[Vwdiesel] Vimy bomber replica

[Area31 Research Facility]

Sandy,

What a totally cool opportunity for you!

I guess what I don't understand is that such a large plane with such low
wing loading and such massive engines is only able to fly the speed of a car
driving on the 401 and at an altitude of 300 or so feet for the proposed
Atlantic crossing?  Heck, maybe he shud put floats on the plane and cross
the Atlantic at sea level and pick up an extra world record at the same
time.  Maybe the answer to my ignorance is in the websites you have linked
in a following post.

My day was not nearly so exciting.  I was doing bodywork on my *new* 1991
Turbo Jetta.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Cameron" <scameron at compmore.net>
To: <vwdiesel at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:59 AM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Vimy bomber replica


> There are enough aviators here, that I am unabashed at posting this.
>
> I had the experience of a lifetime today, as 4 guys in 2 cessna 150's (I
was
> one of them), accessed by canola burning VW diesel, (obligatory diesel
> content) landed at Ottawa's Rockcliffe airport and taxied up the the new
air
> museum hanger where Steve Fossett's Vimy replica is being prepared for its
> Atlantic crossing. There was not much public fuss, it seemed to have gone
> almost without notice.
> There it sat in the hanger with the doors open, while 3 airmechs fitted
> cowlings to the engines. To demonstrate how informal things were, I, and a
> friend, held one of the cowlings in place while the airmech fitted it to
the
> brackets and installed the fasteners.
>
> Needless to say, my digital camera got up close and personal with the
plane.
> The biggest (Garret?) turbo I have ever seen, an intercooler the size of a
> mack radiator, V8 orenda liquid cooled piston  engines made in toronto,
and
> 60 some odd feet of fabric covered wings.
>
> Once I get the pix sorted (good from duds) and burned to a disk, I will
> arrange to go somewhere that has high speed, and send them to those who
> might be interested.
>
> No way am I going to try to shove them through my 56k modulated knothole.
> I should live so long.
>
> Tony, any ideas?
> (Tony is my golf flogging computer guru)
>
> Sandy
>
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