Boy, I remember that one! We spent gobs of time on it at Nelson's place back in 1997...maybe 1998. I reckon that was before your time there, right Steve? It was a neat machine, and in MY opinion, much nicer to work on than a Twin Beech......especially with the R-1340s on it.
I've got some neat video of us doing the FAA required fuel dump tests for the tanks we installed that were used for the around the world flight. We filled the fuselage tanks with water (to the equivalent weight of full fuel), and Nelson took it to altitude, with Howard Pardue and Chad Ezell in the T-6, following. Chad took the video as Nelson dumped the water. It was pretty impressive how fast it all came out. From the ground, it looked like the ol' Electra had a smoke system.
It was a cool ol' machine, but its a shame it's turned into such a derilect. Linda Finch pretty much just parked it out on the ramp at Denton, TX for years before it finally disappeared. I was wondering where it went. Darn shame.
Gary
