Originally Posted by
David Billings
The Tag, again....
Well, I do hope that we eventually find the “actual” tag that Keith Nurse removed from the Engine Mount Tubing because it could be as described in a letter I have.
If someone will inform me how to post a .pdf file I will post this letter.
This “notarised” letter was received from Bill Prymak in 2010. Bill was a noted researcher based in Denver Co.. When I first began corresponding with Bill he did not believe that the term “C/N” [for Construction Number} was a term used in the U.S. at aircraft manufacturing companies. He made enquiries and found that it was. It was probably, in “my” thinking, a hangover from the British use of the term and “exported” with British migrants or workers at American companies….
Bill Prymak knew a David Kenyon who worked at Lockheed in the 30’s and this is what Kenyon told Bill Prymak:
In the letter Bill states:
“He (Kenyon) stated to me that all engine mounts were fabricated by a foundry in L.A., shipped to Lockheed and stored with crated engines outside the assembly building. Each mount had a metal tag attached by wire, showing CN and hp rating. Since various engines were used in the Lockheed Electra assembly line, each required a different engine mount configuration, thus proper tagging was essential…”
Letter dated April 24th 2010 and Notarised.
As I see it, this is just as valid a reason as to why there was a metal tag hanging by wired from the mount on the detached engine as my explanation of a “Repair Tag” that we discussed weeks ago. The only thing missing in the above paragraph is the “S3H1”
As I said if someone will explain how to post a .pdf, I’ll post the letter.
RE my post
This is my pdf file-plot showing max range versus distance from Howland when earhart turned back to ' crash' site
BASELINE ITERATION-A.pdf
which when you click it - and depending on brower settings will download to your desktop or file the pdf
It took a bit - but look in lower left hand of screen as to what YOU are allowed to do - one line shoud say you are allowed to post attachments.
I use a mac- so there may be subtle diffs in what your browser shows.
Go up to the bar which shows how to add emojis and quotes -- " --, and find via hovering- not clicking the attachment icon
Suggest you put your pdf file on your "desktop " before you start
- after finding the attachment icon - clik on it- should bring up a ' find your attachment" - click on attach name ( your pdf file ) and it should result in a link which has your file name.
or you may find the following link works
Valid file extensions: doc gif jpe jpeg jpg pdf png txt zip
icon says manage attachments
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