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AN ENGINE FOR HOMEBUILDERS
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, Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , wrote: Hello All: I'm not sure if it was this thread or another similar one, but someone suggested reverse engineering a Pobjoy engine - if one could be found. Read the last post in the following thread for a link to one that is on display in a museum (at South County Airport in Northern CA): http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...ic.php?p=20143 Dave That would be the NorCal Antiquers Museum at South County. The engine formerly was on display at Irv Perlich's Hill Country restaurant and museum, until it was sold at auction. That's about 10 minutes from my house. Oughta go down and take a look at it. As for the Flying Lady restaurant, we used to bike over with our kids and wander around in the big barn/hangar, looking at the various flying machines and old cars. Too bad it all turned out the way it did. |
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AN ENGINE FOR HOMEBUILDERS
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Steve Hix wrote: In article , Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , wrote: Hello All: I'm not sure if it was this thread or another similar one, but someone suggested reverse engineering a Pobjoy engine - if one could be found. Read the last post in the following thread for a link to one that is on display in a museum (at South County Airport in Northern CA): http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...ic.php?p=20143 Dave That would be the NorCal Antiquers Museum at South County. The engine formerly was on display at Irv Perlich's Hill Country restaurant and museum, until it was sold at auction. That's about 10 minutes from my house. Oughta go down and take a look at it. As for the Flying Lady restaurant, we used to bike over with our kids and wander around in the big barn/hangar, looking at the various flying machines and old cars. Too bad it all turned out the way it did. I think that Irv had a major hand in its demise. Too bad -- I loved the atmosphere! 1. He insisted on being "hands on" with menu selection and food preparation, even though hwasn't that good a chef. 2. The major cause was his thumbing his nose at the County building inspectors. A balcony collapse had a fatality (and consequent lost lawsuit). -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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AN ENGINE FOR HOMEBUILDERS
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, Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , Steve Hix wrote: In article , Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , wrote: Hello All: I'm not sure if it was this thread or another similar one, but someone suggested reverse engineering a Pobjoy engine - if one could be found. Read the last post in the following thread for a link to one that is on display in a museum (at South County Airport in Northern CA): http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...ic.php?p=20143 Dave That would be the NorCal Antiquers Museum at South County. The engine formerly was on display at Irv Perlich's Hill Country restaurant and museum, until it was sold at auction. That's about 10 minutes from my house. Oughta go down and take a look at it. As for the Flying Lady restaurant, we used to bike over with our kids and wander around in the big barn/hangar, looking at the various flying machines and old cars. Too bad it all turned out the way it did. I hear, by the way, that the Ford Trimotor that used to reside in the hangar ended up in southern california, and crashed at Fullerton airport in 2004. I think that Irv had a major hand in its demise. Too bad -- I loved the atmosphere! 1. He insisted on being "hands on" with menu selection and food preparation, even though hwasn't that good a chef. 2. The major cause was his thumbing his nose at the County building inspectors. A balcony collapse had a fatality (and consequent lost lawsuit). Beyond that, the spent years annoying the local city council, building projects without permits and so on. He actually might have done pretty well, for himself and the community, if he'd ever dialed himself back from 12 or so. Most of his problems were self-inflicted. Whenever he got into a bind, fewer people were willing to give him a hand; the balcony collapse was the final icing on the cake. Anyway, Hill Country and the Flying Lady property was bought by Fry's Electronics CEO John Fry from Perlich in 1998, including the 18-hole golf course. Supposedly, the American Institute of Mathematics is going to build a 166,000-square-foot conference center modeled after the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. They broke ground on the project in early 2007. Haven't heard much at all about it since. |
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AN ENGINE FOR HOMEBUILDERS
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Steve Hix wrote: In article , Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , Steve Hix wrote: In article , I hear, by the way, that the Ford Trimotor that used to reside in the hangar ended up in southern california, and crashed at Fullerton airport in 2004. I thought that it went to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight. Next time I go there, I will check for it. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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AN ENGINE FOR HOMEBUILDERS
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, Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , Steve Hix wrote: In article , Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , Steve Hix wrote: In article , I hear, by the way, that the Ford Trimotor that used to reside in the hangar ended up in southern california, and crashed at Fullerton airport in 2004. I thought that it went to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight. Next time I go there, I will check for it. The Trimotor that crashed at Fullerton was N750RW. Digging around a little, the Trimotor sold by Perlitch to Weeks was NC9651. http://aerofiles.com/ford-locator.html says it's in Florida currently, and thought to be flyable. So it looks like the article I found saying the Fullerton loss was the old Morgan Hill Trimotor was probably wrong, unless aerofiles list uses the original civil registration number whether or not a given aircraft has been reregistered with new numbers. |
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