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Offline BrianGMFS

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2006, 02:38:30 PM »
It's a Varga Kachina.... maybe I should go hide in a corner and let the rest of you guys play ;D ;D

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2006, 03:42:18 AM »
AHHH, at last one I know---built first as a Vorrisey, aquired and built as a Shinn, then sold to an indian group who produced it as the Varga Kachina----nice little plane but performance rather limited (slow and dirty--not a lot of power) 8)
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2006, 08:51:40 AM »
Right you are.  Spotted this one in Palmer a while back.  I had to do some digging to figure out what it was.  Cute little plane though, always wondered how they fly. :)

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2006, 09:00:28 AM »
Anyone about this one?  I took the photo at Arlington, 2003.  I've no idea what it is, but was part of the 'Russian Thunder' aerobatic duo.

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2006, 06:25:56 PM »
Ya got me stumped on that one Tundra.  The tail looks like it came off a P-39 or P-63 though  ;D


By the way the twin I posted earlier is designed for missionaries.  It's called an Evangelair, and I can't seem to find the pics I took of the one in Birchwood! >:( I also had some pics of a beautiful Beech 18 I took at the same time.   :'(  Oh well, guess it's an excuse for another trip to Birchwood!  ;D
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2006, 06:53:59 PM »
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Anyone about this one?  I took the photo at Arlington, 2003.  I've no idea what it is, but was part of the 'Russian Thunder' aerobatic duo.


I know what it is... But I'll wait and see if anyone else can guess it ;D ;D

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2006, 08:28:47 PM »
Quote from: tundra_flier on September 24, 2006, 09:00:28 AM
Anyone about this one?  I took the photo at Arlington, 2003.  I've no idea what it is, but was part of the 'Russian Thunder' aerobatic duo.

Phil

I'm going to hazard that it's a Yak-18 or a CJ-5 or CJ-6 (the chinese copies).  If I had to guess I'd say specifically a Yak-18T.

Ok this is a web photo, not my work.  However one of our freight couriers has one of these.  He may even reply to this since I introduced him to Chicken Wings last week!

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2006, 10:09:55 PM »
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I'm going to hazard that it's a Yak-18 or a CJ-5 or CJ-6 (the Chinese copies).  If I had to guess I'd say specifically a Yak-18T.

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!  We have a winner LOL

It's a Yak-18T, the CJ-6 is a Chinese licence built variant of the Yak-52 (I had a Yak-52 show up on my ramp Friday night for customs)

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2006, 10:38:11 PM »
Quote from: BrianGMFS on September 24, 2006, 10:09:55 PM
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I'm going to hazard that it's a Yak-18 or a CJ-5 or CJ-6 (the Chinese copies).  If I had to guess I'd say specifically a Yak-18T.

DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!  We have a winner LOL

It's a Yak-18T, the CJ-6 is a Chinese licence built variant of the Yak-52 (I had a Yak-52 show up on my ramp Friday night for customs)

Brian

I've had a couple people ask me if I own a CJ-5 plane...I used to tell them mine's the American Motors Coproration  one with a 304 V-8  ;D  Sold it though and buiding up a CJ-7 with a stroked 4.0 I-6. 
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2006, 04:04:13 AM »
Hey!  Could that be what Baradium's friend saw the other day?
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2006, 04:29:53 AM »
Quote from: tundra_flier on September 25, 2006, 04:04:13 AM
Hey!  Could that be what Baradium's friend saw the other day?

That would fit the description.

What about this?

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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2006, 04:31:28 AM »
Or this?
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2006, 09:03:48 AM »
Them be Beech 99s AND as a matter of fact, the first one 7862R, is still owned by Ameriflight (Cal Air Charter) and I've got a couple hundred hours in her, running freight on the west coast about 25 years ago 8)
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2006, 03:41:31 PM »
Quote from: tundra_flier on September 25, 2006, 04:04:13 AM
Hey!  Could that be what Baradium's friend saw the other day?

I never even thought of that Tundra!  Boeing YL-15, only a few made.

Fireflyr, that is down right amazing!  Only in aviation would somebody post a pic on a forum and somebody go "Hey I used to fly her!"   ;D
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Re: Name that plane!
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2006, 06:36:21 PM »
Quote from: cj5_pilot on September 25, 2006, 03:41:31 PM
Fireflyr, that is down right amazing!  Only in aviation would somebody post a pic on a forum and somebody go "Hey I used to fly her!"   ;D

That might be partly because only in aviation does anyone actually *fly* something.  ;)

As far as the 99s, if you looked it up in the registry, shame!  ;)

I thought a 99 was appropriate since someone said the conversion beech 18 would be like an "unpressurized C90 kingair" if it had the turbine conversion.  I think it'd be closer to a C99 myself.  ;)     Although technically speaking the 99 is a different airframe then the rest.  Interestingly enough Beech designed the 99 as the replacement to the Beech 18 it'd seem...  ;)

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