Heading South

[PaddyM]

Good morning all,
Well the hanger is built, it withstood Sandy's much weaker winds than many locations had to deal with-- the B is in from the weather and just in time --as a light dusting arrived last night but will be gone with the sun.
My wife and I are heading down 75 through Detroit to Lake Buena Vista ( Disney World resort) area expecting to arrive late Friday, and wondering if there are any members in the area.
Would love to drop by and see some 170's if not too far away from where we are.
We are taking the lap top with us so will check in at night.
Looks like today is the warmest for a bit down there-- but a lot warmer than up here!
Thanks,
Pat

[blueldr]

As a matter of curiousity, Pat, where in h--- are you leaving ?

[PaddyM]

Ontario Canada

[blueldr]

Good move, Pat.

[GAHorn]

As a matter of curiousity, Pat, where in h--- are you leaving ?

Ontario Canada

Good move, Pat.

I take it h--- has finally frozen-over.

[blueldr]

George,
In February of 1951 I left Ladd AFB in Fairbanks, Alaska, to go down to Downsview (Toronto) Canada to pick up the first De Haviland Beaver that the USAF bought for service test. (That was the trip where I rode in a Tucker Snow Cat from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Dayton, Ohio.) I froze my butt off in the Toronto weather in the same clothes that I wore in Fairbanks at forty below. Ontario in winter is not for me ever again. Pat has the right idea.

P.S. The Tucker Snow Cat was in a C-119.

[GAHorn]

...P.S. The Tucker Snow Cat was in a C-119.

(You had me worried there for a moment...)



Trivia moment: The C119 "Boxcar" was developed from the C82 "Packet", one of which (N6887C) was used for the flying sequences of "The Flight of the Phoenix" original starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough. That airframe still carries it's N6887C registration and is a plaything-fixture in a children's playground in Hermosillo, Mexico.

[blueldr]

George,
Wasn't that the movie in which Paul Mantz was killed flying the makeshift airplane?

[GAHorn]

George,
Wasn't that the movie in which Paul Mantz was killed flying the makeshift airplane?

Correct. The makeshift plane was not shown to actually land in the movie. The story goes that Mantz made several but none suitable for the film, and it was while attempting another shot that the accident occured. Anyone who's seen the film will recall that it was shown to merely overfly an oasis, land out of view over a dune, then the occupants hike back to the oasis.

[KG]

Pat,
Afraid I'll be working the next couple of days so I'll miss you --- but driving down I75 south of Atlanta, you'll pass within a few miles of one of the SouthEast contingent's favorite fly-in restaurants, Peachstate Aerodrome. click here --> http://www.peachstateaero.com/ The 170 owners down here meet there occasionally for lunch.

It's about 20 miles west of I75 so will take you an hour to get over there and back on the highway, but if I were passing through there around lunch time and had a little time to kill I might have to detour over for a sandwich.

They have a nice little restaurant, a museum of old airplanes, and friendly folks. Maybe some of the local 170 guys will chime in here and meet you for lunch. I would if my employer didn't insist I come to work in order to be paid.

[bagarre]

Trivia moment: The C119 "Boxcar" was developed from the C82 "Packet", one of which (N6887C) was used for the flying sequences of "The Flight of the Phoenix" original starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough. That airframe still carries it's N6887C registration and is a plaything-fixture in a children's playground in Hermosillo, Mexico.

I loved watching that movie when I was a kid and used to re-enact it with broken parts of my model planes.

[blueldr]

George,
I haven't seen that old movie since it came out, but I have in mind that there was some sort of a scene where they were trying to start the engine of the rebuilt airplane and they were down to their last cartridge for the Koffman starter. I remember thinking, "The C-82 had a electric starter. They must have converted it to a cartridge starter from the R2800 engine of a Navy WWII F6F". Geeze! There is sure a lot of deleted garbage back there in my hard drive.

[c170b53]

Got back to YVR last night from a quick plane repair trip in YWG. Totally understand PattyM; Winterpeg was -16c, they had just received 30cm of snow. Looks like winter has arrived. When I retire, I'll be joining the Snow bird flock, just not sure where the wintering grounds will be. Then again in the north, the sun does show itself unlike the Pacific northwest and gee, a guy could land almost anywhere (where?) with skis. Then again In southern Cal. I could land somewhere, there would be gas and a restaurant. Retiring is probably easy once you know where to retire.

[Bruce Fenstermacher]

Got back to YVR last night from a quick plane repair trip in YWG. Totally understand PattyM; Winterpeg was -16c, they had just received 30cm of snow.

Oh boy. International members using metric so they can post big numbers. Well we've already had a flurry with accumulation in 31/496" of the area exceeding 97/388". What do you think of that.

[n3833v]

I have been to the Peachstate Aerodome and it is worth the visit.

John