Round Engines

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote

The Navy put all the smarter people in Vikings and Neptunes.

How about "Trackers" and Neptunes? :-)

Bob

"Ouch" (seeks recovery from senior moment misplaced Viking ID suitable to
appease the people at Grumman without ****ing off the people at Lockheed,
while at the same time maintaining the delicate balance between the high
intelligence of the large airplane driver and mother's advice not to appear
all THAT smart while digitally sharing a drink at the digital O Club bar
with a large airplane Naval Aviator"

"See!!!! I was right......I TOLD you the smart guys went to the multi
community!!!"
:-))))))
Dudley Henriques

I'm just a 3350 guy (AC-119K).

--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana

In article .com,
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I'm just a 3350 guy (AC-119K).

Walt, tell us some stories!

Dudley Henriques wrote:

If you could START a 4360, you got honorable mention :-)))))

Try starting a rotary radial.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:

If you could START a 4360, you got honorable mention :-)))))

Try starting a rotary radial.

Are you kidding George? The airplanes these things were attached to required
REAL pilots!!!
:-)))
Dudley

Dudley Henriques wrote:

Are you kidding George?

A saw some guys try to start a Camel once at Rhinebeck. They went through the
rigamarole of pulling it through and then Hercules (we'll call him) started
flipping the prop. It wouldn't even backfire. The poor guy rocked that prop
through about 20 times or so.

When he was worn out, another fellow came up to try his luck. He rocked up on
one leg and whipped the prop down and the engine fired right up. Hercules was
ready to beat the guy to death!

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

The old days at Rhinebeck when the Cole Palen crowd were there are
remembered by many who frequented the place. The nostalgia of that operation
during those days ranks right up there with Pancho's out at Edwards. Both
places bring back some of the finest "just hanging out" moments in aviation
history in the United States.
I seem to remember some trouble going on there a few years back concerning
the running of the operation by a new board of directors at the museum but I
don't have a real handle on what it was all about.
Propping a Le' Rhone might have been a job for Arnold Swartzenegger at that
:-)))
Dudley

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:

Are you kidding George?

A saw some guys try to start a Camel once at Rhinebeck. They went through
the rigamarole of pulling it through and then Hercules (we'll call him)
started flipping the prop. It wouldn't even backfire. The poor guy rocked
that prop through about 20 times or so.

When he was worn out, another fellow came up to try his luck. He rocked up
on one leg and whipped the prop down and the engine fired right up.
Hercules was ready to beat the guy to death!

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines
for any length of time.

5600-- two 2800s, one on each side.

Of course, my hearing has been defective ever since and now it's
getting worse.

vince norris

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines
for any length of time.

5600-- two 2800s, one on each side.

Of course, my hearing has been defective ever since and now it's
getting worse.

vince norris

Sorry to hear that! (no pun intended :-)

How've you been stranger? Good to see you again. Looks like Paterno and the
boys did us all proud again this season.
My hearing suffered a bit from the Mustang. Strangely enough, the big
radials always seemed a lot smoother on the ears to me.
The stacks on the 51 are just about in line with your ears and it gets damn
noisy in there. Used to put cotton in my ears. In the Mustang, trying to
talk to ATC with anything over 45 inches going up front usually required at
least one come back per transmission. Finally got a Telex combo and could
actually hear a few words from the friendlies on the ground during climbouts
:-)
All the best,
Dudley Henriques

How've you been stranger? Good to see you again.

I've been fine. And you?

Looks like Paterno and the boys did us all proud again this season.

Yeah, they done good! Only one play from an unbeaten season.
And most of them can read and write, too!

What I admire most about Joe is that he insists his players be
students first. In 34 years of teaching at Penn State, I gave at
least half a dozen of his players Ds or Fs. Never heard one peep out
of Joe, or anyone else.

vince norris