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Grandpa Aerotart
It was a 402a when I flew it for him once on a day off from Talair. Same aircraft he later died in. I think he operated a B too at one time.
I have only ever flown a C on one occasion, Richard Leahy's P2-KAA ex Lae when our Talair base 402a was broken and Richard lent us KAA for an RPT to Girua and Gurney.
He most assuredly had a 185 'cause he ground looped it at POM and I had to do some remedial circuits with him when it was fixed at the behest of DCA. In fact I may be why he bought it in the first place...he asked me one day why I liked them so much and I told him...plus they were LOTS cheaper to buy than an equivalent C206.
I have only ever flown a C on one occasion, Richard Leahy's P2-KAA ex Lae when our Talair base 402a was broken and Richard lent us KAA for an RPT to Girua and Gurney.
He most assuredly had a 185 'cause he ground looped it at POM and I had to do some remedial circuits with him when it was fixed at the behest of DCA. In fact I may be why he bought it in the first place...he asked me one day why I liked them so much and I told him...plus they were LOTS cheaper to buy than an equivalent C206.
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You wouldn't like to hear about poor old KPA then,
Currently on its fifth life...that's four ground loops in its life, only one due to a a wheel hub failure,,,the rest due to just plain LOC.
Currently on its fifth life...that's four ground loops in its life, only one due to a a wheel hub failure,,,the rest due to just plain LOC.
LOC, is that like The GLOOT syndrome?
Gross Lack Of Operator Technique??
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Was not aware of that.
Was not aware of that.
Grandpa Aerotart
Not quite that simple...pinky and I are not discussing whether the aircraft in the pic is an A or a C but whether Mac Lee had an A or a C. He owned an A and also operated a B at one stage.
Talair had C402s (short nose/round windows/tip tanks) and 402As (long nose/round windows/tip tanks).
C402Bs had long nose/square windows/tip tanks and the 402Cs were essentially, outwardly at least, a B with wet wings.
Talair had C402s (short nose/round windows/tip tanks) and 402As (long nose/round windows/tip tanks).
C402Bs had long nose/square windows/tip tanks and the 402Cs were essentially, outwardly at least, a B with wet wings.
Just wanted to get the thread back to the front.
Going out in true 'bou style: Yesterday was probably my last oportunity for a 'bou sortie (since I don't do this for a living anymore). But in true 'bou style the aircraft went u/s
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Some crews got sorties in later, when they got it going, but I was at home by then.
.Some crews got sorties in later, when they got it going, but I was at home by then.
Reference the discussion about an "A" or a "C" in the picture, from my memory I thought the "A" models were all short nosed and the "C" were long nose.
The C402A, C402B and C402C all had the long nose.
Same applies to the 401 and 401A
Chimbu chuckles
It’s been many years since I saw a photo of P2-ASI. I flew her for Ray back in 97 for about six months. He later sold her and his other PA60 in the late 90’s after the second was restored to flying condition by Hinterland Engineering in Cairns. Someone told me that on the delivery flight to the US ASI was lost in an accident. You wouldn’t happen to know what happened would you?
It’s been many years since I saw a photo of P2-ASI. I flew her for Ray back in 97 for about six months. He later sold her and his other PA60 in the late 90’s after the second was restored to flying condition by Hinterland Engineering in Cairns. Someone told me that on the delivery flight to the US ASI was lost in an accident. You wouldn’t happen to know what happened would you?
I used to fly a 401A with a short nose.... Just to further confuse the issue!
While hunting around for further info I discovered that back in the 70's American Jet Industries obtained an STC to convert 402B's to Allison 250-B17 power.
I always thought such a conversion would be fun on a 310.
Seems AJI also did the Allison conversions on Barons.
Picture at the bottom of this page.
1973 | 0962 | Flight Archive
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Grandpa Aerotart
404 Titan no I didn't know that but it does not surprise me in the least...Ray's two deathstars represent approximately 2% of my TT and about 75% of my airborne mechanical 'problems'.
Was it you with me that day I was test flying his other Aerostar, P2-PHC, ex Cairns and massively fluctuating fuel flow on one engine forced a return - to find after shutdown raw fuel sloshing around the bottom of L/H (or R/H can't remember) engine cowl?
Pretty aeroplane but.....
Was it you with me that day I was test flying his other Aerostar, P2-PHC, ex Cairns and massively fluctuating fuel flow on one engine forced a return - to find after shutdown raw fuel sloshing around the bottom of L/H (or R/H can't remember) engine cowl?
Pretty aeroplane but.....
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Long Nose C402A
I can confirm that the C402A had both short and then long nose. At about serial # 60 they started putting the long nose on them. Will stand corrected on wich serial number it started. In any event it was one of the best Cessna twins I ever flew. Would have been perfect with 350 horses per side but alas it was not to be.
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