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  1. Yellowbird

    DC-3 Down in Ohio

    NTSB preliminary report is out: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20190121X14953&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=LA
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    DC-3 Down in Ohio

    I sprung for a ride in 467KS at their open house back in 2012. The fellow in the left seat here might be Brian Stoltzfus, the PIC for the accident flight and one of the founders of the operations at Stoltzfus Airfield.
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    DC-3 Down in Ohio

    Went down right across the street from the airport. Photo is looking southeast.
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    DC-3 Down in Ohio

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    DC-3 Down in Ohio

    Not Basler, but a Preferred Turbine-3: http://preferredturbine-3.com/ They do the conversions at Stoltzfus Airfield in OH where the crash occurred. One of the crew members was a friend from church. I don't know if he was PIC on this flight, but he had worked on the certification program last...
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    Cessna 182 Cowl Flap

    A timely post, for me at least. I took a look at mine (1974 Cardinal) yesterday - it had been quietly nagging me since noting on my last flight a few weeks ago that one of the hinge pins had worked loose. What I found was that the hinges on both flaps were basically shot, with four hinge...
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    POA Symphony

    Add me for trombone (tenor and bass), euphonium, tuba, trumpet, and electric bass. I'm also an arranger with a couple of original compositions to my name.
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    Anyone been to a military funeral lately?

    30+ year Air Force and Air Guard bandsman. We got hit pretty bad about 5 - 6 years ago, with 6 of the 11 Air Guard bands being decommissioned. Active duty lost a few bands as well, and some of the remaining bands were reduced in size. We send out a trumpeter when requests and personnel...
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    What happened to model airplane kits?

    It's the much more recent (1996) Tamiya kit - much better detail than the vintage Monogram kit, but no movable parts, so limited "play value". I've been doing some nostalgia builds of the old Monogram kits, sometimes building them side-by-side with more recent kits of the same subject. They were...
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    What happened to model airplane kits?

    In this case, it's permanently attached to the base, by brass wires glued into holes drilled in the bottoms of the tires.
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    What happened to model airplane kits?

    After getting my PPL, I built the Minicraft 1/48 172 as a gift for my CFI. I detailed and painted it to represent his 172, including droop wingtips and Powerflow exhaust: I had been building models for many years, was a member of an IPMS chapter, and competed regularly in regional contests...
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    Stupid things we have seen pilots do

    Several years ago, a NASA Callback issue related the account of a pilot who took off with a cement-filled tire still tied to the tail. It set up a slight nose up/down oscillation during flight and eventually snapped the rope during landing.
  13. Yellowbird

    Do you dream about aviation?

    Overhead wires... My recurring dream had me flying, but without an airplane. It was like swimming underwater, but in the air. Gravity operated the same way that buoyancy does, but in the opposite direction - If you stopped "swimming", you would slowly float back to earth. A common factor in...
  14. Yellowbird

    Any CFO members here?

    They did have get-togethers at Sun 'n Fun and Oshkosh, as well as the annual convention in Toronto. As PPC mentioned, they also had a Cardinal clinic conducted by Guy Maher in Salt Lake City in October. There used to be regional flyins from time to time (Lancaster, PA was a popular one) but I...
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    Any CFO members here?

    I've been a member since 2003, when I started Cardinal shopping. CFO is still active, the email digest (which they use instead of an online forum) is active, issuing every few days (10 issues so far this month) and plans are underway for 2017 events (Winter Haven, Oshkosh, and annual...
  16. Yellowbird

    Who else has a plane down for repairs?

    Annual signed off Nov.1st with no problems, but waiting for static/transponder checks. My mistake - I forgot that they were due, and my avionics guy is booked solid with ADS-B installs.
  17. Yellowbird

    Why not foam?

    Or this:
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    Why not foam?

    And this one used ping pong balls: http://vintageairphotos.blogspot.com/2015/09/from-glendale-to-london-with-peace.html
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    Took darn near all weekend

    Looks nice - I have fond memories of redoing mine back when I redid my interior. not very fond memories of putting them back together.
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