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On Mar 3, 10:08*am, Big John wrote:
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I heard the Helio also has crabbing gears. *Ia that right?

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Wil

I flew the Helio Courier (USAF U-10) with castering gear.

Felt crazy after landing and nose weather vaned into the cross wind.

If you took off with gear unlocked you landed with it unlocked. This
was to prevent a malfunction and only one gear locking if you tried to
lock in air. Landing with one locked and one unlocked would probably
cause an accident or ground loop at least.

You could unlock in air for landing as no failure in unlocking system.

I played with system to keep current but never had to use it in
practice.

Big John

Did you fly in 'Nam John?

WIl

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:11:30 -0800 (PST), William Hung
wrote:

On Mar 3, 10:08*am, Big John wrote:
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I heard the Helio also has crabbing gears. *Ia that right?

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Wil

I flew the Helio Courier (USAF U-10) with castering gear.

Felt crazy after landing and nose weather vaned into the cross wind.

If you took off with gear unlocked you landed with it unlocked. This
was to prevent a malfunction and only one gear locking if you tried to
lock in air. Landing with one locked and one unlocked would probably
cause an accident or ground loop at least.

You could unlock in air for landing as no failure in unlocking system.

I played with system to keep current but never had to use it in
practice.

Big John

Did you fly in 'Nam John?

WIl

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Yep.

0-1 and 0-2. (350+ combat hours)

Ran II DASC at Pleiku during TET era (67-68).

Big John

Hey John,

Were you at Pleiku during the period May-Nov 68??

I flew with the 361st Aerial Weapons Company (Pink Panthers) at Camp
Holloway then (first half of second tour). Started with C-model Huey
gunships, we switched to the Cobra in about June if memory serves. I sure
did love that bird. :-)))

Paul

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On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:11:30 -0800 (PST), William Hung
wrote:

On Mar 3, 10:08 am, Big John wrote:
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I heard the Helio also has crabbing gears. Ia that right?

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Wil

I flew the Helio Courier (USAF U-10) with castering gear.

Felt crazy after landing and nose weather vaned into the cross wind.

If you took off with gear unlocked you landed with it unlocked. This
was to prevent a malfunction and only one gear locking if you tried to
lock in air. Landing with one locked and one unlocked would probably
cause an accident or ground loop at least.

You could unlock in air for landing as no failure in unlocking system.

I played with system to keep current but never had to use it in
practice.

Big John

Did you fly in 'Nam John?

WIl

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Yep.

0-1 and 0-2. (350+ combat hours)

Ran II DASC at Pleiku during TET era (67-68).

Big John

On Mar 3, 11:46*am, Big John wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:11:30 -0800 (PST), William Hung





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On Mar 3, 10:08*am, Big John wrote:
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I heard the Helio also has crabbing gears. *Ia that right?

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Wil

I flew the Helio Courier (USAF U-10) with castering gear.

Felt crazy after landing and nose weather vaned into the cross wind.

If you took off with gear unlocked you landed with it unlocked. This
was to prevent a malfunction and only one gear locking if you tried to
lock in air. Landing with one locked and one unlocked would probably
cause an accident or ground loop at least.

You could unlock in air for landing as no failure in unlocking system.

I played with system to keep current but never had to use it in
practice.

Big John

Did you fly in 'Nam John?

WIl

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Yep.

0-1 and 0-2. (350+ combat hours)

Ran II DASC at Pleiku during TET era (67-68).

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Is the 0-2 the Skymaster? Saw a great movie some years back that has
a nice 0-2 flying scenes, think it might have been 'Flight of the
Intruder'.

Wil

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Is the 0-2 the Skymaster? Saw a great movie some years back that has
a nice 0-2 flying scenes, think it might have been 'Flight of the
Intruder'.

Wil

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Wil

Not flight of Intruder. That was a Navy A-6 movie. Name was "Bat 21".

Pilot got shot down and was given vectors based on a golf course he
had played to a pick up point by SF troops.

Yes 0-2A was FAC Skymaster.

Didn't like it as a FAC bird.

Start a turn around a target and after 180 degrees would get stall
warning and have to go to METO power.

Took lots of technique to put Willie Pete (marking rockets) on small
target vs 0-1.

Had hydraulic pump on only one engine and if you lost that engine on
take off, before you got gear up, bird was marginal single engine and
dirty configuration.

One of reasons Air Force bought bird was to use on
trail (replacing 0-1's). Only problem was that if on trail and lost a
engine the single engine altitude was not high enough to fly over the
mountains to get home to south VN. Maybe make it VFR but not night or
IFR en route.

My last GA flight was in a 337 my buddy wanted me to fly for him. Hit
a big buzzard and almost tore a wing off (

Need to do some things around house.

Bye

Big John