Thursday, December 1, 2022

Halcyon Aviation

 


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    1. de Havilland, possibly a DH84A Tiger Moth, although the engine looks different. The shape of the fin is sort of a company trademark.

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    2. It's a Standard J trainer, circa 1916-1918. Very similar to the Jenny. The aircraft used against Pancho Villa were Curtiss NJ-2 biplanes, an earlier variant of the JN-4 "Jenny."

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  2. a Crate like that...

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  3. The museum at Pancho Villa State Park in New Mexico has a bi-plane in it, Pershing took them with him in his unsuccessful hunt for Pancho Villa before WW1.

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    1. not much went well on that endeavor, if I recall my reading accurately.

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  4. Can you even imagine how getting into an aircraft in that time would completely change your view of the world you live in?

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  5. We went to an airshow with those old planes.
    Not one had any kind of safety wire on any bolt.

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  6. Safety wire? What's that? (just kidding - I still have the safety wire pliers I was issued in 1972 in my tool box) Safety wiring fasteners is a Very Good Idea.

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  7. You have to fly this one by feel. There is no forward horizontal visibility; you can't see what's in front of you above or below and to the sides. And the exhaust goes right in your face. Marvelous!

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