Fairchild Club Forum

'It would be helpful of the future site allowed inserting photos with messages.'

'Must be for a 24. Part number isn't anything like PT numbers.
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'Is that Jacksonville Illinois, Jacksonville Florida, Jacksonville North Carolina, Jacksonville Arkansas, Jacksonville Alabama, Jacksonville Texas,  Jacksonville Maryland, Jacksonville Maine, Jacksonville Georgia, or Jacksonville Montana?
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'Have just installed the GDL82.
Installation was straight forward.Now going for the verification process.
Charles, N69167
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'II have added 4 photos of my tow bar and tow tug into the album N69167.'

'I've added 4 photos of the towbar and towtug for the PTs to the N69167 photo album. (Note: there are 2 albums with the same name)
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'I’ve been using a manual tower from Bogart Aviation that works very well. It is in 2 parts, what they call a Bogi-Bars for tail wheels, with a Drop Handle that get the towbar part below the rudder. See at: https://bogertaviation.com/collections/bogi-bars-aircraft-tow-bars-and-tow-bar-accessories I ...

'Tony, Many thank yous for the detailed response to my flight time question. It is interesting how the training times varied, often to meet the immediate needs of the various air forces for new pilots. As revealed in several books about WW II sometime pilots entered combat with marginal training, an...

'I'm curious - What would be the typical amount of time a new pilot-in-training would have in a PT-19 or -26 before moving on to a heavier and more powerful aircraft? I'm thinking about the training that was common in the WW II days.'

' Recently I fabricated an engine mount for a Ranger engine to use while getting my PT air born again. I also have most of the parts needed to make a display engine (definitely not airworthy) using the now empty mount, other than the cylinders. So now I'm trying to find six L-440 cylinders to comple...