Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
Folks,
There was a recent supplement in Flight magazine covering the whole history of this company, and effectively tracing Brazilian aviation right back to Santos Dumont.
Contrary to a popular view, they did not "start" by building various Piper under license, but that program was very successful, with something above 2400 various Piper models built.
Their sprayer/duster must be one of the longest aircraft in continuous production of all time.
Tootle pip!!
There was a recent supplement in Flight magazine covering the whole history of this company, and effectively tracing Brazilian aviation right back to Santos Dumont.
Contrary to a popular view, they did not "start" by building various Piper under license, but that program was very successful, with something above 2400 various Piper models built.
Their sprayer/duster must be one of the longest aircraft in continuous production of all time.
Tootle pip!!
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Folks,
There was a recent supplement in Flight magazine covering the whole history of this company, and effectively tracing Brazilian aviation right back to Santos Dumont.
Contrary to a popular view, they did not "start" by building various Piper under license, but that program was very successful, with something above 2400 various Piper models built.
Their sprayer/duster must be one of the longest aircraft in continuous production of all time.
Tootle pip!!
There was a recent supplement in Flight magazine covering the whole history of this company, and effectively tracing Brazilian aviation right back to Santos Dumont.
Contrary to a popular view, they did not "start" by building various Piper under license, but that program was very successful, with something above 2400 various Piper models built.
Their sprayer/duster must be one of the longest aircraft in continuous production of all time.
Tootle pip!!
or is it the aircraft in the longest continuous production meaning it’s been produced for a long period of time?
Hilder will do, he certainly had a long running fight with Anderson and DCA, that didn't end until Anderson retired.
In my opinion, it amounted to slow torture ---- and for many years, his aviation pursuits had a rocky time, financially --- or, at least, that was what was published.
Even the issue of the power lines along the road, that made such a difference to the EOL was quite a story, with, (as I recall, and we are going back a long way, now), DCA "informally advising" -- telling the local council or whoever owned the lines that they didin't need to lower said lines.
As for Jack Masling, now there's a "character" that we will not see again, and not just in aviation, and I guess hangar fires, "plural",are really a sad event, ameliorated by being "really well insured".
Tootle pip!!
PS: Did you ever meet his daughter?
I worked for Jack in the late 70s and he certainly was a character. He used to play the dumb old country cocky, but was as sharp as a tack.
I was working in Sydney and was occasionally called down to the "Centre of the Universe" Cootamundra to assist with overnight Bandit maintenance. I was putting a prop back on the Bandit and doing the rigging when Jack came along. He said "I am just an old man so please explain how these new fangled props work". As I was explaining to Jack the chief engineer passing by paused for a while and then continued on. I finished my explanation and Jack thanked me and said he had a clearer understanding. Later at smoko the chief engineer said I have just kept my job as Jack knew more about PT6 props than most engineers.
There was Jack pre fire and post fire! Sometimes when we needed a part we could not find in the store Jack would say let him search for it as he would find it. Tales had it was hidden away in storage in his back shed.
I found he was a hard man but fair, certainly to me he was. There will never be another like him again.
I was working in Sydney and was occasionally called down to the "Centre of the Universe" Cootamundra to assist with overnight Bandit maintenance. I was putting a prop back on the Bandit and doing the rigging when Jack came along. He said "I am just an old man so please explain how these new fangled props work". As I was explaining to Jack the chief engineer passing by paused for a while and then continued on. I finished my explanation and Jack thanked me and said he had a clearer understanding. Later at smoko the chief engineer said I have just kept my job as Jack knew more about PT6 props than most engineers.
There was Jack pre fire and post fire! Sometimes when we needed a part we could not find in the store Jack would say let him search for it as he would find it. Tales had it was hidden away in storage in his back shed.
I found he was a hard man but fair, certainly to me he was. There will never be another like him again.
LeadSled
PS: Did you ever meet his daughte?
yes, I know the whole family very well.
do you know her or her brother? (Keith’s children)
PS: Did you ever meet his daughte?
yes, I know the whole family very well.
do you know her or her brother? (Keith’s children)
Last edited by RENURPP; 6th Jul 2019 at 08:37.
When Embraer first decided on the Banderainte, what is not commonly know was they got hold on a heron from TAS and reverse engineered it into a Bandit.
Just look at the wing to fuselage attachment and the similarities are very close
Just look at the wing to fuselage attachment and the similarities are very close
