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From: ascot berks uk
Do the fuel pressure gauges still operate with avgas ? I thought they had been modified years ago to another system under some instruction from the F.A.A . the Daks I worked on in the 50s still had the old system but I'm willng to hear from people who still work on them if it is a figment of my imagination
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From: Station 42
All the Daks I've worked on have direct reading fuel pressure gauges. I had a cockpit line off last year in fact. I'm not saying that transducers aren't fitted, just that I've never seen one.
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From: Thinking about it, give me a minute.
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Hey...Robert Campbell...
You really seem to be an experienced guy around the C-47.
Question that's been bugging me for some time:
Have you ever seen a C-47 with the dual cargo doors on BOTH sides of the fuselage?
I saw one a few years ago, but could not believe they ever manufactured them!
Oh...I saw it hanging up in the Boeing Air Museum auditorium in Seattle.
Cheers...FD...
You really seem to be an experienced guy around the C-47.
Question that's been bugging me for some time:
Have you ever seen a C-47 with the dual cargo doors on BOTH sides of the fuselage?
I saw one a few years ago, but could not believe they ever manufactured them!
Oh...I saw it hanging up in the Boeing Air Museum auditorium in Seattle.
Cheers...FD...
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From: Station 42
I think the Seattle Museum aircraft is a DC3, not a C47. They usually had a single door on either side: one for pax, one for baggage.
I've never heard of a left & right set of dual cargo doors; can't see there being enough strength in the fuselage structure to handle it.
I've never heard of a left & right set of dual cargo doors; can't see there being enough strength in the fuselage structure to handle it.
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Hi stevef...
Thanks for your response..but no, it was definitely a C-47, with the large dual opening cargo doors on both sides...
that's why I ask the question, for the same reasons you stated!
Many years ago, I was a qualified Airframe Mechanic on RAAF C-47s, we didn't have any DC-3s.
From that point of view, I too know (or knew) them well...
Cheers...FD...
Thanks for your response..but no, it was definitely a C-47, with the large dual opening cargo doors on both sides...
that's why I ask the question, for the same reasons you stated!
Many years ago, I was a qualified Airframe Mechanic on RAAF C-47s, we didn't have any DC-3s.
From that point of view, I too know (or knew) them well...
Cheers...FD...
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From: Yellowknife
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