Balls

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/29/2016 at 18:05 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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This guy has ‘em. I’m not sure how they fit inside that Cub.

Jayhawk Jake > ttyymmnn 10/29/2016 at 18:26

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I wish I could remember the name of the plane that’s hanging in the Smithsonian on the mall for setting some endurance record in the early days of aviation. It had a basket on the side of it to allow the onboard mechanic to work on the engine in the air

Jayhawk Jake > Jayhawk Jake 10/29/2016 at 18:35

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Figured it out. Curtiss-Robin J-1 “Ole Miss”

The greatest record for sustained flight was set five years later in a Whirlwind-powered Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe named Ole Miss. After two unsuccessful attempts in 1934, brothers Fred and Algene Key took off from Meridian, Mississippi, on June 4, 1935, and landed again 27 days later for a total flight time of 653 hours and 34 minutes. There to greet the exhausted fliers on the evening of July 1 were 35,000 wildly cheering spectators. Among the dangers they had faced were severe thunderstorms and an electrical fire. During the flight, Fred and Al Key took turns manning the controls and sleeping on the extra fuel tank behind them in the cabin. They received food, fuel, and supplies 432 times through a sliding roof hatch from another Robin. A metal catwalk on the forward section of the aircraft made in-flight maintenance and lubrication of the engine possible. Their Wright Whirlwind engine consumed 6.500 gallons of gasoline, at a rate of 10 gallons per hour, and 300 gallons of oil. Their estimated ground track was 52,320 miles, or more than twice the circumference of the earth.

ttyymmnn > Jayhawk Jake 10/29/2016 at 18:37

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Damn. Just....damn.

bob and john > Jayhawk Jake 10/29/2016 at 20:02

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jesion: how the hell. does that thing carry so much fuel and oil onboard and still take off?

Matt Nichelson > Jayhawk Jake 10/29/2016 at 20:03

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Yay my state had something cool happen!

Jayhawk Jake > bob and john 10/30/2016 at 01:49

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It was refueled and supplied aerially by another plane

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > bob and john 10/30/2016 at 17:50

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They received food, fuel, and supplies 432 times through a sliding roof hatch from another Robin

Or were you wondering how a robin could carry that much weight? I wonder what their wing velocity is?