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Thank you very much. I really appreciate your compliments. The airplane is the "best of the best" in my opinion. It does feel like a big aircraft (I know, I fly an AA 767 for a living), and yet it
retains a sports car feel. Ferrari of the air - has a nice ring doesn't it?

Thanks again.

Mark

 

My Baron. Full Garmin panel, MX20, 2 430Ws, 330 transponder. Sandel EFIS. Engines are custom built, .020 over, 540 CI, with RAM cams, ported cylinders, balanced, etc., Plane does about 210 kts at 75%, but the fuel burn is a little high: 40 gallons per hour.
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Why is your manifold pressure that high without the engine running?

 

I like the aviation section as it has gotten me interested in getting back to flying. With the cost of planes and gas where they are, it won't be too expensive at all.

While this isn't my plane, it is one of my favorites (Wildcat).

Second plane is the front of a dive bomber pulled out of lake Michigan. Apparently there are several hundred of these down on the bottom from student pilots learning to land and take off on a floating deck (carrier training). If you want one, you can pull it up. This one was cleaned up and painted. Looked really good, nothing works, but looked good..

Guess the engine....will it fit in my 328?
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I just discovered this thread. Who knew, airplanes on Ferrarichat.

I have two planes with stories (the good kind). The first is a 1946 Aeronca 7AC Champ. Growing up in Florida I used to hang out at a small grass strip where a couple of guys were always restoring classic aircraft, usually cubs. One of the guys was a retired Eastern Airlines Captain (Paul) who I had know since I was little. In 1988 he and Ed were restoring a Champ. When it was nearly finished Paul let me fly it, and then said "Dave, I won't tell you what I have in it, but for . .X. . it's yours." He essentially gave it to me. I did have to borrow money to purchase it though, and after a few years life took me in a direction where I would have to sell it. Instead, I talked my Dad into paying off the loan and keeping the airplane. It is now a Father and Son aircraft and we hangar it in Florida.

The second is a 1963 Schweizer 2-22 Glider. This is the exact aircraft that I first soloed in at age 14. This glider belonged to Lennox Flight School which was started and owned by two women, Pat and Harriott. They purchased the Glider new from the factory in Elmira, NY and are two of 6 women in the National Soaring Hall of Fame. Pat was my flight instructor and Harriott would fly the Citabria towplane. Unfortunately, Hurricane Charlie passed over Gardner Airport where their operation was and destroyed all of their aircraft except this Glider which was under restoration in a Hangar. Sadly, shortly after the Hurricane, Harriott passed on. When I heard that Pat had finished the restoration and was selling the glider I had to have it. Life has been busy, and I haven't flown the glider since it has been in my possession, buy it makes me happy to take care of it. It is hangared in Florida also. In three years when my daughter is 14, I plan to teach her to fly it. Coincidentally, my Father soled in that very same Glider before I was born.

Dave
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Hey Dave,

Good looking Champ...Flying the heavy iron is fun, but nothing beats a fabric covered taildragger (in my humble opinion). oh.....and a grass strip...sweet

 

In addition to my 328GTS and assorted other cars I have two airplanes, both variants of the Pitts Special. Both are homebuilts, one a Pitts S1S is primarily for aerobatics and the other is a one-off purpose built Pitts racer. Both are raced in the biplane class at the Reno Air Races, although the racer is 50-60MPH faster than the S1S. The racer has qualified on the race course at 241+MPH and will hit 275MPH or so in a straight line. With a four cylinder engine.

The first photo shows both airplanes on the ground, and the second shows the racer on the race course at Reno.
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OMG! A 328 and 2 not just 1 but 2 planes!! You have inspired me!

 

My plane and navigator. This thing is my ride to SW Florida each winter and I'm struggling with what to replace it with as the next step.
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My newest baby. A ROCKET!!
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+1000

Everytime I flew the SNJ or T-28, it makes me marvel all the more at my first airplane, a Aeronca 7BCM. What a fabulous machine - nothing can beat it for smiles per dollar.

 

+1000000

Couldn't agree more. Add to that a cool summer morning... ahhhhh

 

Our latest Cirrus in flight GTS black edition with AC and TKS...8000' she'll do 180TAS at 18.0gph
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Compared to my Cigarette Boat that's pretty good. I get 60 kts at 75% burning 40 GPH.

 

Thank you...we've been very happy with this one.

 

In addition to my 56TC Baron, I recently became a 1/4 partner in this T-34.
The plane is spectacular, it's the cleanest plane I have ever seen, and it just dances in the sky...
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Beutiful plane! Looks like it has the Nogle engine conversion - very nice. I almost got one but that spar AD stuff scared me away

 

Thanks!
The full restoration including 320 HP TCM IO 550 engine conversion and Wing Spar AD AMOC was performed by by Blackwell.
http://www.blackav.com/content/view/10/10/

 

Although I don't have it anymore, here is a photo of SNJ-5 Bu 85028, N3771M, as was then.
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I should never have sold it.

T-34: Bonanza with a stick
T-28: 7000 pounds with a stick

 

That is the ambient air pressure in the manifold equal to outside air pressure without the motor running. When the engine is turning, manifold pressure is lower at low throttle openings due to intake vacuum of the cylinders sucking in air on the other side of a closed throttle plate. This creates a total pressure in the manifold less than the outside pressure of usually around 29".

In turbo or supercharged aircraft, the blower can actually generate higher pressures in the manifold than ambient air pressure. This is good for power and great for keeping power at altitude as the ambient air pressures go down. In a normally aspirated airplane altitude provides less air for the engine to run on. In a blown motor, it can still pump in the air at higher pressures enabling the engine to carry power higher.

 

Photos from my trip this week to Augusta .

great flight down, after a few days of golf I flew home and lost the alternator on the way home. Good thing the Ovation has 2 big batteries
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