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I only had to have the one sided tow bar slip out once and go ass over tea-kettle to say "Yes a bogeybar for me please". I love mine. I can pull and push and turn without worry. Safer. Better. Period.

guess pickel haube is out too. Darn.

Do I subtract 5 hours for midwest is my question.

One last question. Do you put the time in as straight or do you have to add the differnce? Example: I am on central standard time. Do I put in the actual time or do I have to compute (add the time to get to UTC for time i want)?

Got what I needed. Thanks much.

Is this available?

I hand fly. Only wing leveler as old Brittain heading bug is wonky. My primary nav aide is IPad mini on yoke mount with Garmin pilot supplemented by gdl 50. I love the info from flight planning though air port info and weather. Low/high tech

Just wish it had been the P51...Maybe Kermitt in Florida some day

The best aviation experience I ever had was flying in a T6 Harvard out of Watertown, WI. I picked my dentist out of a free newspaper shortly after moving to Oconomowoc, WI in the early 90's. Jim Michaels had the lowest time combat P-51 Mustang in D-Day liverery and he was on the cover leaning on the main gear. I yelled to my wife "I found our dentist" When I went in for my first appointment he had numerous Robert Taylor aviation prints on wall in his office. I said I love WW2 aviation and he said "We have to go flying some time". At next appointment he said it again and I said "when?". His P-51 was down for maintenance as he had installed a pre-oiler int he right gun bay. He said we can fly in my T6 come out to my hanger. When I arrived his hanger was amazing. There were his P-51 and T6 as well as a WW2 jeep with .30 mounted. His hanger had finer cabinetry than my home. Just stunning. Each plane had a beautiful blonde bust with a B-Stinger. They were named "Queen B" after his wife Beatrice. We took off from Watertown and flew over Horicon Marsh at 50'. Beautiful waterfowl were "peeling out" as we fly past. We landed at Oshkosh and taxied up to the EAA maintenance hanger. There was a Corsair and Focker Tri-plane (Red Barron) replica being worked on. A short walk to an air charter based there. A WW2 flight office (enlisted) had a Canada charter service and a P-51D made up in his WW2 flying livery. Michaels said "lets go fly". he gave stink eye, but Jim said I do it all the time. I can throttle up. Chalks removed and next thing I know I am doing a formation take off. We climbed up over lake Winnebago and then went inverted over the top of the P-51 and flew on his wing. A wave and P-51 dove to right. We pulled up and did and inverted I was watching P-51 dive down over lake. Pure magic. Jim said "your airplane" take us back to Watertown at "can't remember magnetic reading"...There I was flying a T6. All was right with my world. Knew I was going to pursue my pilots license at that moment. Jim later bought his daughter a Citabria and they planned a trip to Colorado together in plane. Rotors forced them down in the mountains. After a forced landing they spent the night in the mountains with an AvGas camp fire. Jim said "I wouldn't recommend it as a father daughter bonding experience, but it was special. They had a rescue party climb to them and lead them out the next day.

Only time, so far, I have damaged a phone screen was through pressure on edge to snap a case in place. Doh!

New vehicle position allows spinner to be missed by door by more than an inch now. Better.

Congrats on sale Seth! That's awesome for you and growing family Good luck with "next stage" of ownership. Scott

Agree. Avionics and yokes were nice. Don't know what seller paid for the engine. So far so good. Thanks, Scott

There were a BUNCH of photos of this planes intake boot on the salvage sight. The boot was a complete mess. I wonder if this was an issue with this plane too?

So pilot maintains he was "under power", but reduced power and climbing at 500fpm, but couldn't outclimb terrain, so when I look at that prop it sure doesn't seem like it was under power when it went down. Only one tip is just a little bent. Shenanigans? That photo in trees looks like the wings are both GONE. Strange.

Thanks. EXACTLY what I was looking for. I have this engine in my new to me plane. Pilot says he refueled. Apparently FAA doesn't have enough resources to do much evaluation if no fatalities. Engine is STRONG and has thirty hours since installation on my plane. Crankshaft gear inspected. New bolts and lock tab on rear cover with new gaskets/sump intake and exhaust gaskets. Fuel servo repaired. Bendix mags inspected, lubed and cleaned. This engine runs really cool on oil and cylinder temps. I have 6.5 hours and no oil has needed added since change right before pick-up. Super smooth with Hartzell two blade Top Prop. Would LOVE to know what REAL cause of this plane going down was, but will likely NEVER know.

Midair while grouping to land. Gut wrenching.

Report out of Reno. Tragic end to an era.

Thanks TOTO. I had found the Kathryn's Report (lack of info) and I to don't visit BeechTalk. Appreciate your reply. Scott

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See photos. This plane lost power while going up a canyon and pilot put plane down walking away. From the photos it appears that the engine was NOT under power (prop tips). I couldn't find any info on the cause of the loss of power in my search. Thanks for help. Scott

The violence is forward in the stop. NOT in the rebound. Whether with or without headrests THAT is clearly shown. Thank you for validation. Now if rearended(not a likely plane scenario) Headrests, if properly designed and installed, could greatly mitigate cervical injury.

My ‘65 never had them…As previously stated. Scott

I see and don’t disagree with any of your points as stated here. Regarding benefits, as installed I see none and would never retrofit them in my Mooney. Shoulder harnesses? Absolutely.

I patently disagree. Scott