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September 27th 04, 06:31 PM
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TriMotor Crash
Was it the EAA Trimotor that crashed yesterday in the Merced(sp) Flyin???
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September 27th 04, 07:02 PM
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"log" wrote in message ... Was it the EAA Trimotor that crashed yesterday in the Merced(sp) Flyin??? No, it was a Bushmaster. This is a "Ford trimotor" like aircraft built fairly recently. The EAA's was an original 30's era Ford. It's hard to tell the difference, but one key difference is that the original ones have a control bellcrank external to the fuselage right below the pilot's window. The Bushmaster has all that stuff rigged internally.
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#3
September 28th 04, 01:37 AM
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Ron Natalie wrote:
"log" wrote in message ... Was it the EAA Trimotor that crashed yesterday in the Merced(sp) Flyin??? No, it was a Bushmaster. This is a "Ford trimotor" like aircraft built fairly recently. The EAA's was an original 30's era Ford. It's hard to tell the difference, but one key difference is that the original ones have a control bellcrank external to the fuselage right below the pilot's window. The Bushmaster has all that stuff rigged internally. Fullerton flyin not Merced...
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September 28th 04, 03:43 AM
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message om...
"log" wrote in message ... Was it the EAA Trimotor that crashed yesterday in the Merced(sp) Flyin??? No, it was a Bushmaster. This is a "Ford trimotor" like aircraft built fairly recently. The EAA's was an original 30's era Ford. It's hard to tell the difference, but one key difference is that the original ones have a control bellcrank external to the fuselage right below the pilot's window. The Bushmaster has all that stuff rigged internally. Just curious. I got to do a good in and out inspection of a working trimotor at Orofino Idaho in 1953 or 1954. What I saw in the clip didn't quite match up with my reccollection, mainly it didn't seem big enough. Is the bushmaster full sized or a scaled down version?? There were other things that made me wonder about it but the clip was too fast and not enough detail to check out. Harry K
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September 28th 04, 04:19 AM
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"Harry K" wrote in message
om... Just curious. I got to do a good in and out inspection of a working trimotor at Orofino Idaho in 1953 or 1954. What I saw in the clip didn't quite match up with my reccollection, mainly it didn't seem big enough. Is the bushmaster full sized or a scaled down version?? There were other things that made me wonder about it but the clip was too fast and not enough detail to check out. Harry.......... There's a pretty good description of the breed at http://www.tri-motor.com/equip.html Rich S.
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September 28th 04, 04:19 PM
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Harry K wrote ...
... What I saw in the clip ... A prime example of the "me" generation. Evidently filmed by someone standing in line waiting for their turn to ride. The plane goes down, debris is flying, people are screaming "Oh my God!" and some dickhead in the line shouts "Let's get our money back!". Daniel
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September 28th 04, 06:33 PM
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:19:40 -0700, "Rich S."
wrote: "Harry K" wrote in message . com... Just curious. I got to do a good in and out inspection of a working trimotor at Orofino Idaho in 1953 or 1954. What I saw in the clip didn't quite match up with my reccollection, mainly it didn't seem big enough. Is the bushmaster full sized or a scaled down version?? There were other things that made me wonder about it but the clip was too fast and not enough detail to check out. Harry.......... There's a pretty good description of the breed at http://www.tri-motor.com/equip.html The plane in the photo (N750RW) is the one that crashed.
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#8
September 28th 04, 07:24 PM
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"Rich S." wrote in message ...
"Harry K" wrote in message om... Just curious. I got to do a good in and out inspection of a working trimotor at Orofino Idaho in 1953 or 1954. What I saw in the clip didn't quite match up with my reccollection, mainly it didn't seem big enough. Is the bushmaster full sized or a scaled down version?? There were other things that made me wonder about it but the clip was too fast and not enough detail to check out. Harry.......... There's a pretty good description of the breed at http://www.tri-motor.com/equip.html Rich S. Hey, thanks! Looks like my rememberances of the old gal was (to put it mildly) exagerated. I remembered it as being a 'huge' aircraft whereas by todays standards it isn't very big at all. Harry K
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#9
September 28th 04, 07:53 PM
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"Harry K" wrote in message
om... Rich S. Hey, thanks! Looks like my rememberances of the old gal was (to put it mildly) exagerated. I remembered it as being a 'huge' aircraft whereas by todays standards it isn't very big at all. I don't know about that, Harry. We were down at the NWAAC fly-in at McMinnville airport last month. There was a Ford Tri-motor on display with a P-51 parked next to it - under the wing! It made the P-51 look like a toy. Rich S.
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