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Yuck. Just get a T6.
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Yuck. Just get a T6.
knot4u
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If money was no object I'd have both. Sentimental value to me.
ctab5060X
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It's heavenly until you sit behind it for hour after hour after hour.
One thing I dreaded on the AT-301 was the first flight after maintenance greased the prop. I got to where I would do a high power setting run up for a few minutes just to sling the excess grease out before it coated my windshield during climb out.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Best check the oil...I don't see any leaking, nor a big streak down the side anywhere.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Oh, man...sex on wheels right there.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
knot4u
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Did you ever get a chance to see Bill Jones T-28 before the accident? Bill came from the same stock that Lyle did. Unique personalities that I miss.
knot4u
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For some reason this racer going stock doesn't bother me. Tom Dwelle and his family were one of the best groups in the pits, along with the Sanders. I wonder if that spirit among the crews still exists? We would give anything we had that could help them, and they would reciprocate. Nobody wanted to win in the pits, we all wanted to beat everybody out on the course.
WacoFan
Bigly
Actually I love Trojans. I'd own one in a heartbeat. Talk about "ramp presence"... it has it.
WacoFan
Bigly
Yeah, it is. Perfect.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Oh, man, the personalities we've lost over the years...and, to be fair, the ones we've added to the fold, too. When I was a kid, the warbird and racer community was definitely cut from a different cloth than the folks today -- lots more big and eccentric folks then compared to now. I can't even begin to compile a list...every time I start typing names (Sebby, Yancey, Goss, Crocker,...) I have to stop because I'd have to sit here all day to list them.
knot4u
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A T-28 is probably bigger than most people realize. There are some available.
http://www.platinumfighters.com/#!t-28-inventory/crl3
knot4u
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Funny how some guy with a t-shirt, polyester slacks and $10.00 sneakers turns out to be a whole lot more than you'd think at first glance, life lesson learned. Never Judge A Book By It's Cover.
knot4u
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Wonder how fast? Probably faster than most would think. I could buy a Cirrus or something like this, I can maintain either.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
The opposite is also unfortunately true sometimes, too...the guys in the big-$$ support truck, spiffy crew uniforms, expansive swag sales tent, etc, may be the guy that all the other pilots/owners/mechanics are whispering about when they're not in the room.
WacoFan
Bigly
About 160-170 burning about 22 gallons per hour if memory serves. My grandpa had one and I learned navigation... and what heavier rudders (than the Waco's and Chief) felt like. Grandpa said it ranked with a T-6 on attention demanded during landing but he never really had a problem with it... but wasn't shy about going around either. As for maintenance costs and time... seemed we spend a week or two working on little squawks between flyins. Cirrus probably easier.... but you'd be flying a Cirrus. The desirable Howard are the narrow bodied Howards (DGA-8,9,11,12 although everyone wants the 11 because of the 450P&W). The narrow bodied Howard DGA -11 will cruise in the 180-190mph range on the same power, and I'm told they aren't nearly as squirrel on the ground as the 15 is (stiffer gear - the 15 is really soft). No AD's ever issued for a Howard that I know of.
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knot4u
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Losing Pardue was rough. If/when Tiger finally hangs it up for good in my opinion the Sanders will be the last group representing a spectacular era. Of course Kerch is still there, but not with Strega.
ComplexHiAv8r
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don't knock a cirrus if you need good reliable aircraft for a business. 8)WacoFan said: