Lovely shot of the big A.
Why did I think they all wore "pants" or whatever you call the wheel pods?
On Mar 25, 2015 9:19 AM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I didn't examine this power glider because of the cover over the canopy,
> but most of the ones I've seen locally have a retractable engine pylon
> behind the canopy. They make a powered takeoff and then shut down the
> engine, retract it into the fuselage, and fly like a glider.
>
> I thought you might like the Aeronca.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 3/25/2015 1:54 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>
>> I haven’t seen that sort of powered glider, Jim, if that’s a propeller on
>> the nose. It looks like RC models that I’ve seen, with blades that fold
>> back in the slipstream and outwards when under power.
>>
>> The Aeronca is a good shot.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 24 Mar 15, at 19:41, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> The first thing that caught my eye this morning was the contrasting
>>> stablemates in the corner of this hangar, a powered glider in front of a
>>> charter jet.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Stablemates+sm.jpg.html <
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Stablemates+sm.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> Then a breeze from the past brought in a newly restored Aeronca 7AC from
>>> the late 1940s.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Aeronca+7AC+sm.jpg.html <
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Aeronca+7AC+sm.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> Both courtesy of the Fuji X-E1 and the Fuji 18-55 kit lens
>>>
>>
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