here is the pic from post 31
Posted on 08/24/2009 7:45:34 PM PDT by BOBWADE
I was in the yard with my sons yesterday and heard this plane fly by several times. It continued to take off and land repeatedly. I figure that someone was practicing their landing an take offs. I live very close to the airport and drove over to snap some pictures. Any guess of the make of this fine aircraft. You tube link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F--oNoIK5aQ
Looks like UC78 it is, based on this FAA major repair authorization allowing them to put different brakes on it. (isn’t it amazing what can be found on the net?)
here is the pic from post 31
I agree. Bamboo Bomber.
wow. That looks like a very very small DC-3 in a way
It’s just gorgeous. My dad would have loved this plane.
Your father a Pilot from years gone by?
LOL! No kidding. It’s almost scary how good we (freepers) are at finding info online.
“Bamboo Bomber.”
Agreed, yet this one is way nicer than any T-50 I’ve ever seen. Someone put great effort into the restoration. It would be interesting to see the interior and panel.
ANYONE, can retrieve good shots of the exterior. Let’s see what you can do with the INTERIOR! ;-)
His baby was a 1946 Luscombe 84A. It was polished with a red stripe.
Yep ....all the same....and mostly always referred to as a Bamboo Bomber as it was mostly made of wood...with a welded steel tubing fuselage...all covered in fabric and powered by 2 Jacobs L4MBs of 245 HP each...not many left because of the wood construction and most sat outside after the WW II....the same basic Jacobs engine powers my Cessna 195....
TWIN OTTER...Canadian?
“That looks like a very very small DC-3 in a way”
Two radial engines, conventional gear, there is only so much you can do with such an airframe to make it unique (though there are some noteworthy exceptions.
Try a Constellation for a unique radial engined aircraft. Even the 757 takes second place to that one in the aesthetics department.
The 4 is a typo. Sorry! I’m looking for a photo to post.
I’ll take your word for it. I know nothing about planes.
It’s the “Bamboo Bomber,” a Beechcraft AT-18. It was used for primary multi engine bomber crew training, and light transport duties during WWII.
“.the same basic Jacobs engine powers my Cessna 195”
Were some the 195’s “blown”? Were they also the same basic engine? Seems to me that some of the 195 series were a bit different than others re. their powerplant.
Image search... cool. Constellations are bigger than I was thinking. Like the Tail. Very different.
Actually made by Cessna and the military designation was AT-17
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