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Here are some recent pictures from my trip across the country.

Gorgeous sunset in Manassas.
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Old Colgan bird.
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Colgan HQ
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Red Carpet Service in Fargo ND
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Here are a few from the past few days:


Downtown Minneapolis by Chasen Richardson, on Flickr
My grandma worked in the building on the lower left with the large antenna. It was the biggest building on the skyline when she started.


Piper Cherokee over the San Francisco Bay by Chasen Richardson, on Flickr
Busy day over the SF Bay today. Guys on the bay tour and many helicopters shooting a tour bus that went on a rampage downtown for reasons yet unknown. NAS Alemeda in the background.


Sunset over Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota. by Chasen Richardson, on Flickr
From my Aunt and Uncle's farm. Had to wear bright orange because deer hunters were on the property.

Oakland Airport Southwest Terminal by Chasen Richardson, on Flickr
Very hard to get pics at the Oakland Airport. Pretty much have to fly in or overhead.
 
ChasenSFO said:
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Very hard to get pics at the Oakland Airport. Pretty much have to fly in or overhead.
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I remember back in the early 2000s trying to take pictures from a public road about as close to the 11 threshold as you can/could reasonably get when they were landing east one day, and some private security guard hassling me in my friend, telling us we couldn't be there. Lame. I got some decent photos working at Kaiser Air, but that was long ago.
 
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From a weekend adventure, going all over the country just to get some of mom's cooking and catch up with dad. Good to pop in every now and then, now that the flights are free.

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Smashing!!

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Stuck in line behind the skidbuggy at DCA. Four F-22s and two C-130s were doing a flyby at Arlington (I've still never been there...) and we all got to wait for ten minutes or so.

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Dunno if this one got uploaded once before, but with all the talk of Saabs I'd figure I'd toss in some love from my old corner of earth. That's 406XJ, painted in the colors after wearing Airlink red forever.
 
Burrito said:


Dunno if this one got uploaded once before, but with all the talk of Saabs I'd figure I'd toss in some love from my old corner of earth. That's 406XJ, painted in the colors after wearing Airlink red forever.
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Hahahaha. For a little while Patches was flying out of Anchorage, and I guess the mayor of Dutch Harbor got excited because he thought Northwest was serving Dutch Harbor.
 
Cal Goat said:
I remember back in the early 2000s trying to take pictures from a public road about as close to the 11 threshold as you can/could reasonably get when they were landing east one day, and some private security guard hassling me in my friend, telling us we couldn't be there. Lame. I got some decent photos working at Kaiser Air, but that was long ago.
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I think I know what spot you're talking about...I plan on doing the same thing when 12 is in use on a day I can get over there. We'll see what happens, but I've been there when they're using 30 and no one cared...or maybe no one noticed.
 
PositionAndHold said:
View attachment 32982 I've always heard the fins pointing towards the ground called Delta fins or strakes. But what's that horizontal aft wing part actually called? Do they still call it a strake? And what the hell is it for?
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As I recall from training, the aft bits are horizontal stabilons. The story I've heard from a seasoned Beech mechanic is essentially that the 1900 was based off of the 200 series King Air. Rather than completely redesign the tail section, some aero bits were added to adapt the tail for use on the larger airframe. The stabilons increase the effective CG range of the aircraft (if memory serves, increased from 32% MAC to 40% MAC) as well as aiding in longitudinal stability. I've also heard that they help with recovery from a deep stalled condition. The taillets were added to aid in directional stability, specifically to increase Vmca, rather than enlarging the size of the vertical stabilizer. The rudder already had sufficient authority due to the longer moment arm of the 1900. The bit that no one ever seems to notice is the small vortex generator just fore of the wing leading-edge that smoothes airflow over the wing root. Not sure about the strakes, as I've only trained on and flown the C models. It all worked very well, as the 1900 is very stable, forgiving and super easy to fly.
 
Correction to my previous post, obviously meant that the taillets were added to decrease Vmca. I really need to stop posting to forums at 3am.
 
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