iowa's L-4 project!
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WOW.....I am an A/C Tech by profession and I think I would have thought it over a "zillion" times before I started a project like that, but HEY when you have it all toghter, adjusted and tuned you will have a super fun AC.
Good Luck Dave! I look fwd to see your pictures during the prosess.
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Good Luck Dave! I look fwd to see your pictures during the prosess.
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i am very excited.
i know it will take 5 years!
and it will be like building an L4 from scratch,
but....those boyhood dreams!!
hey, would you rather i update
this project here or on the warbird forum?
thanks
dave
i know it will take 5 years!
and it will be like building an L4 from scratch,
but....those boyhood dreams!!
hey, would you rather i update
this project here or on the warbird forum?
thanks
dave
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Hey Doc,
Just do us a favor and DON"T do a John Denver on us!
OOPS
Just do us a favor and DON"T do a John Denver on us!
OOPS
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Not the way originally written. I've editediowa wrote:you really mean that?
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i'm no star,
and i was a pilot at least 10 yrs B-4 i became a dr
so at least i have somethings in my favor.
that word 'don't' made my day.
BTW, do you know anything about aircraft engines, dino?
dave
and i was a pilot at least 10 yrs B-4 i became a dr
so at least i have somethings in my favor.
that word 'don't' made my day.
BTW, do you know anything about aircraft engines, dino?
dave
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Only thing I know is if they stop in midflight it isn't a good thing.iowa wrote:
BTW, do you know anything about aircraft engines, dino?
dave
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It's restorable, and I have faith you will achieve that goal. You know my motto. Best of luck to you. Once you've completed the restoration, paint a Coyote on her since that is what crashed her the first time. You could name her "Coyote Ugly".
It's restorable, and I have faith you will achieve that goal. You know my motto. Best of luck to you. Once you've completed the restoration, paint a Coyote on her since that is what crashed her the first time. You could name her "Coyote Ugly".
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"Until it's melted down and turned into something else, or blown to Smitherines, it's restorable"!
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Hey Dave,
If you'd like I've got quite a few photos the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division Scout Observation L-4's during WWII. I believe the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division was the earliest division to implement the use of scout observation aircraft for directing artillery fire! They were using them extensively in North Africa when the other divisions in theatre didn't have that aspect yet.
I could send you the photos of the 3rd ID's Scout Observation Aircraft if you'd like!?
Regards,
MARNE
If you'd like I've got quite a few photos the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division Scout Observation L-4's during WWII. I believe the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division was the earliest division to implement the use of scout observation aircraft for directing artillery fire! They were using them extensively in North Africa when the other divisions in theatre didn't have that aspect yet.
I could send you the photos of the 3rd ID's Scout Observation Aircraft if you'd like!?
Regards,
MARNE
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Date of Delivery: January 7th, 1943
James Dunigan III
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marne
thats a great idea!!
Here are the fuselage differences BTW the J3 and the L4
does anyone have any pictures to illustrate this?
thanks
dave
1. GREENHOUSE enclosure. Tale tale fabric bulges
2. Observer's desk.
3. Fuselage Serial Number.
8278 to 14033 inclusive.
4. Rear seat.
2 cross tubes bolted to tabs welded to fuselage vertical
members. Seat has Al formers for parachute.
J3 has 1 cross tube for back and 1 under the seat.
5. Seat belt rings welded to fuselage 2 on each side
6. Seat belt security. were bolted to primary fuselage structure
not fastened to a metal loop.
7. Floor boards at rear. Al tunnel over control cables.
8. Observer's desk welded to fuselage
9. Fuselage mod for rear facing observer seat.
10. floating instrument panel
11. cups for leveling plane in flight.
thats a great idea!!
Here are the fuselage differences BTW the J3 and the L4
does anyone have any pictures to illustrate this?
thanks
dave
1. GREENHOUSE enclosure. Tale tale fabric bulges
2. Observer's desk.
3. Fuselage Serial Number.
8278 to 14033 inclusive.
4. Rear seat.
2 cross tubes bolted to tabs welded to fuselage vertical
members. Seat has Al formers for parachute.
J3 has 1 cross tube for back and 1 under the seat.
5. Seat belt rings welded to fuselage 2 on each side
6. Seat belt security. were bolted to primary fuselage structure
not fastened to a metal loop.
7. Floor boards at rear. Al tunnel over control cables.
8. Observer's desk welded to fuselage
9. Fuselage mod for rear facing observer seat.
10. floating instrument panel
11. cups for leveling plane in flight.
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L-4B 43-572 DOD 8-31-42 82nd of 100 Silver Fort Sill planes!
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