Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Someone who flew radial piston engine aircraft for so long I think would have picked up a thing or two about how they worked.
As it turns out, I flew the DC-6 for 8 years. All 3 seats.
Originally Posted by
Lookleft
As for the oil cap incident I have no idea whether its bollocks or not maybe someone else can comment but I have no reason to believe it wasn't as described. Someone who flew radial piston engine aircraft for so long I think would have picked up a thing or two about how they worked.
It is bollocks. Oil systems are vented, Oil tanks are vented. They have to be, a sealed system would rupture due to expansion of the oil as it heated or from crank case blowby.
Originally Posted by
Lookleft
'Being on the step" was something I was hearing from very experienced pilots when I was a very junior Metro F/O.
No doubt. it's a persistent myth. THere's also a fair number who believe in the downwind turn. Nonetheless it's a myth there's no technical basis for it, nor has it ever been verifiably demonstrated under repeatable conditions.