What does Bill Greewood do when waiting on the weather?

[Ztex]

Hangs out at the airport...

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!

Last edited by Ztex on Wed May 23, 2007 4:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[mustangdriver]

How cool is that? Gotta love the spit.

[Chuck Gardner]

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.

[Elroy13]

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

[Lynn Allen]

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

Fly Safe,

Lynn

[Shay]

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]

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]

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

[EDowning]

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

[PeterA]

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]

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]

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]

Jack,

Found it.

I think this is the one.

PeterA

[Jack Cook]

Get out your paint brush Bill

[Tony Kearns]

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