Dai Fledermaus Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 The PBS America have some really interesting programmes. They've recently finished a series called Plane Reserection which focuses on mostly American classic aircraft which are kept flying by enthusiasts. as well as interviews with veterans who flew them and ground crew who kept them flying. One episode featured the B24 Liberator which was made in larger numbers than the perhaps more famous B 27 Flying Fortress.At the height of it's production, US factories were turning out a Liberator every 63 minutes. Amazing rate of mass production even by today's standards. Another jem of information, for me anyway, which came out of another episode on the Lancaster is that it has a casting tail wheel. Taxying is done by steering using the brakes and engines. A bit of a handful for pilots not used to it apparently. No doubt PBS will repeat Series 1 and 2 of this very watchable programme. Edited By Dai Fledermaus on 29/11/2019 08:34:35 Edited By Dai Fledermaus on 29/11/2019 08:35:39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter Miller Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Yes, the Lanc had a castoring tail wheel and this was crarried on through the Shackletons MR 1 and MR2s They could get tail wheel shimmy where it waggled violently on landing. I worked on all these aircraft. Even the Chipmunk could get tail whel shimmy. Mind you, that was a lot easier to change. One put ones back under the tailplane and lifted while pulling the axle out and replacing the wheel. I did this job one evening and then the pilot asked if I would like to go and test it with him.. We did twenty minutes of aerobatics and the wheel never shimmied once...even on landing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ferguson 2 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Does anyone know why a New Zealand Harvard is in that movie at 15 sec in. The Harvard is NZ1079 and the kiwi is clearly visible on all the roundels. This says it is deregistered and in NZ - http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/NZ1079.html This says it is in Oshkosh - https://www.flickr.com/photos/15110856@N02/34485869661/in/photostream/ Or maybe - "located in the Vintage Flying Museum at Meacham Fort Worth". This link actually gives the whole story - https://www.flickr.com/photos/corkspotter/35846649960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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