How Cool was Pioneer Flight Museum- Old Kingsbury?

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:16 am

This cool!

The Ryan PT-22 had "Born On Dates" (at the end of the stencils) on the horizontal and vertical stabilizers and the elevators and rudders. Call me Col. McGeek, but I was charmed!

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:19 am

In addition I met WIXers Pogo and Canso there!
And my nephew (and his girlfriend standing behing the Harley.)

These folks are worthy of our best efforts to support their Aerodrome!

SPANNER the wind-burned

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:40 am

Looks like a lot of fun.
If you like that, you should really try ti get to Old Rhinebeck some day!
Jerry

The Inspector · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:39 am

Thanks for the nice, clear picture of the 2013 Road King Harley :rofl:

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:50 am

The Inspector wrote:

Thanks for the nice, clear picture of the 2013 Road King Harley :rofl:

Yeah- that one got my zoom lens workin'!
But at least I gave a shout out so she could wave!

If I had it to do ALL over again I would have ALSO featured the T-shirt lady and her sister, the Hamburger Heart-breaker... sigh TEXAS WOMEN IS TEXAS GOLD! :drink3:

SPANNER

BUT WAIT- There's MORE- I knew when I reviewed those pictures I was missing something for the gear-heads... After the first pic of the Fokker Dr. 1

MORE "Born On Dates" geek

Warhawk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:51 pm

SPANNERmkV wrote:

Reminds me of a trip me and my dad made to Owls Head back in the 80's. Very good memories.

Thank you.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:54 pm

Thanks for the detail shots of the engines!! geek

Pogo · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:58 pm

Hey Don, it was great to see you and the PT-26 at PFM ( http://www.pioneerflightmuseum.org ) -- and thanks for the plug, we need it!

As much as I love 'em, after a solid week of stick-n-tissue airplanes and old-timey cars with wagon wheels, I had to go for some iron supplements in San Marcos today. Ain't that thing purty?

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:50 am

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Reminds me of a trip me and my dad made to Owls Head back in the 80's. Very good memories.

Thank you.[/quote]

Thankees Warhawk. I made my OWN memories Saturday. I took my nephew for his first airplane ride (with me as the pilot) in the PT-26. Hopefully someone will remember to send me a picture of that. Even if'n they don't, it will be with both of us FOREVER.

At Inspector-
I am SO embarrassed. I meant to publish the OVERALL pictures and I just grabbed the ones with the info on them so I could appear all knowledgeable and such. ROFL
Here is the good stuff!

And lastly- thank heavens for Lat. -Long. readouts on GPS or I would still be circling the skies east of Seguin looking for the airport. :lol:

Have a great one,
SPANNER

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:49 pm

Now that is really cool!

Peace,

David

Pogo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:57 pm

Don, thanks again for all the pix, they're wonderful! I have a big fancy new camera, but am way too busy at Kingsbury to even think about using it, so these are really great to see.

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:24 pm

Get

those

rotaries

working!

Pogo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:19 pm

Send

Money!

Seriously, some DO run, others (obviously) don't. Of those that don't, some will come back to life eventually, others will be preserved as parts sources and/or historical artifact displays. We had hoped to run the Dr.I rotary, as well as the OX-5, for the spectators as we often do, but circumstances arrayed themselves against it this time around ..... and who knows better than this crowd that those things happen. When the rotaries run, they sound closer to snarling liquid cooled V-12's than throaty radials; it's really cool.

In the meantime, it was way too windy to fly the Dr.I or Canuck even if they had been ready to go. When such is the case we at least try to fire 'em up so everyone can hear the music they produce.

JDK · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 5:52 am

There are people out there (not me) actively looking for workable rotaries, hence the remark. But yes, that's the needed lubricant. I'd just not seen so many static rotaries outside a national collection for some time.

The new Oberursel UR-2 at TVAL:

http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects ... rii-action

And a privilege was to have seen, heard, smelled and experienced the sole flying original Niuport 28 with an original engine at Old Warden before it sadly ended up static at Fort Rucker.

A video here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH2yqCKf7UI

Watch the aircraft rock as Stu blips the engine on start up, and at the 5 min mark, the first pass.

Neither really give the impression of a rotary in action, sadly, but are better than nothing.

Regards,

SPANNERmkV · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 8:17 am

Pioneer Flight Museum- Roger and Steve Freeman AND THEIR ESSENTIAL VOLUNTEERS (God bless 'em) are doing splendid work. :drink3:

Agreed JDK. That is a heck of a line-up for a small Museum. It was like a magnet (to me anyway) seeing that line-up of pre-historic power-plants. I would like to spend some time covering them with a preservative the next time I make it up there, IF I am allowed to choose that task. The next step would obviously be to focus on one engine at a time to return it to functionality at BEST, or preserved display quality at the least.
(Anyone who does not like what they see is encouraged to send DONATION$ earmarked for the objects of their immediate concern. :lol:

) www.pioneerflightmuseum.org

And Jerry, you are correct about Old Rheinbeck. I treasure having seen all their aeroplanes fly. Particularly WAY COOL was seeing their Neiuport 28 fly with the rotary before it sadly came to grief. If I were in New York or the environs I would be spending time there.

Anyway- Get back to work, earn some more money and try and donate some to a worthy Warbird cause if you can spare it.

SPANNER

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