Bolter Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 I went down an internet rabbit hole, and was reading about the Medicine Bow mail airport from the 1930's. There was a history written by a woman who's father was the caretaker for many years, and lived at the airport. This story of a an early passenger/mail combo flight that was forced down due to extreme winter weather caught my attention (my underline): The temperatures were below zero, and the pilot was afraid that the oil would become too thick if left in the plane on the field overnight, and that the plane could not be started once the weather cleared and the "ship" was permitted to continue the flight. The oil was drained from the motor into one of Mother's galvanized wash tubs, which was placed on her kitchen stove for the night to keep warm.. The following morning, the weather cleared and the pilot was permitted to take off. The oil was poured back into the engine, the passengers were picked up from the hotel, and the plane continued its trip. Makes me appreciate my multi-weight oil and Reiff heaters much more! https://www.airmailaviator.com/blog/preserving-our-heritage-an-update-on-the-airport-weather-house#comments https://www.atchistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/MedicineBowHistory_all.pdf https://bigfoot99.com/bigfoot99-news/colorado-pilot-raising-money-for-a-carbon-county-airport/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colorado-pilot-raising-money-for-a-carbon-county-airport Quote
MB65E Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 Sounds like a typical night in the Midwest during winter. I’ve brought batteries back to the hotel, Drained oil at shutdown. Then poured fresh new oil in the AM after the night at the warm hotel. -Matt 1 Quote
Hank Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 13 minutes ago, MB65E said: Sounds like a typical night in the Midwest during winter. I’ve brought batteries back to the hotel, Drained oil at shutdown. Then poured fresh new oil in the AM after the night at the warm hotel. -Matt Why in the sam hill would people voluntarily live somewhere like that??? 2 Quote
MikeOH Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 33 minutes ago, Hank said: Why in the sam hill would people voluntarily live somewhere like that??? Yuup! Every time someone asks why I put up with Kalifornia, I just step outside in my shorts and t-shirt and enjoy today's 70+ degree weather and clear skies in January 2 2 Quote
Justin Schmidt Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 4 hours ago, MikeOH said: Yuup! Every time someone asks why I put up with Kalifornia, I just step outside in my shorts and t-shirt and enjoy today's 70+ degree weather and clear skies in January I'll just put on a coat take my automatic out and have fun 1 Quote
MikeOH Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 Just now, Justin Schmidt said: I'll just put on a coat take my automatic out and have fun What's a 'coat'? Quote
Justin Schmidt Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, MikeOH said: What's a 'coat'? Wouldn't you be asking what's an automatic lol Quote
MikeOH Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 14 minutes ago, Justin Schmidt said: Wouldn't you be asking what's an automatic lol Nah, got a few of those...yes, even in Kalifornia! Quote
0TreeLemur Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 11 hours ago, Hank said: Why in the sam hill would people voluntarily live somewhere like that??? I did 11 years in Laramie, about 30 miles from there. Like many people who move to the pretty mountains at 7200 ft (ISA temperature =0C), where the wind from mid-September through mid-May is 240@18G41, it started out "voluntary". Towards the end of the 11 years it began to feel "involuntary". Needless to say, I didn't fly while I lived there. The colds air temperature while I was there was (no-kidding) -40. In the summer on a hot 90F day, the DA is 10,000 ft. Alabama is a much better place for the aviation minded, except it's been to damn cold of late for me. Quote
0TreeLemur Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 14 hours ago, Bolter said: I went down an internet rabbit hole If you want to go even farther, read about H.A. Collison. Here's a brief intro https://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/collison-ha He pioneered early skud running airmail in open cockpit biplanes in Wyoming blizzards. He was legend. Wrecked airplanes. Landed in 2-ft deep snow. Cheated death so many times. Check this out - the article on the right side of the page discusses him quite a bit. https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042470/1923-08-22/ed-1/seq-1.pdf Sadly, he was the captain of United flight 4 that suffered a night CFIT about 11 miles NW of Cheyenne in Oct. 1935. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_4 The accident was a real tragedy. Great video about that bit of history on youtube. 2 Quote
Ibra Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 (edited) 19 hours ago, MikeOH said: Yuup! Every time someone asks why I put up with Kalifornia, I just step outside in my shorts and t-shirt and enjoy today's 70+ degree weather and clear skies in January Florida should work as well? it gets cold from time to time but they bought snow removal vehicules Edited January 25 by Ibra 2 Quote
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