Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:33 am
seaknight15 wrote:1st of all there is never a stupid question, Wasn't there a A-26 that had propane Guns at OSK many years ago?
Bill Timmers A26 had one, but not sure if it was ever fitted as the bottle of acetylene apparently made the pilot nervous...
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:20 pm
Wiley Sanders I believe had a "gas operated" nose gun in his B-25 a number of years ago, don't know if he still has it "hooked up er not"
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:25 pm
I don't remember exactly which airplanes it was, but I remember seeing several at Oshkosh and Airsho' in Harlingen during the late 70's / early 80's which had the gas-powered guns on them. I only specifically remember one B-25 which had the gas guns on the turrets. There were several others as well, but I don't remember which ones.
It seems like the gas powered guns on warbirds kind of died in the 80's - anybody know why?
It seems like the gas powered guns on warbirds kind of died in the 80's - anybody know why?
Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:17 pm
Can't recall the owner, but a silver AT-11 in Chinese makings used to show up at OSH (80's & 90's?) that had propane guns in a Crocker-Wheeler turret. I'm quite certain I jumped the first time I was close by and they lit off. 
Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:34 pm
The B-25 "Silver Lady" had a propane gun in the nose when Bill Arnot still owned her. On at least one occasion, a real .50 was installed and fired in flight.
When Mike Wright was still flying the Corsair "Warthog" it had propane guns.
The T-6 (Zero) we have up in the Olympic Flight Musem has two propane guns in the cowling but we haven't had the propane hooked up since I moved away several years ago.
When Mike Wright was still flying the Corsair "Warthog" it had propane guns.
The T-6 (Zero) we have up in the Olympic Flight Musem has two propane guns in the cowling but we haven't had the propane hooked up since I moved away several years ago.