"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/26/2020 at 09:05 • Filed to: good morning oppo, wingspan, Planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/26/2020 at 09:05 • Filed to: good morning oppo, wingspan, Planelopnik | 3
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I hereby declare today to be Waco Wednesday.
During WWII, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was perhaps best known for producing large numbers of difficut-to-fly-but-easy-to-crash gliders that were used to carry troops and materiel during airborne assaults. They also built many rather generic biplanes, both open cockpit and closed, for use by the Civilian Air Patrol, and many were pressed into military service stateside. After the war, Waco hoped to break into the burgeoning private aircraft business with their Aristocraft. Contrary to popular design, Waco located the horizontally-opposed six-cylinder Franklin 6AL engine in the front, but mounted the propeller at the rear, driven by a long shaft. Not a terrible idea, really, as it helped keep passengers from walking into the spinning prop. The Aristocraft was capable of about 150 mph with a pilot and three passengers, and it took its maiden flight in March 1947. Despite having orders for 300 airplanes, Waco decided that it would be too costly to carry out the necessary development and the project was dropped after construction of a single example.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ttyymmnn
08/26/2020 at 09:48 |
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g’night
vondon302
> ttyymmnn
08/26/2020 at 09:50 |
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Morning!
Thanks to Oppohunt I now know that there’s a Waco biplane Manufacturer in Battle Creek Michigan. Hand built too.
Different company apparently. Unfortunately I never got the time to go out there.
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ttyymmnn
> vondon302
08/26/2020 at 09:53 |
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That registration: so close, yet so far.
Wacko
> ttyymmnn
08/26/2020 at 10:07 |
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Every day is wacko for me
GoodIdeaAtTheTime
> vondon302
08/26/2020 at 11:23 |
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They are very comfortable to fly in as well. There is a t our company in town that does biplane tours of the city and surrounding area. Fun stuff. About $300 for 2 people for an hour or so. Was definitely worth it.
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vondon302
> GoodIdeaAtTheTime
08/26/2020 at 11:39 |
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Neat! I'd be all over that. Is that in Troy Ohio or Battle Creek Mi?
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GoodIdeaAtTheTime
> vondon302
08/26/2020 at 11:53 |
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Louisville KY