Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained)

[GregP]

Yeah. Stop and think about it and the P-39 was a very high-performance airplane compared with whatever new pilots had flown before. It climbed well over 3,000 fpm immediately after takeoff and was faster and better-performing in general ... along with having a few vices. I would not be at all surprised to find training P-39s with empty ammo loadouts, meaning aft CG positions.

That could have made for some interesting flights given the P-39's sensitivity in pitch and tendency to tumble at aft CG positions. Might account for some training accidents.

In my case, I had watched and pulled stumps before, and the tires always spun until the stump came out. It took me by surprise when the tires didn't spin.

In the case of the P-39 pilots, they had experience with planes that behaved properly and, if the P-39 departed in some manner around the stall, it was likely the first time they had encountered that behavior.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Probably had one of those buttons on the floor that you push with your foot to dim and bright the lights. Might have used one to fire the guns.

lol

Is it true they had an eight-track in the glove box?

 

[GregP]

It's probably still there along with a few tapes. You know, the ones nobody wants to hear again.


View: https://youtu.be/z97Q26kt4E8

 

[Greg Boeser]

lol

Is it true they had an eight-track in the glove box?

It was advanced, but not futuristic.

 

[Shortround6]

lol

Is it true they had an eight-track in the glove box?

That was the Squadron Cribbage board.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It was advanced, but not futuristic.

I gotta go ask our expert.

 

[GrauGeist]

Hey now, my Dad had a .45 record player in the glove box of his '57 Chevy Nomad!

 

[BiffF15]

Hey now, my Dad had a .45 record player in the glove box of his '57 Chevy Nomad!

He had good taste in cars! Love the Tri Fives!

 

[bobbysocks]

In a way, Greg, your tractor incident can be compared to new P-39 pilots, where the unexpected caught them off guard.

"When the unexpected caught them off guard." You can probably say that about all the high performance fighter aircraft of the day ( maybe even now). With 51s I know guys who got a big surprise slamming to full throttle on take off. They went skidding off to the left. If they didn't drain so much fuel out out of the fuse tank, doing certain maneuvers could be fatal. They probably all had their "quirks" that the pilots hoped to avoid and out live.

 

[bobbysocks]

Hey now, my Dad had a .45 record player in the glove box of his '57 Chevy Nomad!

But did he have a reverb on it to make it sound like stereo??

 

[GrauGeist]

But did he have a reverb on it to make it sound like stereo??

Don't remember, since I was very young at the time.

However, fast forward to the late 80's and I found a dual output/mono input reverb in one of Dad's boxes when I was helping him move stuff to storage. The box contained stuff like a Stewart-Warner tach and so on.

Here's what's interesting:
The reverb was in an elongated metal box with a black wrinkle finish that measured 2" by 1-1/2" and was about 8" long. On one end of the box was a two screw terminal market "input" and on the other end, were two more terminals, each labelled "output".
Inside the box, were two springs that spanned the length of the box's interior.

So, my guess would be yes, he did.

 

[GregP]

The springs were in there to hold the box together!

I heard that one a few times back when I was playing guitar in a band ...

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I've still got a spare spring-reverb tank laying around from when I parted out a non-functional Peavey amp.

 

[bobbysocks]

Don't remember, since I was very young at the time.

However, fast forward to the late 80's and I found a dual output/mono input reverb in one of Dad's boxes when I was helping him move stuff to storage. The box contained stuff like a Stewart-Warner tach and so on.

Here's what's interesting:
The reverb was in an elongated metal box with a black wrinkle finish that measured 2" by 1-1/2" and was about 8" long. On one end of the box was a two screw terminal market "input" and on the other end, were two more terminals, each labelled "output".
Inside the box, were two springs that spanned the length of the box's interior.

So, my guess would be yes, he did.

Yeah, they had a spring inside but it was to help with the sound. if you went over a bump hard you would hear a loud crashing sound! I have to dig through my stuff it may be buried in my garage somewhere....along with some Cal Custom, Mr, Gasket, and Hurst shifter stuff...lol

 

[GrauGeist]

Yeah, they had a spring inside but it was to help with the sound. if you went over a bump hard you would hear a loud crashing sound! I have to dig through my stuff it may be buried in my garage somewhere....along with some Cal Custom, Mr, Gasket, and Hurst shifter stuff...lol

Some people used to have a spring reverb on their radio's microphone, too.

The FCC frowned on that practice, but rarely ever enforced it.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Happy Groundhog Day!!!!

 

[Greg Boeser]

Happy Groundhog Day!!!!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

 

[SaparotRob]

Huzzah! Groundhog Day is here!

 

[Marcel]

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