Planespotting and worst photos ever of: Lockheed Electra!

Kinja'd!!! by "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
Published 10/11/2017 at 13:11

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You can’t not run outside when you hear twin radials on climb out. Damn cool, I’ve never seen one.

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Also, we seem to have a Pilatus PC-12 flying in and out regularly now, seen it twice in the last week. Seems that’s more common elsewhere in the world, but is another aircraft I’ve never seen until now.


Replies (18)

Kinja'd!!! "mattc993" (mattc993)
10/11/2017 at 13:16, STARS: 1

The PC-12 is my dream plane. Maybe only second to the new PC-24 or a Phenom 300.

Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
10/11/2017 at 13:23, STARS: 0

Bearing in mind when they were built I’d be surprised if these were the worst pictures

Kinja'd!!! "WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/11/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 1

Whoa - you mean an L10 Electra, then? I’ve never seen one of those (the L-188 Electra is very different, 4 engine turboprop that’s also the base for the P-3 Orion).

There’s a Pilatus pilot on here, BTW- turbineguy. He loves that aircraft.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
10/11/2017 at 13:41, STARS: 1

Gorram Amelia and Fred slipping through the time portal again. They’re doing it to annoy you.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 13:45, STARS: 1

Yeah, the original! Super cool. Interestingly, I have seen a P-3 AWACS fly out of here sometimes.

The Pilatus certainly looks cool, and I remember reading about it a bit from someone here.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 1

True, and it’s not a potato.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 13:55, STARS: 0

I thought I felt a disturbance. Wait, 5 TBM Avengers just flew by and the horizon looks funny...

Kinja'd!!! "WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/11/2017 at 13:58, STARS: 0

That’s really cool - I go to Oshkosh regularly, and I don’t recall seeing an original Electra, they’re rare. There’s some pretty famous people associated with that one - Amelia Earhart, of course, but Kelly Johnson had a hand in the design.

Kinja'd!!! "chaozbandit" (chaozbandit)
10/11/2017 at 14:03, STARS: 0

Air Canada is flying one cross-country currently

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Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
10/11/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 0

The Bermuda Triangle is one of many locations things disappear. The Fresno County Rectangle is where things reappear for no reason before flying out to sea.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 0

This is partially true. There is a lot of long-lost shit hiding out there. Old cars everywhere, at least. If our imaginary drive-around-with-a-trailer-and-cash scheme ever comes to fruition, I’m starting in the San Joaquin Valley.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
10/11/2017 at 14:44, STARS: 0

I think we’ll have to use all our pointless university-taught optimization schemes to decide just which things are stupid enough to pick up, because I expect stark competition.

“Okay, but see, we can take on the Crosley Farm-O-Road because we’ll have some time in August to redo the engine while the Packard 120 dual cowl’s canvas top is off for repairs. We should probably pick up the Nash hearse later. Look at the Gantt chart.”

Kinja'd!!! "CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
10/11/2017 at 14:56, STARS: 0

That is awesome!

That is a Model 10 right? I prefer the L-188. Turboprops make my pants tight

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 1

Yep. Radials do that to mine.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 15:30, STARS: 0

Don’t forget, the Continental’s bumpers are out for chrome too, but that moves under its own power so can move to the barn (we’re going to have a storage barn) to make room for the Nash in the shop. Or I can move both of the Bantams.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
10/11/2017 at 15:38, STARS: 0

I’ve got plans for the cover we had set aside for the red Bantam - got some parts coming in to put an Aussie bed on the ‘37 Willys.

Kinja'd!!! "You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
10/11/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 0

You can’t not run outside when you hear twin radials on climb out. Damn cool, I’ve never seen one.

Fixed it.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
10/11/2017 at 15:43, STARS: 0

I thought it was just one at first, but yeah. Any radial must be witnessed.