Round Engines

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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How've you been stranger? Good to see you again.

I've been fine. And you?

I'm hanging in there. Had major spinal surgery last September and recovering
ok so far.

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.

I agree completely. Paterno has given his players much more than football.
He's inspired them to achieve in the classroom as well as on the field and
the result has been to give them life after football.
It's ironic that someday, when people speak about Paterno, the general
consensus will most likely be that Paterno's greatest contribution in life
wasn't football at all, but his philosophy on life and how that played into
the lives of those who were lucky enough to have played under him at Penn
State.
Dudley

vincent p. norris wrote

What I admire most about Joe is that he insists his players be
students first.

As opposed to Florida State where Bobby Bowden seems to prefer
players with police records. :-(

In 34 years of teaching at Penn State, I gave
at least half a dozen of his players Ds or Fs.

What did you teach Vince?

Bob Moore

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines

I guess that'd make me just a 2510. A brace of 1830s on the DC3, and a
little R680 on a Stinson I used to fly. :-)

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines

I guess that'd make me just a 2510. A brace of 1830s on the DC3, and a
little R680 on a Stinson I used to fly. :-)

Ah, the old Lycoming R680. Must have been a Gullwing :-)) Stable as a barn
door on concrete blocks that old bird was. You could fly those old birds
through a Hurricane and just maybe notice the ripple.
:-))
Dudley

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

Ah, the old Lycoming R680. Must have been a Gullwing :-))

Actually, it was a Detroiter, an SM8a. But a lovely soft flyer, too. A real
steering wheel, and crank-down windows, too!

Big John wrote:

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a
lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.

Sounds like my first wife. :-)

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

("George Patterson" wrote)
Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a lady-like poof and
start whining a little louder.

Sounds like my first wife. :-)


"It was so cold this morning..."

"How cold was it?"

"It was so cold, I had to jump the wife to get her started." :-)


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote \

"It was so cold this morning..."

"How cold was it?"

"It was so cold, I had to jump the wife to get her started." :-)

When it is that cold, the jumper cable gets so short that you have to warm
it up good, just to reach, don't you? ducking
--
Jim in NC

I have to admit, I was nearly furious the first time I got in the front seat
of a T-6.
I had the proceedures down, I pumped then primed and left it unlocked, got
my mixture forward counted 6 blades, hit the mags, and immeditately got
ready to start futzing with the primer to keep her beltching til it was
running.

Damn it!
When I threw the mag switch, the stupid thing was running fine. I didn't
have to do anything. (I blame the guy who warmed it up before I arrived)
I was so mad, I almost didn't want to fly it anymore. Definately wasn't
woorth the cash without a spectacular radialish start.

Mike

"Big John" wrote in message
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Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here )

Big John
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DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND
AIRCRAFT ENGINES


We gotta get rid of those turbines, they're ruining
aviation and our hearing...

A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery.
The air travels through it in a straight line and
doesn't pick up any of the pungent fragrance of
engine oil or pilot sweat.

Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a
switch from "OFF" to "START" and then remember to
move it back to "ON" after a while. My PC is harder
to start.

Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and
style. You have to seduce it into starting. It's
like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the
pilots aren't even allowed to do it...

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a
lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.

Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle,
click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big
macho FART or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke and
finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that.
It's a GUY thing...

When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged
and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking of a ceiling
fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting.

When you have started his round engine successfully
your Crew Chief looks up at you like he'd let you
kiss his girl, too!

Turbines don't break or catch fire often enough,
which leads to aircrew boredom, complacency and
inattention. A round engine at speed looks and
sounds like it's going to blow any minute. This
helps concentrate the mind !

Turbines don't have enough control levers or gauges
to keep a pilot's attention. There's nothing to
fiddle with during long flights.

Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman
Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended
machines to smell.

Pass this on to an old WWII guy (or his son, or
anyone who flew them, ever) in remembrance of that
"Greatest Generation".

"Big John" wrote in message
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Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here )

Big John
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Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle,
click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big
macho FART or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke and
finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that.
It's a GUY thing...


Hmmm, makes me want to get out the "Catch 22" tape & watch the opening
scenes.

Best part of the whole movie ;-)

Marty