Recent content by B17b25guy

The Newfy joke reminds me of when I would go into Canada with a waterbomber (CL-215) as a shared resource. The Ontario pilot's were constantly making Newfy jokes. It made me grateful I wasn't a Newfy air attack pilot.

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Gee, this post was informative.

This is the first I have heard of these folks. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, thats dedication. And, a skill set too!

I learned something new. I never realized canvas was used as a 'patch as opposed to direct on a canvas type B-15, B-10, etc.

Nice work!

Must be that other 'Norfolk' that was freezing....and not Virginia!

Thank you once again to both authors, for your introspective observations. This post was most insightful and helpful to me when I needed it. And, I now have John Lever to blame for causing me to part company with a fair amount of earnings :)

For me, (and I haven't purchased in some years until more recently) it was the new Eastman Irvin 'Fly Weight'. Here in the States, if you visit History Preservation Associates you can see this offering. It is outstanding, as the devil is in the details. But, it resides within the law of...

Indeed, none of those airplanes have any stall warning systems. Just ones own sense of proprioception and awareness.

Hi Burt.....your review of the Aero Irvin with John Lever is what brought me back here. John was the one I PM'd about the Fly Weight. And, I love it. No, to the military due to 20/25 eyesight at the time. I had a 'round engine' background due to career patch. Freight with Beech 18, DC-3, etc...

Greetings all.....I tend not to hang out in forums and typically would join one to gather information about something I'm interested in learning about or acquiring. Primarily, because I don't have time. With respect to this one, I recently began receiving notifications of postings and picked up...

I hope you achieve your goal of flying the '3'. The DC-4 is even nicer, but I was never a fan of the R-2000 engines. I haven't flown a '3' in many years, but do still operate the same P&W 1830-92 engines on a PBY I have been operating at airshows, etc. for a museum for the past 20 yrs. in my...

Greetings from Nashville. I flew 6 or 7 different C-47' A/B models (and one C-53 - DC-3A) back in the 80's, flying freight. I think you may have meant to have written "RESCUE' with a 'C'.