Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:27 am
Remember, Nomex is not fire proof. It is designed to give the wearer time to get away from the fire. If it is soaked with oil or gas it will burn just as well. The fire resistant treatment also wears out after a while after many washings.
Get well soon, Terry!
Get well soon, Terry!
Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:29 am
Remember, Nomex is not fire proof. It is designed to give the wearer time to get away from the fire. If it is soaked with oil or gas it will burn just as well as anything. The fire resistant treatment also wears out after a while after many washings. The surplus Nomex flight suit you're wearing may be useless.
Get well soon, Terry!
Get well soon, Terry!
Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:02 am
Nomex is also designed not to melt into the skin as polyesters and other synthetic fibers can.
God speed to a quick recovery.
God speed to a quick recovery.
On behalf of Bluehawk15
Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:35 pm
Bluehawk15 asked me to post these for him. They are some pictures of the TBM in happier times here in TX.
Ryan
Ryan
Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:31 pm
Hope he's on an upswing from his accident. While on the topic, does anybody know what the story is with Tom Duffy and his aircraft? It seems he's fallen off the map in the past few years with flying his aircraft to shows and what not. Hope he's just trying to allocate funds maybe for his collection or for Terry.
Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:59 pm
Chris,
I took a quick look at my 2007 & 2008 pics and it appears Duffy's planes were present at a number of air shows including Geneseo, Thunder Over Michigan, Reading WWII Days, a small air show in New Garden PA. I assume he was a force behind the 2008 Millville NJ air show. He was pretty active prior to the TBM fire.
Jeff
I took a quick look at my 2007 & 2008 pics and it appears Duffy's planes were present at a number of air shows including Geneseo, Thunder Over Michigan, Reading WWII Days, a small air show in New Garden PA. I assume he was a force behind the 2008 Millville NJ air show. He was pretty active prior to the TBM fire.
Jeff
Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:14 am
Sasnak wrote:Anybody know how Terry is doing? How is his recovery going?
I heard from Terry's wife about a month ago, and he seemed to be doing really well. He was at home, and doing well with his rehab. He has a wonderful family who've been incredibly supportive.
Richard
Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:07 pm
Warbird Kid wrote:Hope he's on an upswing from his accident. While on the topic, does anybody know what the story is with Tom Duffy and his aircraft? It seems he's fallen off the map in the past few years with flying his aircraft to shows and what not. Hope he's just trying to allocate funds maybe for his collection or for Terry.
I was told at the time of the accident that Terry hadn't done the annuals on the other aircraft, and all the other mechanics that would be called in to help out were busy readying aircraft for the 2009 airshow season. I think that with Terry's continued recovery, we hopefully can expect to see Mr. Duffy's aircraft with a higher presence next year.
In general, airshows did not book many warbirds this year. Let's hope that changes next year.
Rich