07-18-2016, 01:18 AM | #41 |
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Almost coincided with Boeings' 100th anniversary 7/15/16.
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07-18-2016, 02:07 AM | #42 |
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A truly fantastic Airplane, I have always wanted to ride in one ,or at least see one in person, but never had the chance. as a former crew chief on B-52-G models '70-'74 I can say I am fascinated with these planes.
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07-18-2016, 01:12 PM | #43 | |
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Usual start sequence on most four-engine aircraft is #3, #4, #2 and #1. DD |
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07-18-2016, 01:31 PM | #44 |
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Coop, Thank you for the detailed explanation! Which brings up another point... I remember some time back the Confederate Air Force was offering rides on a B17 for a fixed "donation" fee. Was that a breach of rules for the Limited status, or is it still OK? (Yes, I know, the CAF had to change it's name.)
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Yeah Coop, I just checked the regs and they were Limited but not experimental. We flew folks all the time. I stand corrected. Last edited by TonyM; 07-18-2016 at 03:28 PM. |
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07-18-2016, 03:27 PM | #47 |
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Coop, I stand corrected. The ac we were operating were in the limited category.
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It was a big beautiful lumbering aircraft until it got to cruise |
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07-18-2016, 05:02 PM | #49 | |
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http://www.faa-aircraft-certificatio...mitations.html I can only assume that these "payments" can somehow be considered a donation, or possibly even a one-time "membership fee" in the respective organization, which I believe 91.315 would allow carrying "members" without a problem. Ya still have to have "LIMITED" placards plastered in prime locations around the aircraft according to FAR 45.23. DD |
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07-19-2016, 12:02 PM | #50 |
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I'm sure it could be in a sharing catagory or donation It takes deep pockets just to fill a B-29 up. FiFi sat idle for a long time just waiting on a couple of engine rebuilds. The parts are getting to be unobtanium rather rapidly. They have been using spare parts from much later Douglas AD1 Skyraiders and other R3350 powered aircraft used in the Vietnam era just to keep them running. I'm relatively certain it can cost as much as a small airplane just to overhaul one of those old engines let alone all four of them.
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07-19-2016, 12:19 PM | #51 |
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I've been around FiFi several times over the years, but I remember specifically at Oshkosh in 1981, at the bottom of the stairs that people were climbing for their $2 walk-thru of the airplane, the CAF had a big poster stating that FiFi (BACK THEN) cost $203 a minute to operate. "FLYING" Magazine reported that FiFi's new engines cost right at 100K EACH. DD
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07-19-2016, 04:40 PM | #52 |
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There are still some WW2 hangars around here in Nebr. with an added cutout in the middle of the doors to fit the 29s. They were built for 17s and 24s. What an era that was! A proud moment for all you Kansas volunteers. I have a bottle of tin foil strands ("window") retrieved from the odd corner of the SAC museum's B-29...evidently still used to disrupt radar in the Korean War.
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