"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/06/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: wingspan, good morning oppo, Planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/06/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: wingspan, good morning oppo, Planelopnik | 2
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Happy Monday, Oppo. Let’s fly into the week with a little bit of Golden Age and a Ryan ST-A.
The ST was a series of two-seat monoplanes built by Ryan which served as trainer, aerobatic, and sport aircraft. It also formed the basis for the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which became the primary flight trainer for the US with over 1,000 copies built. The ST-A was built specifically for aerobatics and was powered by a Menasco Pirate C4 four-cylinder aero engine that offered 125 hp. This aircraft, NC14910, was flown by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . In 1935, the nineteen-year-old Dana, along with Jack Fisher, flew from San Diego to New York in a record time of just over 22 hours, making 11 fuel stops along the way. At the time, the fuel cost him about $60, which would be about $1,000 in today’s dollars.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> ttyymmnn
07/06/2020 at 09:09 |
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This is the kind of trip I aspire to. I have a strong urge to wander for a couple of months, preferably by air.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> ttyymmnn
07/06/2020 at 09:22 |
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“$60, which would be about $1,000 in today’s dollars”
Huh, 85 years is exactly equivalent to the Canadian to US exchange rate!
Grindintosecond
> ttyymmnn
07/06/2020 at 10:01 |
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Loves me some Menasco engine. They later made space shuttle landing gear.
oldmxer
> ttyymmnn
07/07/2020 at 02:12 |
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they built the spirit of st louis if i remember correctly
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ttyymmnn
> oldmxer
07/07/2020 at 03:50 |
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They did. The Spirit of St. Louis was the Ryan NY- P (New York to Paris), a one-off flying gas tank with a capacity of 450 gallons. Lindbergh couldn’t see out the front because the view was blocked by the main tanks and oil tank.
