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bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:01 pm

Yup....they don't build 'em like they used to..........props that is

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:23 pm

Yeah, just ask about our one Cherokee. Was eaten by a Harvard from Warplane back in the early nineties. Typical sliced-bread appearance all through the right wing (also the wing with the door....).

Still flying today now, although with a new tendency to always spin right. And wing-drop right in stalls.

fogghorn · Post by **fogghorn** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:45 pm

Seen that happen with a herman nelson parked in front of a -4. the Herman came out a little worse for wear after the ole R2000 gave it a nasty thrashin, prop was a little screwed up but minor detail.

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:39 pm

The old Scare BC did that years ago when a J31 Junkstream being run up by a mechanic jumped the chocks and digested a GPU. Real messy.

eep...2 Green · Post by **eep...2 Green** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:11 am

What's a herman nelson, what's a -4 and what's an "ole r2000"? Am I the only one who doesn't speak North?

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:01 pm

Am I the only one who doesn't speak North?

Doesn't the new Flight Sim have that option to teach all the city kids who buy a way in rather than work their way into Canadian aviation?

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:56 pm

eep...2 Green wrote:What's a herman nelson, what's a -4 and what's an "ole r2000"? Am I the only one who doesn't speak North?

Herman Nelson = an out door furnace for pre heating engines airplanes and what have you.
-4 = A DeHaviland Caribou
"ol r2000" = a 2000 cubic inch P&W 7M2 engine producing 1450 hp usually swinging a big ol Hamilton Standard 3 blade 43D50 reversing prop.

eep...2 Green · Post by **eep...2 Green** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:22 pm

Thanks Driving Rain. Ei Ei Owe, you're a loser.

sovereign · Post by **sovereign** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:43 pm

Best I ever saw was back in the seventies on the Ottawa east ramp, a PA-28 got loose after the owner tried to hand prop it,the piper roared across the ramp and hit a parked G-2 shredding the right side of the G-2

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:57 pm

2 Green,
Chill out man. Just riding you a little. I really aren't that much of a loser.... Hey it's Friday night right? Shit.....

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:02 pm

The old Hobart GPUs are made of plane busting super steel. Straight 6 engine block will stop pretty much anything.

Chemtech · Post by **Chemtech** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:10 pm

Driving Rain Wrote

Herman Nelson = an out door furnace for pre heating engines airplanes and what have you.
-4 = A DeHaviland Caribou
"ol r2000" = a 2000 cubic inch P&W 7M2 engine producing 1450 hp usually swinging a big ol Hamilton Standard 3 blade 43D50 reversing prop.

I believe Fogghorn was refering to the Douglas DC-4 also with greasy ol R2000's

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:01 pm

What about cowboy air's Metro that had a run in with a baggage cart. The story was pretty funny the way I heard it. Something like ramp guy driving by airplane with engines running, back cart comes unhooked at 30 miles an hour and runs straight into left prop. Left prop wins and tosses said cart under metro into other spinning prop.

End result 2 new engines, and 2 new props. (probably a new baggage cart too)

goldeneagle · Post by **goldeneagle** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:42 pm

co-joe wrote: End result 2 new engines, and 2 new props. (probably a new baggage cart too)

Ya, but that's different, the major loss there was a baggage cart. Sending a metro to the scrap heap is doing the world a favour....

2milefinal · Post by **2milefinal** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:41 am

goldeneagle wrote:
Ya, but that's different, the major loss there was a baggage cart. Sending a metro to the scrap heap is doing the world a favour....

........

pianodude · Post by **pianodude** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:15 am

i was the instructor at peninsulair when the harvard tried to eat the airplane out from under me. it's amazing how big those props are when they are about two feet from your head and turning!

heavymetal · Post by **heavymetal** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:32 am

Ya, but that's different, the major loss there was a baggage cart. Sending a metro to the scrap heap is doing the world a favour....

Thats the thing though, it didn't go to the scrap heap. It was rebuilt and put back into service.

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:42 am

heavymetal wrote:Ya, but that's different, the major loss there was a baggage cart. Sending a metro to the scrap heap is doing the world a favour....

Thats the thing though, it didn't go to the scrap heap. It was rebuilt and put back into service.

Speaking of scrap heaps...
Hey how's that glass house you're living in? Still chucking stones at er'?

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