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Post by Allan Lowson on Jan 31, 2015 12:18:44 GMT
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Post by davidrevans on Feb 3, 2015 20:31:39 GMT
My Bellanca Viking Aircraft history ; this aircraft has special meaning to me as it represents the last airplane my father rebuild an flew . Saw an ad in " Trade a Plane " for a Bellanca Super Viking as is being sold by a collage who closed there flight and A&E program . we borrowed a car trailer from a friend and went to Ohio to pick it up. When we arrived found out why the low price , every thing but fuselage , wings stabilizer were in card board boxes. ( made loading easier) on the way to my dads house it was decided he would go to local area collage at night that still had an A&E course and as he took the class would work on the Viking and have instructor check an sign his work. Also any help other classmates wanted to do would go toward credit. First big hurdle was a fuel tank leak had damaged the laminations of the main spar. this involved complete tear down of wing with out damaging as much wood as possible . next getting proper glue , wood and how to laminate the spar. long story short was 2 years in construction ,dad got his certificate so did the plane. To get it from his house to the airport he took off from the highway in front of the house, M-52 the longest North-South in Michigan. Flew the Viking for 3 years before he had a severe hart attack and could not fly no more. Still loves to talk about passing Mooney's an Bonanza's
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Post by deltahotel on Feb 4, 2015 14:12:33 GMT
Just checking in for this year's GAAR. Going to fly across a RAF Vickers Valetta, (pigs can fly) from Butterworth in Malaya in 3 hops. Bit worried about the 1700ft of runway on Murray Island - reckon I'll need an 8kt headwind component to give me a chance. I might just enter a de Havilland Heron as well - see y'all there.
Dave H
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Post by jazzthom on Feb 4, 2015 18:34:45 GMT
this years bird will be a Douglas C-117, as I had my flying boxcar not available and last years bird was heathers C-119,....so let's see this "super DC3" and have some fun with this new "old" bird......
and btw Urs,....you have a wonderful aircraft with your Swiss bird....mine will be an old "leftover" from the United States Air Force, but it was the "cheapest" I could find......maybe I'll find some paint for her on this flight.....
Cheers to all of you!
Thom
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Post by jazzthom on Feb 4, 2015 18:37:11 GMT
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Post by Rob on Feb 6, 2015 11:40:22 GMT
Your super 3 looks okay, just a bit of paint ware. If you keep the nose going forward and the engines turning I see no problem. Cheers Rob
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Post by uhug on Feb 6, 2015 12:55:52 GMT
Yeah, thats right! Looks like a rotten apple! I have seen it already - on a aircraft potter's field! Obviosly still going strong. You should see his Saxophone - brilliant polished! Cheers
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Post by johnl on Feb 7, 2015 0:30:10 GMT
Back in the same Monospar ST-25 that someone painted up for my entry in the 2007 GAAR, although the panel has been tweaked a bit more since then.
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Post by uhug on Feb 7, 2015 5:59:31 GMT
Good morning Allan, a correction in the Roster please. My BGA number is 075 not 071. Thank you and have a nice weekend. Urs
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Post by Allan Lowson on Feb 7, 2015 13:40:07 GMT
Oops. Will sort that.
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Post by uhug on Feb 7, 2015 18:11:06 GMT
Hello Allan, a finding! As I flew the first three legs, I find out that I never reach my target time. Thinking of this additional three minutes. Thats perhaps OK for light airplanes, but with an heavy DC3 or bigger - no chance! I don't know the experience of other participants, but this is my experience so far. I need to fly a proper downwind- base- and final leg and thats also time consuming. Well, I will continue as it is, but normally its flighttime plus 10'. Cheers Urs
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Post by jazzthom on Feb 7, 2015 21:40:46 GMT
Hi fellows,..... the same as Urs mentioned...... I need to fly the start AND landing pattern...so I miss about 5 minutes minimum..... I think the target times are just from A to B without landing circuit..... so to reach my target time I have to fly with full throttle, full power, otherways I don't hava any chance to reach the target airport in time... please think about this and maybe set new times....
Thom
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Post by Allan Lowson on Feb 7, 2015 22:32:34 GMT
I have checked the results from 2007 and the top 32 DC-3 pilots managed to average flights within one minute of their individual targets. Also four out of the top nine scores were flown in DC-3s or larger aircraft.
The only online references that I can quickly find suggest that the cruising speed for the C117 may be problematic at 93% of maximum speed while the R4D-6 has a ratio of about 70%?
As others have already started flying legs it would be inequitable to change the rules now, especially as they seemed to work fine eight years ago.
If you would like to submit a more conservative test flight that would always be fine.
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Post by Rob on Feb 7, 2015 23:41:24 GMT
I have flown the first ten legs with the Caribou and had no trouble getting reasonably close to my target time. No disrespect to the DC-3 drivers but why do you need to fly a downwind leg, you have the runway and wind direction so you know which runway you will be landing on before you take-off. A few simple course corrections during the cruise so your aircraft ends up on the correct side of the airfield for the landing runway and the most you end up with is a base leg which can be incorporated into your descent profile. Start a shallow descent further out from the airport which will give you a few more knots and hold or adjust accordingly with engine power, drop your flaps and gear turning finals along with engine power for landing, the DC-3 will slow down to your landing speed. Hope this may help some.
Regards to all Rob
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Post by uhug on Feb 8, 2015 7:05:17 GMT
Good morning everybody For flight number 6 (YMUI to YCCT) I try Rob's advise! Calculated distance in total: 69.7NM Cruising altitude: 3500ft QNH Crusing speed: 194kt Target time: 21.16 Wind YCCT: 038°/10 (runway 09 for landing) Calculations:Wind: 142°/14kts more or less enroute Course: 255° Heading: 251° GS: 199kts XWC: -13kts (from left) HWC: -5kts (tailwind) Calculated time: 21.00 TOD: 3500ft down to 1000ft = 8NM out from base entry point ROD: 900fpm with 194kt GS Base- and final-leg will be flown as the situation is! Well, I have a look how does it work! Have a nice sunday! Cheers Urs
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