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Photo Date: On 14 September 2013 Credit: Brad Donner Date Uploaded: 10 November 2014 Airframe: Fairchild F-24W-46, c/n W-46-305, c/r N77605 Notes: The turtle deck, or top of the fuselage. The F-24 fuselage structure is welded steel tubing. The fuselage curvature is the result of an elaborate former and stringer assembly attached to the top, side, and bottom of the welded steel tubing structure. The top part of this assembly is VEERRRRYYYY elaborate and takes many labor hours and a giant mound of expensive sawdust to create. Here it is between coats of varnish. Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by Brad Donner as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 13 September 2013 Credit: Brad Donner Date Uploaded: 10 November 2014 Airframe: Fairchild F-24W-46, c/n W-46-305, c/r N77605 Notes: Detail shot of the cabin air registers. Here you can see the vent itself and the frame pieces that surround it. The frame pieces are spruce that has been varnished and then covered with mohair upholstery. Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by Brad Donner as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 12 September 2013 Credit: Brad Donner Date Uploaded: 10 November 2014 Airframe: Fairchild F-24W-46, c/n W-46-305, c/r N77605 Notes: Another fun day of wet sanding. Here you can see the inlet for the cabin air vents. This opening is a lot more elaborate than it looks. The leading edges of the wings are mahogany. This opening, which has a screen cover once its finished, creates an air plenum which is formed by the inside of the leading edge skin and the front face of the forward spar. There is a solid nose rib just outboard of the opening to prevent air from moving outboard of the opening. The air is routed through this wooden plenum to registers in the roof of the cabin just above the windshield frame. These registers are adjustable through a small plunger that moves a vane to modulate the amount of air coming into the cabin - remember, this was before the invention of the eyeball or Wemac vent. True to all things Fairchild - it is elaborate, has a high parts count, and is labor intensive to get right. But all worth it in the end. Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by Brad Donner as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 29 June 2001 Credit: Brad Donner Date Uploaded: 10 November 2014 Airframe: Fairchild F-24W-46, c/n W-46-305, c/r N77605 Notes: Fred before he stopped flying. This picture was taken at Aero Country Airport in McKinney, TX (T-31) after an annual inspection. The airplane changed hands a few times between the late 1980s and my acquisition of it in 2004. As best I can tell, the airplane was never recovered after the 1963 Gupton rebuild in California, but it was repainted. Compare this image with the images taken in the 1960s and note the different trim configuration, particularly on the cowling and wheel pants. A previous owner had also swapped the Aeromatic F220 propeller out for a Flottorp propeller. I had the Aeromatic rebuilt and have retained the Flottorp as a spare. The airplane looks good in this picture, but it was in need of a rebuild. The fabric and paint were showing their age, the interior was badly worn, and some of the internal woodwork was deteriorating. It was time... Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by Brad Donner as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 20 May 1978 Credit: Peter Nicholson Date Uploaded: 9 November 2014 Airframe: Fairchild Argus III, s/n HB751 RAF, c/n 0989, c/r G-BCBL Notes: On display at the 1978 Biggin Hill Air Fair, Kent as RAF Argus III HB 751. Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by Peter Nicholson as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 20 September 2014 Credit: John Bennett Date Uploaded: 9 November 2014 Airframe: Morane Saulnier MS-880B, c/n 289, c/r F-BKYD Notes: Taken at Albert, France Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by John Bennett as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 20 September 2014 Credit: John Bennett Date Uploaded: 9 November 2014 Airframe: Morane Saulnier MS-733 Alcyon, s/n 116 ALA, c/n 116, c/r F-BMQI Notes: Taken at Albert, France Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by John Bennett as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 20 September 2014 Credit: John Bennett Date Uploaded: 9 November 2014 Airframe: Morane Saulnier MS-730 Alcyon, s/n 131 ALA, c/n 131, c/r F-BLXT Notes: Taken at Albert, France Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by John Bennett as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 21 May 2006 Credit: John Bennett Date Uploaded: 9 November 2014 Airframe: SEPECAT Jaguar E, s/n E35 ALA, c/n E.35 Notes: Taken at Rochefort - St Agnant, France Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by John Bennett as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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Photo Date: On 20 September 2014 Credit: John Bennett Date Uploaded: 9 November 2014 Airframe: SEPECAT Jaguar E, s/n E35 ALA, c/n E.35 Notes: Taken at Albert, France Airframe Dossier - Location Dossier View other photos by John Bennett as the... Photographer - Uploader - Both |
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