from C-130s, I rarely see/hear any other 4 prop a/c here in N.Suffolk so dashed outside yesterday at the sound of something which obviously wasn't a Hercules and saw the attached. It wasn't that close and the photo shows more than I saw by eye. First thought it was a DC 7 .... but I haven't seen/heard one of those in probably 50 years. But even so, and given the state of my memory, DC7s etc didn't have this sort of engine sound. I can only say that some of our local tractors sound sweeter than this kite which I think was an Ilyushin IL 18. Is I right or is I wrong ? ...... and whilst I'm here can any of you chaps put an ID on the other a/c here ? Sent to me by a friend who thinks it might be Italian. I'm not so sure, but .......... Many thanks, ~~ Dingo ;-) |
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In article ,
"Al G" wrote: DC-6, a DC-7 with 3 bladed props. P&W 3350's instead of 4360's Al G Not exactly. The -6 has PW 2800s. Many differences between the two aircraft. |
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"Bob Moore" wrote in message 46.128... Al G wrote "Bob Moore" wrote Al G wrote DC-6, a DC-7 with 3 bladed props. P&W 3350's instead of 4360's DC-6s were powered by P&W R-2800 Double Wasps. 118' wingspan. DC-7s were powered by Wright R-3350s. 128' wingspan. Thanks Bob, I was off by a generation... It was a DC-6 wasn't it? Yep! We were still flying them at PanAm when I joined them in 1967. They were used in a "cost plus $1.00" contract to fly U.S. service personnel in Vietnam on Rest and Recreation flights. Bob Moore ATP B-707 B-727 PanAm (retired) Many years ago, at Medford, Oregon, Butler aviation leased a bunch of DC6's to the Forest service as Boraid(sp?) Bombers. They did a good job, and I personally known a guy whose house and property were saved by a very timely and accurate drop. After a couple of years, they switched to DC7's. They were having some kind of problem with the engines, and the temps at Medford. We watched several departures with 1 feathered, and about 10' high as they crossed the end. Soon the area off the end of the departure runway was a bright orange, and stayed that way for months. I over heard a Pilot saying, "The DC6 is a 4 engine airplane with 3 bladed props. The DC7 is a 3 engine airplane with 4 bladed props" Al G |
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Al G wrote:
"Bob Moore" wrote in message 46.128... Al G wrote "Bob Moore" wrote Al G wrote DC-6, a DC-7 with 3 bladed props. P&W 3350's instead of 4360's DC-6s were powered by P&W R-2800 Double Wasps. 118' wingspan. DC-7s were powered by Wright R-3350s. 128' wingspan. Thanks Bob, I was off by a generation... It was a DC-6 wasn't it? Yep! We were still flying them at PanAm when I joined them in 1967. They were used in a "cost plus $1.00" contract to fly U.S. service personnel in Vietnam on Rest and Recreation flights. Bob Moore ATP B-707 B-727 PanAm (retired) Many years ago, at Medford, Oregon, Butler aviation leased a bunch of DC6's to the Forest service as Boraid(sp?) Bombers. They did a good job, and I personally known a guy whose house and property were saved by a very timely and accurate drop. After a couple of years, they switched to DC7's. They were having some kind of problem with the engines, and the temps at Medford. We watched several departures with 1 feathered, and about 10' high as they crossed the end. Soon the area off the end of the departure runway was a bright orange, and stayed that way for months. I over heard a Pilot saying, "The DC6 is a 4 engine airplane with 3 bladed props. The DC7 is a 3 engine airplane with 4 bladed props" Al G "Borate"..... http://www.airtanker.com/history/cahistory.html redc1c4, here to help? %-) -- "Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear considerable watching." Army Officer's Guide |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:07:57 +0100, "Dingo"
wrote: First thought it was a DC 7 .... This may have been the bird you saw: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...t_id=10 64601 Search on Airliners.net for DC-6, then change the order to: year (most recent first) and this is on the 3rd page along with a couple of other shots of this aricraft. Quite a few on subsequent pages - seems to show up all over the UK. J. W. Alger |
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The lower picture is that of a Lippisch X-113, flown in around 1970. It's
not a true aircraft, being Wing In Ground Effect (probably got that term wrong). I first saw this photo in a Popular Science from that time period. "Dingo" wrote in message ... ....... or perhaps, confirmation. Apart from C-130s, I rarely see/hear any other 4 prop a/c here in N.Suffolk so dashed outside yesterday at the sound of something which obviously wasn't a Hercules and saw the attached. It wasn't that close and the photo shows more than I saw by eye. First thought it was a DC 7 .... but I haven't seen/heard one of those in probably 50 years. But even so, and given the state of my memory, DC7s etc didn't have this sort of engine sound. I can only say that some of our local tractors sound sweeter than this kite which I think was an Ilyushin IL 18. Is I right or is I wrong ? ...... and whilst I'm here can any of you chaps put an ID on the other a/c here ? Sent to me by a friend who thinks it might be Italian. I'm not so sure, but .......... Many thanks, ~~ Dingo ;-) |
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"JOHN BRAUNGART" wrote in message news:Z3nzi.5065$z83.2765@trndny09... The lower picture is that of a Lippisch X-113, flown in around 1970. It's not a true aircraft, being Wing In Ground Effect (probably got that term wrong). I first saw this photo in a Popular Science from that time period. Someone else beat you to the ID, John, but thanks anyway for posting. ~~ Dingo ;-) |
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