bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
Didn’t know that was your city! I was supposed to have a 48 hour layover but got a lovely reroute and it got cut short by a day. Hope to snag a longer one again soon, do you live there now?
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ahw01
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I've been here ~21 years and counting
bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
JC M&G next time London style!
knot4u
Repeat Offender
I was wondering about that. Both have 54H60 Ham/STD props and Allison 501 engines but the short one one looks like it has C-130 props and the stretch looks like P-3 props. The C-130 prop blade design was built to be able to use short rugged airstrips and the P-3 blade design was built more for efficiency at cruise/higher speed. If you've ever seen a picture of the Rare Bear with the 3-bladed prop that's where the blades came from, modified P-3 blades, a Connie 1649 hub and a custom spinner and backplate. No beta and no feather. I was still in A/P school when I started working on it and we had to build a model as part of an aerodynamics assignment (I chose the bearcat as mine for obvious reasons), I used those old little wooden ice cream spoons for blades on mine. Only one was ever built and from what I understand it's just hanging on a wall in a hangar somewhere. Makes me sad.
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ChasenSFO
hen teaser
The employee parking lot in SMF is damn cool, as evident by how close I was standing to RenoAir heritage jet.
But nothing beats airside access.
MSP tripled stacked in 2016:
And speaking of MSP 2016, @Derg 's former ride touching down at Northwest global HQ on a flight from AMS. Beautiful landing:
But nothing beats airside access.
MSP tripled stacked in 2016:
And speaking of MSP 2016, @Derg 's former ride touching down at Northwest global HQ on a flight from AMS. Beautiful landing:
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
The heavy stuff won't come down for a while now.
touch-n-go
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Oxman
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It would be cool to have a lengthy lay over to explore.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
I'll be there next week (for a day), assuming the passenger caps at Heathrow don't apply to non revs on BA or Virgin.
bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
Yeah I'm wondering how that'll go, place is a hot mess right now. We actually left 15 minutes past scheduled departure the other day and that was much winning.
I'm at home sick at the moment, but perhaps the scheduling will send me to Heathrow next week again. And may the non-rev gods smile upon thee!
ahw01
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hang on to your hats. 40 deg C forecast Mon/Tue.
ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
My first flight was in 2005, my story was very much slow and steady wins the race, I got my first 3 landings in a guppy this week. Pretty stoked to see the west coast / etc.
ahw01
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It’s Greg Proops
Congrats bud!
touch-n-go
Well-Known Member
Awesome! How inspiring! Congrats!!!