How Do You Eat an Elephant?..........1 (50k) Bite at a time.

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 10:39 am

Eric,

Scott

EDowning · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 10:42 am

Bill Greenwood wrote:

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If God had meant Skyraiderasorus to fly he wouldn't have made Avgas go up to $6 per gallon.

Using "GOD" to explain why things are happening is best left to us "conservatives". :twisted:

coldaffyduck · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 11:09 am

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What a great opportunity to put a nice civilized Griffon off a Shackleton on there.

Why would anyone in there right mind want to ruin a perfectly good airplane by putting something as nasty as an in-line engine on it????
Oh, the humanities! :twisted:

Bill Greenwood · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 12:29 pm

Craig, you probably didn't know about the new TWO SEAT DUAL CONTROL GRIFFON POWERED SPITFIRE we are building. There is quite a waiting list for flight positions, so it is good to know you are one of the ones we do not have to think about putting on the list.

Trey Carroll · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 1:36 pm

EDowning wrote:

My carbon footprint (that's how much energy I use, for all you who are non-liberals, or don't have your Gore(acle)-English dictionary handy) is HUGE. But don't despair, you can all get there as well, if you'll just focus. If I had enough money I'd restore a B-58 "Hustler" and paint a picture of Larry Flint on the tail. I would do the pre flight wearing one of those big fur Rusky hats while I ate a turkey leg and drank a Henieken. I could use my new ECO friendly toy to crop dust lead based pesticides at full afterburner, near a grade school, while I sat in the cockpit and watched pornos and read the Wall Street Journal and talked on my cell phone all at the same time.

You're my hero Eric.

EDowning · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 2:07 pm

Bill Greenwood wrote:

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What a great opportunity to put a nice civilized Griffon off a Shackleton on there.

I seriously considered using a Griffon, but in the end, I decided just to have my existing starter overhauled.

retroaviation · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 2:48 pm

Bill Greenwood wrote:

What a great opportunity to put a nice civilized Griffon off a Shackleton on there.

Well.....that IS better than a Merlin. :roll:

But not much. :lol:

Gary

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 3:23 pm

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but in the end, I decided just to have my existing starter overhauled.

Is that starter original to the a/c.................. :idea:

EDowning · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 7:49 pm

I wrote:

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My carbon footprint (that's how much energy I use, for all you who are non-liberals, or don't have your Gore(acle)-English dictionary handy) is HUGE. But don't despair, you can all get there as well, if you'll just focus. If I had enough money I'd restore a B-58 "Hustler" and paint a picture of Larry Flint on the tail. I would do the pre flight wearing one of those big fur Rusky hats while I ate a turkey leg and drank a Henieken. I could use my new ECO friendly toy to crop dust lead based pesticides at full afterburner, near a grade school, while I sat in the cockpit and watched pornos and read the Wall Street Journal and talked on my cell phone all at the same time.

Trey wrote:
You're my hero Eric.

I don't think you'd have to go too far to find a better one. I mostly serve as a good example of a bad example. But it is FUN!

coldaffyduck · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 8:21 pm

Bill,
Just think what you could do to help stimulate the economy here in America if you chose to use a 2800 or even a 3350 on the Spit. You would be using an American made engine instead of a British (no offense to the Brits mind you Bristol did make some fine engines), you would be spending more in gas (which would help those poor guys working in the oil fields and the refineries), plus the manufacturers of shop rags and cleaning supplies would be getting more of your business to help keep the sides clean. Also as a side bonus you would have an ultra rare aircraft. To me, it seems, it would be a win-win situation for you.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 8:31 pm

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You would be using an American made engine instead of a British

Those Brits just gets worked up over 3350s in the beloved Sea Furies has it is :shock:

Chunks · **Joined:** Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:02 am **Posts:** 361

Eric said

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I mostly serve as a good example of a bad example. But it is FUN!

A very close friend of mine mentored me while I was getting my license (some time back). My instructor always said that he was an example of what NOT to do!

Now that I've seen the photos, time to paint my oil tank and it has to be exactly the same. Can I get a paint code please?

Chunks

EDowning · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2008 10:35 pm

Chunks wrote:

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Now that I've seen the photos, time to paint my oil tank and it has to be exactly the same. Can I get a paint code please?

I wasn't sure wheter you were kidding or not about the paint code. If you really want it, PM me and I'll get it for you.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11335

Careful ED, it's an Anorak trap! :wink:

Bill Greenwood wrote:

Craig, you probably didn't know about the new TWO SEAT DUAL CONTROL GRIFFON POWERED SPITFIRE we are building. There is quite a waiting list for flight positions, so it is good to know you are one of the ones we do not have to think about putting on the list.

Hey! That might allow us non-bulemic folks a chance at some Spitfire dual after all.

You know Bill, Eric does own an MG, so he does have some association with water-cooled British powerplants.

EDowning · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2008 11:29 pm

BDK wrote:

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Careful ED, it's an Anorak trap

Well, they are in for a real surprise then. The Skyraider oil tank was original painted with some awful looking wash primer. I thought about it long and hard and decided to paint the oil tank and Hyd tank yellow. No particular reason, I just thought it would look good. So next came the question of what color yellow. Very scientific process, I called the guy that painted my B4 stand that I just overhauled and said send over a quart of that exact same yellow. So Anoraks, have at it, it's towbar/mait stand yellow. And I think it's exactly the right shade.

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