Friday, February 24, 2023

Liftoff. Weird bulge under the plane.

 


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    1. Yup.

      Check out the profile of a Cessna Grand Caravan sometime.

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  2. Mini Speed-pac!
    Mike in Canada

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  3. Cargo pod. Keeps it close to the enter of gravity and more streamlined.

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  4. pregnant..... where do you think hang gliders come from??

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    1. It's a pregnant trannysport plane and it's hung gliders, not hang gliders

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    2. Nope, stingray technology, they are listening and watching you as well.

      Bear Claw

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  5. Cessna 185 Skywagon
    https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9945506

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  6. Luggage compartment. The Super Constellation (3 tail) 4 prop aeroplane also used one. Luggage always was delivered ice cold and sometimes wet.

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    1. During WW11 the newest fighter pilots had to take the beer, in travel pods, up to altitude. Only took about 15 minutes to get down to a perfect temperature.

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    2. The US tested a personnel pod, basically an outfitted droptank, in the Pacific for use under P-38 Lighting fighters. Even had a window on the front of the pod.

      Um. No...

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  7. Cessna A185F, near Wanaka, New Zealand. Pods known to have carried beer, bait,ammo,fencing equipment and other essentials

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  8. I had an uncle that was a flight instructor. He bought a 5 year old Cessna 185E Ag sprayer that stalled and ended up in a pecan tree in 1970. He bought it still in the tree. After 2 years of lots of work on it it was certified to fly once again. It only had 2 seats and had full instrumentation for IFR flight. My uncle used it for instrument ratings and to haul freight. It had an extended length passenger door because of the agriculture design to make loading chemicals easier. When it was empty it was a dream to fly as it was like your mother's station wagon with a big block, sans rear seats. It was basically a grown up 150 on steroids. He had a cargo pod and would use it occasionally.

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  9. They can fit a couple hundred pounds of Peruvian Marching Powder in there.

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