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Author: | Rich Brazell [ Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:04 am ] |
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Wait until you see the Les Sky Machine in person ! OH MY ! RB |
Author: | bfinney [ Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:28 pm ] |
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What Rich said, BADDA BING, BADDA BOOM |
Author: | Jeff J [ Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:24 pm ] |
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Congratulations! |
Author: | rjaeger [ Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:33 pm ] |
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Congratulations, great to see Bob's old plane back where it belongs! |
Author: | James Grahn [ Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:00 pm ] |
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I’ll say it again..congrats John. That is a HUGE accomplishment. Well done. See you Friday. Cubes |
Author: | jtwigg [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:12 am ] |
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Thanks, Jeff, rjaeger, and Cubes. rjaeger - it certainly is great to see it back in the air. It was an honor to fly her. I think there is an aviation adage adapted from a watch marketing line to the effect of, "You never actually own a great plane. You merely take care of it for the next generation." |
Author: | Ryan Allen [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:15 am ] |
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That's good stuff! All that hard work paying dividends, Congrats! |
Author: | SHIPCHIEF [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:39 pm ] |
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Congratulations John. I’m inspired to keep working on mine, maybe I’ll fly it again someday !!?! Good luck going forward, many happy T-18 flights to you! |
Author: | rjaeger [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:01 pm ] |
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Here's a photo of your planes sister ship built by BOB Griffith at the same time as yours was built. |
Author: | Fraser MacPhee [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:22 pm ] |
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Many congrats! The last T-18 I flew with an O-290 was faster than my 0-320. Have a great time with her/him/it!! |
Author: | jtwigg [ Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:35 am ] |
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Scott - your wings and panel look nice, so maybe you're closer than you think! I saw your post about not understanding the hole transfer method. If you need it, I have instructions from John Thorp that describe the transfer methods if that will help. Let me know and I can get you a copy. rjaeger - That picture is so good. I had never seen a picture of his plane and didn't know they shared the same paint scheme. Whatever happened to his plane? I see in the FAA registry that it's registered to a Mr. Lyle Cartwright in Tuscon, AZ. Any idea if it's still flying? Do you have any old pictures of N12055 at Oshkosh or your chapter in the 70's? Please share if you have any! Frazer - The O-290 is lighter than an O-320 to start with, and mine's as bare-bones as they get. A future project will be to replace the Delco-Remy heavy generator and the boat-anchor starter with modern, lighter ones. One thing that Doug Burke, the previous owner, told me was that his dad, Ed, worked with the Sensenich engineers and they modified the prop tip and shortened it per his request. Ed reported afterwards that he gained 10 MPH or Knots - not sure which - with this modified prop that's currently on the plane. Everyone -- just letting you all know that we're honored that Cubes, his First Officer, AND Doug Burke (N12055's previous owner) will be at Rostraver, FWQ, in Pittsburgh on Friday 2/15/2019 to see N12055. If you're in the area and want to stop by, we'll be at the EAA Chapter 45 hangar from around 10:00 to noon. We're having lunch afterwards and you're welcome to come hang with us! Subject to change according to Cube's schedule, of course. |
Author: | jtwigg [ Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:08 pm ] | |||||
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Got two flights in during February and had a blast. Some early cruise numbers in this cold air are 130 MPH at 2100 RPM, 150 MPH at 2300 RPM. Takeoff distance on the first flight was 850' and I didn't measure the second flight's distance. The second flight was late afternoon and lasted for an hour. It was overcast and the outdoor temp was about 26 degrees on the ground. I found out real fast that my cockpit heat doesn't keep up - I had a nice Arctic breeze coming from behind my head and I could see my breath, but I kept flying because I was having too much fun. Nine (9) orbits of the airport and 100 miles put on that evening. One squawk to fix is that my flap circuit breaker blew when the flaps were coming UP. There was no placard on the flap motor so I thought a 7.5 amp C/B would do it, but I now have a 10 amp C/B on order. Here are links to a Facebook post of the first flight's takeoff, landing, and taxi back with the chase plane. They seem to be set to Public, but we'll find out if they work together. Takeoff: https://www.facebook.com/john.twigg.14/ ... ater&ifg=1 Landing: https://www.facebook.com/john.twigg.14/ ... ater&ifg=1 Taxi: https://www.facebook.com/john.twigg.14/ ... ater&ifg=1 This may be the last post on this thread because N12055 is back now . Perhaps one more post with pictures with previous owner, Doug, who reunited with N12055 when he came to visit a week ago.
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Author: | jtwigg [ Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:31 am ] | ||||
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Well, we've come full circle with this thread's final post and it's about Doug Burke's visit two weeks ago. Doug started me on this journey by selling me his beloved airplane that he wanted to find a good home for. He and his father, Ed, bought N12055 in 1979 at Oshkosh as rjaeger and others probably remember. I didn't know anything about a Thorp T-18 at the time I bought it and Doug told me so many good things about the design and his airplane in particular. So, here are a couple of pictures from Doug and his daughter's visit on Friday, Feb 15th. Doug just retired from American Airlines in December after four decades as an airline pilot. Thanks, Doug, for all the help and support! I'm looking forward to seeing you at the airshows .
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Author: | JackPark [ Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: N12055 SN79 Coming Back |
I recall a valve on the tank with a hose to the firewall fitting. Jack ex N2264B SN 67 |
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