That's a rather lovely machine, Jim; I'm sure that the torque from such a large
radial caused challenges when taking off and going around. But also the top
plane is so low that the pilot's face would be in upper flow, perhaps the
thinnest air.
They were men, those pilots!
Chris
On 14 Dec 2009, at 18:40, Jim Nichols wrote:
> In continuing to peruse images from the past, I came across this photo of the
> 1929 Curtis Wright Gulf Hawk, seen in a Florida museum in 1972. This is
> Serial No. 1, powered by a 650HP Pratt & Whitney radial.
>
> As a follow-up to Chris Barker's comments about relief tubes, this one shows
> the simplicity of the systems in use in the early years. The small funnel
> normally found beneath the pilot's seat is attached to a tube which
> terminates in the throat of the venturi which can be seen beneath the
> fuselage, directly under the cockpit. In flight, this arrangement guarantees
> that flow from the funnel is always in the proper direction. ;-)
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1929+Gulf+Hawk+in+1972.jpg.html
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