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OhBee- Platinum Member
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
OhBee wrote:I don't get THAT at all!?
I think there is more to all this new math theory that is very impractical, a motive for greed.
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In reality, it was a better buy because it had all sorts of extra info to pass onto students, things to look out for, additional info on for example verb usage, etc., not just the answers to the exercises.
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(I dropped this class half way through after getting an "A" in the midterm, because the instructor made the on-line exercises available after 5pm and due the very same day as her lecture at midnight, instead of allowing students to complete them before the next class like most teachers do. I got tired of too many nights going to bed after midnight.
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Mind you, the older proven text books for standard basic classes are all but gone now, the ones that could be bought new for less than $50, used for half that or less. It used to be that those older text books were used to teach standard curriculum classes. The special books were when one got into the upper level courses, where the advance subjects had additional info and what all, where it was more advantageous to have newer material.
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James 3:16 NASB wrote:For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
GallopingGhostler- Top Poster
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
"The Miracle at KCGI"
Fourteen Years Ago Today
Almost 2 years before Captain Chelsey "Sully" Sullenburger landed his powerless Airbus A320 in the Hudson river (dubbed "The Miracle on the Hudson") after failure of both of his engine due to bird strikes, we had our own "Ground Hog Day Miracle" at Cape Girardeau's airport.
On February 2nd, 2007, a Beechcraft Super King Air B200, cruising at twenty seven thousand feet, suffered a loss of cabin pressure, incapacitating it's crew, and entered a near-vertical dive.
As the plane reached lower altitudes, the crew regained consciousness and pulled it from it's high-speed dive at around seven thousand feet, shedding most of it's horizontal tail surfaces, bending it's wings, and warping it's rear fuselage in the process.
With the King Air's elevators left behind to flutter down into the Missouri farm fields, the pilots' only pitch control was with engine thrust. Using engine power as their sole method of raising and lowering the plane's nose, they made a successful, albeit very fast, landing on Runway 10 at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.
The pilot later joked that he'd "ruined 4 new tires"...the King Air had landed so fast that, on runway contact, it ground flat spots in the tires of it's main landing gear.
The twisted King Air was parked and tied down on the east ramp for some time before finally being cut up, and hauled away.
During this time, the now-legendary King Air became somewhat of a tourist attraction, with pilots asking simply, "Is that it?" as they got out of their planes. It also wasn't unusual for arriving planes to ignore my parking gestures, taxi down the ramp, circle the bent Beechcraft a couple times, and then head back out for departure.
The last we saw of "The Miracle King Air" was it's dismembered carcass being hauled away down I-55, with Lineman Mark Perry catching a few pictures of it's unceremonious departure.
It's easy for me to say, but I thought it should have been preserved, both as a testimony to it's pilots' peek into the Abyss, and the incredibly strong wings that Beechcraft builds for their airplanes.
So, Happy Groundhog Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWuPmGPBW8o
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Somewhat difficult to see from this angle...the rear fuselage of the King Air was visibly warped from the forces it encountered during it's dive recovery.
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Fourteen Years Ago Today
Almost 2 years before Captain Chelsey "Sully" Sullenburger landed his powerless Airbus A320 in the Hudson river (dubbed "The Miracle on the Hudson") after failure of both of his engine due to bird strikes, we had our own "Ground Hog Day Miracle" at Cape Girardeau's airport.
On February 2nd, 2007, a Beechcraft Super King Air B200, cruising at twenty seven thousand feet, suffered a loss of cabin pressure, incapacitating it's crew, and entered a near-vertical dive.
As the plane reached lower altitudes, the crew regained consciousness and pulled it from it's high-speed dive at around seven thousand feet, shedding most of it's horizontal tail surfaces, bending it's wings, and warping it's rear fuselage in the process.
With the King Air's elevators left behind to flutter down into the Missouri farm fields, the pilots' only pitch control was with engine thrust. Using engine power as their sole method of raising and lowering the plane's nose, they made a successful, albeit very fast, landing on Runway 10 at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.
The pilot later joked that he'd "ruined 4 new tires"...the King Air had landed so fast that, on runway contact, it ground flat spots in the tires of it's main landing gear.
The twisted King Air was parked and tied down on the east ramp for some time before finally being cut up, and hauled away.
During this time, the now-legendary King Air became somewhat of a tourist attraction, with pilots asking simply, "Is that it?" as they got out of their planes. It also wasn't unusual for arriving planes to ignore my parking gestures, taxi down the ramp, circle the bent Beechcraft a couple times, and then head back out for departure.
The last we saw of "The Miracle King Air" was it's dismembered carcass being hauled away down I-55, with Lineman Mark Perry catching a few pictures of it's unceremonious departure.
It's easy for me to say, but I thought it should have been preserved, both as a testimony to it's pilots' peek into the Abyss, and the incredibly strong wings that Beechcraft builds for their airplanes.
So, Happy Groundhog Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWuPmGPBW8o
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Somewhat difficult to see from this angle...the rear fuselage of the King Air was visibly warped from the forces it encountered during it's dive recovery.
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Kim- Top Poster
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
That truly is a miracle. Everything would have had to be just right to pull that off and being groggy from lack of oxygen and still managing to land that thing is beyond impressive.
King Air’s are what our FAA flight check crews use almost exclusively within the CONUS. They break continuously, I’ve always thought they were junk as I have waited countless hours for broken birds to arrive. After seeing that plane and hearing your story I am going to change my mind about that.
Ron
Edit: Investigation cited pilot error “poor judgement” As the cause however, the pilots were on point in the recovery if you ask me. Just watched the video, didn’t realize you were famous.
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070202-0
King Air’s are what our FAA flight check crews use almost exclusively within the CONUS. They break continuously, I’ve always thought they were junk as I have waited countless hours for broken birds to arrive. After seeing that plane and hearing your story I am going to change my mind about that.
Ron
Edit: Investigation cited pilot error “poor judgement” As the cause however, the pilots were on point in the recovery if you ask me. Just watched the video, didn’t realize you were famous.
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070202-0
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
Reminded me of "The Impossible Landing" in Sioux City profiled frequently on Smithsonian's "Air Disasters."
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dc+10+sioux+city&docid=608008713702149656&mid=FCC05A8F92DA0B508111FCC05A8F92DA0B508111&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dc+10+sioux+city&docid=608008713702149656&mid=FCC05A8F92DA0B508111FCC05A8F92DA0B508111&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
My brush with obscure (REALLY obscure) aviation history.
"The Piranha"
Back in 1976, I was working for Ohio Valley Aviation in Paducah, Kentucky, when this little hotrod parked with us for a while.
With it's flashy paint scheme and fearsome toothy fish on it's cowling, I'd assumed that it was a Goodyear/Formula Racer, but it's pilot quickly informed me that it's purpose wasn't for running silly laps around some pylons.
"The Piranha" was a "COIN Fighter"! "COIN" for Counter Insurgency. It was designed to carry weapons into combat zones, making precise strikes and then getting the heck outta Dodge.
It's tiny size would be an asset, I was told, in that it'd be difficult to hit as it pounced upon it's prey...and maybe so...though I got the impression that a well-placed .22 might cause it's pilot a bunch of distress.
Even back then, I was developing some healthy cynicism toward "airport tales", and wrote the stories off as puffery, just admiring the little "Piranha" for it's cuteness...like a little minnow with attitude.
Well what did I know??!! The pilot's story was true, and while the little COIN Fighter never made it into production, it WAS a real thing. It's apparently STILL flying, though sporting a much more military paint scheme.
Also, in the background of the second photo is the only known image of my first 4-wheeled vehicle...my Ford LTD Station Wagon. I know what you're thinking, "Man! What a Babe Magnet!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Electric_Piranha
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"The Piranha"
Back in 1976, I was working for Ohio Valley Aviation in Paducah, Kentucky, when this little hotrod parked with us for a while.
With it's flashy paint scheme and fearsome toothy fish on it's cowling, I'd assumed that it was a Goodyear/Formula Racer, but it's pilot quickly informed me that it's purpose wasn't for running silly laps around some pylons.
"The Piranha" was a "COIN Fighter"! "COIN" for Counter Insurgency. It was designed to carry weapons into combat zones, making precise strikes and then getting the heck outta Dodge.
It's tiny size would be an asset, I was told, in that it'd be difficult to hit as it pounced upon it's prey...and maybe so...though I got the impression that a well-placed .22 might cause it's pilot a bunch of distress.
Even back then, I was developing some healthy cynicism toward "airport tales", and wrote the stories off as puffery, just admiring the little "Piranha" for it's cuteness...like a little minnow with attitude.
Well what did I know??!! The pilot's story was true, and while the little COIN Fighter never made it into production, it WAS a real thing. It's apparently STILL flying, though sporting a much more military paint scheme.
Also, in the background of the second photo is the only known image of my first 4-wheeled vehicle...my Ford LTD Station Wagon. I know what you're thinking, "Man! What a Babe Magnet!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Electric_Piranha
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Surfer_kris- Diamond Member
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
That’s quite a unique little airplane! The wiki page says it was somehow based on the Cosmic Wind, no wonder it looks a bit like a pylon racer ![Smile](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif)
I imagine it would take some cajones to take that thing to a war zone with a 500lb bomb tied under belly
Or the wing tip rocket pods, holy moly...
Ford LTD eh? I thought it was a ”WQ Family Truckster”
A magnet nevertheless. The bronze-white Dodge(?) van looks exactly like the one the local paper mill used for hauling quests, customers and big shots around in the late ’70s and ’80s. American vans were not common around here at that time, so it was quite an attention catcher for us young boys
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I imagine it would take some cajones to take that thing to a war zone with a 500lb bomb tied under belly
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Ford LTD eh? I thought it was a ”WQ Family Truckster”
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
KariFS wrote:
Ford LTD eh? I thought it was a ”WQ Family Truckster”A magnet nevertheless.
Yeah, at the time, it belonged to my future mother-in-law
![Paranoid](/users/3015/29/34/60/smiles/221949261.gif)
I really wanted a van to haul my planes, but settled for the LTD, which was...sort of...like an aircraft carrier. For all it's problems, it did get me around, and there would be a much-more hated vehicle in my future---a horrible Green Maverick that came with my first wife! She got this unholy, money-pit, piece of junk "cheap" from her car-dealing uncle.
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I was afraid to let her drive it alone, so she drove a newer car I'd bought, while I loaded my planes into this Demonic Chariot. Can't remember what happened to it...think her uncle "bought it back with an adjustment for mileage". I believe that it's irrational to project human emotions on an inanimate object, but I would have loved to witness that thing being crushed in a junkyard compactor.
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She was cute though...
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
I love the AMF stripes. I have a basket case Harley SX-250 enduro. It's a TANK!!. Red, white, Black , and blue stripes and I'll probably never see it back together as it needs lots of parts. I've owned it for almost 40 years and it's survived a few moves with the hopes that someday I will see it back to it's former glory. For now, I have 3 others that keep me more than occupied.
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Got a call from my little brother, wanting me to check out Whiteman AFB on Google Earth. Seems a B-2 Spirit took a turn off the runway, and was surrounded by it's recovery crew when the photo was snapped. According to the tab, the photo was taken in 2016.
There were also a couple Warthogs, one in invasion stripes, parked on the south ramp.
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There were also a couple Warthogs, one in invasion stripes, parked on the south ramp.
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
The most recent issue of Air Classics Magazine features a bittersweet article on the retirement of a Douglas DC-4, making its last flight before being put on permanent static display. It's a bit sad to see a classic, historical airplane surrender its airworthiness, but good to know it was spared from the scrapper's torch.
WAY back in June, 2011, I was working the Line at Cape Girardeau's airport, when the Skymaster stopped for fuel. It was on its way to Florida to do "Stand-By Service" during oil spill threats in the Gulf of Mexico.
I was VERY fortunate to have been given a tour of what the crews called their "Dawn Bomber"...named for the detergent mix they carried to coat oil slicks and break them down I was also treated to several great stories from the crew.
A comical "conflict of cultures" occurred when the airport manager complained about the oil stains left behind by the four radial engines, while I wanted them marked as shrines!
Anyway, we got them fueled and they were on their way.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Dsc_0132](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/dsc_0132.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 500_19](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/500_19.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2314](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2314.jpg)
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![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2319](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2319.jpg)
Detergent tanks, and pumps. On the right are the ends of the spray booms, which were detached and carried inside during ferry flights.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 590_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/590_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 595_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/595_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2312](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2312.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2311](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2311.jpg)
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"Counting Blades and Watching for Flames"
Since the pilot can't see the engines on the right wing, a crew member keeps tabs on them during start-up.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 505_13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/505_13.jpg)
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"Shades of the Berlin Airlift"!
The DC-4 had me remembering the often overlooked heroes who, at great risk to themselves, helped keep German civilians alive in the days following the end of WWII.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 560_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/560_10.jpg)
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WAY back in June, 2011, I was working the Line at Cape Girardeau's airport, when the Skymaster stopped for fuel. It was on its way to Florida to do "Stand-By Service" during oil spill threats in the Gulf of Mexico.
I was VERY fortunate to have been given a tour of what the crews called their "Dawn Bomber"...named for the detergent mix they carried to coat oil slicks and break them down I was also treated to several great stories from the crew.
A comical "conflict of cultures" occurred when the airport manager complained about the oil stains left behind by the four radial engines, while I wanted them marked as shrines!
![Very Happy](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png)
![Very Happy](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png)
Anyway, we got them fueled and they were on their way.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Dsc_0132](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/dsc_0132.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 500_19](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/500_19.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2314](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2314.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2315](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2315.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2317](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2317.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2318](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2318.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2320](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2320.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2319](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2319.jpg)
Detergent tanks, and pumps. On the right are the ends of the spray booms, which were detached and carried inside during ferry flights.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 590_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/590_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 595_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/595_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2312](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2312.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2311](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2311.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 Img_2313](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/img_2313.jpg)
"Counting Blades and Watching for Flames"
Since the pilot can't see the engines on the right wing, a crew member keeps tabs on them during start-up.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 505_13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/505_13.jpg)
....................
"Shades of the Berlin Airlift"!
The DC-4 had me remembering the often overlooked heroes who, at great risk to themselves, helped keep German civilians alive in the days following the end of WWII.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 560_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/560_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 568_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/568_10.jpg)
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
COOL !
Nice view of the internal works. They should have dribbled a few gallons of that "Dawn" Power bomb to help disperse the oil slick on the ramp!!
Nice view of the internal works. They should have dribbled a few gallons of that "Dawn" Power bomb to help disperse the oil slick on the ramp!!
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
Marleysky wrote:COOL !
Nice view of the internal works. They should have dribbled a few gallons of that "Dawn" Power bomb to help disperse the oil slick on the ramp!!
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
So, I made my typical "Sunday Airport Run" today.
After turning onto the outer road, I was squinting (forgot my glasses) across the fields at a strange shape, parked on the ramp. I could sense it was a tail dragger with twin rudders, as in Beech 18, but the blurry form just didn't look right for that plane.
It couldn't be, but it was!!! A French "Broussard" was parked on the ramp! Looking somewhat like a de Havilland "Beaver" with twin rudders, the MH.1521 Broussard had served the French Military for much the same purpose---as a hard working utility plane. With big doors on its left fuse side (one swinging-one sliding), it was meant to haul loads. This one had a medical litter and seat in the rear of the cabin.
I'd never seen one in the flesh, and this almost made me forgive my airport spies for not calling me when a Corsair and Mustang stopped by earlier in the week (my airport gets a lot of "Oshkosh Migration"). I LOVE tough utility planes and this one, with its unpretentious stenciling and assorted protuberances stirs me like my fantasy Shorts "Sherpa"...and...it's a Tail Dragger to boot!!!!
The REAL hazard is that the Broussard fuse shape is REALLY close in profile to that of a Sig Mk.1 "Kadet", like the one I named "Mud Dabber". MORE the hazard...it's constant chord (Hershey Bar) wing matches the Kadet wing kit I'd purchased in ye olden days, and still lurks in yonder storage shed. The combination, with a few mods, could make a very convincing "Broussard/Kadet"---or--"Broudet?" I've also got the full-size plans for both, somewhere.
BUT I promised myself no new projects 'till the "Gustave" BF-109 control liner is done...so I've got yet another voice, yelling in my head, "The Broussard Must Be Built!"
I'm holding the Xacto Demons back...for the moment...
Anyway, here are some photos...what a "pretty" plane!:
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 100_37](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/100_37.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 120_18](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/120_18.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 130_15](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/130_15.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 131_11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/131_11.jpg)
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![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 210_14](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/210_14.jpg)
After turning onto the outer road, I was squinting (forgot my glasses) across the fields at a strange shape, parked on the ramp. I could sense it was a tail dragger with twin rudders, as in Beech 18, but the blurry form just didn't look right for that plane.
It couldn't be, but it was!!! A French "Broussard" was parked on the ramp! Looking somewhat like a de Havilland "Beaver" with twin rudders, the MH.1521 Broussard had served the French Military for much the same purpose---as a hard working utility plane. With big doors on its left fuse side (one swinging-one sliding), it was meant to haul loads. This one had a medical litter and seat in the rear of the cabin.
I'd never seen one in the flesh, and this almost made me forgive my airport spies for not calling me when a Corsair and Mustang stopped by earlier in the week (my airport gets a lot of "Oshkosh Migration"). I LOVE tough utility planes and this one, with its unpretentious stenciling and assorted protuberances stirs me like my fantasy Shorts "Sherpa"...and...it's a Tail Dragger to boot!!!!
The REAL hazard is that the Broussard fuse shape is REALLY close in profile to that of a Sig Mk.1 "Kadet", like the one I named "Mud Dabber". MORE the hazard...it's constant chord (Hershey Bar) wing matches the Kadet wing kit I'd purchased in ye olden days, and still lurks in yonder storage shed. The combination, with a few mods, could make a very convincing "Broussard/Kadet"---or--"Broudet?" I've also got the full-size plans for both, somewhere.
BUT I promised myself no new projects 'till the "Gustave" BF-109 control liner is done...so I've got yet another voice, yelling in my head, "The Broussard Must Be Built!"
I'm holding the Xacto Demons back...for the moment...
Anyway, here are some photos...what a "pretty" plane!:
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 100_37](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/100_37.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 120_18](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/120_18.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 130_15](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/130_15.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 131_11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/131_11.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 135_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/135_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 135_610](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/135_610.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 137_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/137_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 138_11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/138_11.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 139_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/139_10.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 140_12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/140_12.jpg)
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 142_11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f51/16/84/28/46/142_11.jpg)
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
OVERLORD wrote:http://www.mh-1521.fr/index.php?part=16
Many still fly in the US.![]()
Wonderful Plane!
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
As @OVERLORD points out, quite a few specimens still remain internationally, many in flying condition, a testament to a well designed aircraft. It is kind of a throwback to the old DeHavilland Beaver. Regarding yours, Kim, do I see a Broussard Mud Dabber in the making?
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
GallopingGhostler wrote:Regarding yours, Kim, do I see a Broussard Mud Dabber in the making?![]()
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It's bugging me bad George! But I've got so many half-baked & still-born projects laying around that I'm fighting it.
It WOULD be SO cool though!
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
Kim wrote:GallopingGhostler wrote:Regarding yours, Kim, do I see a Broussard Mud Dabber in the making?![]()
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It's bugging me bad George! But I've got so many half-baked & still-born projects laying around that I'm fighting it.
It WOULD be SO cool though!
I thought the same thing George when I saw the Dabbers picture stuck in there. I would love to see it.
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On the Ramp in NZ
Our recent holiday to New Zealand allowed me to attend a fly-in at the Mandeville aerodrome, home of the Croyden Aircraft co. museum.
Here's a few shots of what was on show.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230214](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230214.jpg)
Percival Proctor
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230212](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230212.jpg)
DH.82 "Tige".
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230213](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230213.jpg)
DH.83 Fox Moth.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230216](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230216.jpg)
DH.90 Dragonfly.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230215](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230215.jpg)
Another "Tige" and its Minion.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230217](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230217.jpg)
DH.89 Dragon Rapide (or Dominie to the Kiwis, having originally served in the military).
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230218](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230218.jpg)
And finally, a J-1 Auster.
Do we notice a recurring theme here?
What wasn't on show was an "under restoration" DH.88 Comet Racer replica, built to spec. and to be flyable. That'll be worth a look![Damn!](/users/3015/29/34/60/smiles/2255881067.gif)
Here's a few shots of what was on show.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230214](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230214.jpg)
Percival Proctor
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230212](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230212.jpg)
DH.82 "Tige".
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230213](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230213.jpg)
DH.83 Fox Moth.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230216](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230216.jpg)
DH.90 Dragonfly.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230215](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230215.jpg)
Another "Tige" and its Minion.
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230217](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230217.jpg)
DH.89 Dragon Rapide (or Dominie to the Kiwis, having originally served in the military).
![On the Ramp Right Now! - Page 27 20230218](https://i.servimg.com/u/f31/20/32/55/74/20230218.jpg)
And finally, a J-1 Auster.
Do we notice a recurring theme here?
What wasn't on show was an "under restoration" DH.88 Comet Racer replica, built to spec. and to be flyable. That'll be worth a look
![Damn!](/users/3015/29/34/60/smiles/2255881067.gif)
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Beautiful Aircraft Rod!!!
I think the Dragon Rapide is the most elegant airliner of all time, and hope to get a ride in one some day.
I think the Dragon Rapide is the most elegant airliner of all time, and hope to get a ride in one some day.
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Re: On the Ramp Right Now!
Nice looking bunch of planes and a lot of moths LOL did you get to see any fling ?
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