"Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/25/2015 at 11:18 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/25/2015 at 11:18 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 2
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Screamin' Sasquatch is a 1929 Waco Taperwing operated by John Klatt Airshows that features a Pratt & Whitney 985 Wasp Junior and a GE J-85/CJ-610 turbojet (used in the Air Force T-38). The two engines provide a combined 4,500 lbs of thrust to an aircraft weighing only about 4,000 lbs. You do the math.
Surprisingly, this isn't the first Waco with a jet strapped to its belly. Jimmy Franklin put the same combination of engines on his Waco "Mystery Ship" in 1996 and performed with it until he was tragically killed during an airshow in 2005.
Wacko
> Jcarr
03/25/2015 at 11:21 |
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Wait what did I do?
why can't my day be a friday.
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Jcarr
> Wacko
03/25/2015 at 11:46 |
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I'm afraid you'll have to change your name to —Facko— for that to happen.
cnessel27
> Jcarr
03/25/2015 at 12:37 |
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Wow that noise. Biplane sound coming at you turning into a hell of jet noise.
swaptastic
> Jcarr
03/25/2015 at 12:55 |
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How rare is this among stunt aircraft or prop planes of any kind?
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Jcarr
> swaptastic
03/25/2015 at 12:57 |
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Pretty rare. I think there may have been some weird military designs in the past that included both jets and props (B-36 comes to mind), but to my knowledge, this and Franklin's Mystery Ship are the only two Wacos to have had a jet added.
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swaptastic
> Jcarr
03/25/2015 at 13:14 |
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It felt like it would be rare but I don't follow aircraft enough to know. It is wild to think it has more thrust than weight.