What does Bill Greewood do when waiting on the weather?

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 4:46 pm

Hangs out at the airport... :roll:

and checks the oil

Your oil is on the way..I promise

And lets me hang out for a bit as well..

Thanks Bill for letting me visit you and your airplane for a few minutes. It was very nice to meet you. If your this way again let me know.
Thanks again.

Happy landings!

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 4:49 pm

How cool is that? Gotta love the spit.

Chuck Gardner · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 5:48 pm

Bill wouldnt have to wait for oil at the FBO if he would just throw a few gallons in the baggage compartment when he goes on CX. :wink:

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 6:15 pm

Chuck Gardner wrote:

Bill wouldnt have to wait for oil at the FBO if he would just throw a few gallons in the baggage compartment when he goes on CX. :wink:

I though thats where all the tie dyed flight suits are kept! :wink:

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 10:18 pm

Bill, in the cockpit shot, on the left side there is a pull handle for something?? Your checklist is hanging above it. Plus, now he is hanging out over in Breckenridge, Texas, oh yeah. This weekend I'll get hungry for Fried Catfish on Friday Night and BBQ and the Bud Girls on Saturday. Some good thing you just don't forget and that airsho is top on the list :wink:

Fly Safe,

Lynn

Shay · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 10:33 pm

Nice ride Bill

Very cool seeing the Belly tank. Always forget that the Spit's range is limited (in wartime considerations that is).

I recall seeing pictures of field modified Spit's with 2 wing hardpoints and carrying a pair of American 75 gallon drop tanks. I want to say maybe in the North African or Mediterrain Theaters.

Anybody know what I'm talking about?

Shay
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Semper Fortis

EDowning · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 11:17 pm

Quote:

Bill wouldnt have to wait for oil at the FBO if he would just throw a few gallons in the baggage compartment when he goes on CX.

I agree. I usually carry a small amount of oil with me for cross countries in the Skyraider. 20 or 25 gallons depending on how far, because the beast only holds 38 gallons in the oil tank.

RickH · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2007 11:24 pm

Eric you could just hang a drum on each side and when people ask, just tell'em it's a depth charge.

EDowning · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 12:00 am

Could just run the 150s on each wing like I have been and put another on the centerline hard point for oil. :wink:

PeterA · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 9:37 am

What does Bill Greenwood do when he is weathered in?

He usually cleans the aircraft.

Here were are, stuck at Fort Dodge...three days to get to Oshkosh 1990.

He has the better legs.

PeterA

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 10:06 am

There was a Spit IX flown from Wright-Patt to the UK in 1943 via Greenland to prove the long range single engine fighter theory. It
was modified to carry 2 75 gallon drop tanks has used on the P-51s.
The pilot was Col Gustav Lingquvest (sp) who basically wanted to get to the UK and into combat. He made it safely and in Greenland a Sgt painted a full sized nude of his wife Toddy on the cowling. The Col got his combat assignment with the 352nd FG but was soon shot down in a P-47 and spent the rest of the war has a POW.

PeterA · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 11:49 am

Jack Cook wrote:

There was a Spit IX flown from Wright-Patt to the UK in 1943 via Greenland to prove the long range single engine fighter theory. It
was modified to carry 2 75 gallon drop tanks has used on the P-51s.
The pilot was Col Gustav Lingquvest (sp) who basically wanted to get to the UK and into combat. He made it safely and in Greenland a Sgt painted a full sized nude of his wife Toddy on the cowling. The Col got his combat assignment with the 352nd FG but was soon shot down in a P-47 and spent the rest of the war has a POW.

Jack,
That'll be MK210 seen here at Wright Field.

I do have an image of that artwork somewhere. I have suggested it ..but perhaps a bit too 'risque' for the conservative Brits.

PeterA

PeterA · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 11:56 am

Jack,

Found it.

I think this is the one.

PeterA

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2007 12:04 pm

Get out your paint brush Bill

Tony Kearns · **Joined:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:10 pm **Posts:** 16

Hi Peter,
Is that the type of control column fitted to the two seat Spitfires when supplied to the Irish Air Corps or did they have the rectangular firing button (as in PV202 at Duxford) as opposed to the round type shown in Ztex's great pics. Irish Spitfires had no cannon.
Regards
Tony K

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