Warbird Information Exchange

many of you who are above 35 surely remember the old sanford & son tv show from the 70's!!! a challenge........ watch the closing credits at the end of the show, fred & lamont are loading the truck with junk, & lamont has what i'd swear to be an early rudder or stabilizer without fabric......... see what you think!!! maybe i'll be able to sleep better at night with an answer!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Some more info in this thread about that Tom...

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... anford+son

Hope you sleep well now.

Steve

wow!!!!!! i'm not crazy!!! thanks!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Here's the item in question:



Can you ID it as being from a Stinson?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

chris your no big dummy!!! as fred would call you!!! that's the exact film sequence!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Sure looks like a twin beech rudder to me. Even the short ribs for the vertical attachment of the trim tab. Everyone says it's from the 177 but I still have my doubts. I think Taigh might be able to shed some light on this one

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The more I learn about aircraft, the more I realize I still have to learn.

I'm kinda thinkin' that it's a Beech 18 rudder as well. Here's a picture of one we have laying around (without the cutout for the trim tab)..........



Gary

like csi.... wix style!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I always thought that was a bed frame...Only you guys would be able to correct that for me lol!

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

I wonder how much Ol' Fred Sanford would have wanted for that! That would have been a great script.

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"If I had to fight the same war over again, I'd sure want to fight it from the cockpit of a Corsair."
-Archie Donahue

Is it still in the truck? The truck is in the Museum of American History.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

As old Fred Sanford would have said...."Honey, You don't have heart burn, your left breast is in your soup"....