Re: PT 26

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Gennaro
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PT 26

Post by Gennaro »

'I'm a volunteer at a museum that is restoring a Canadian PT 26.  We are interested in discovering the function of the metal tri-colored bracket just below the instrument panel that can be seen in the attached photo,  The bracket is painted red,yellow and green, with six holes ,two in each color.  What is this? Gennaro Avolio P.S. can't attach '
Michael Denest
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Re: PT 26

Post by Michael Denest »

'Container for flares.  The flare pistol was mounted on the right side.  What museum?  Mike D.  From: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 8:36 PM
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [fairchildclub] PT 26   
I'm a volunteer at a museum that is restoring a Canadian PT 26.  We are interested in discovering the function of the metal tri-colored bracket just below the instrument panel that can be seen in the attached photo,  The bracket is painted red,yellow and green, with six holes ,two in each color.  What is this? Gennaro AvolioP.S. can't attach'
Gennaro
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Re: PT 26

Post by Gennaro »

'Mike Thanks, I presume different colors were for different colors of flares.   Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum


-----Original Message-----
From: 'Michael Denest' mjd12k@yahoo.com [fairchildclub]
To: fairchildclub
Sent: Sun, Jan 22, 2017 5:51 pm
Subject: RE: [fairchildclub] PT 26

  Container for flares.  The flare pistol was mounted on the right side.   What museum?   Mike D.   From: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 8:36 PM
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [fairchildclub] PT 26     I'm a volunteer at a museum that is restoring a Canadian PT 26.  We are interested in discovering the function of the metal tri-colored bracket just below the instrument panel that can be seen in the attached photo,  The bracket is painted red,yellow and green, with six holes ,two in each color.  What is this? 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Michael Denest
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Re: PT 26

Post by Michael Denest »

'The flares were used to signal other training aircraft in the pattern.  Someone mentioned what the colors meant but I do not recall at this time.   Mike  From: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 10:11 PM
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] PT 26   
Mike Thanks, I presume different colors were for different colors of flares.  Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum

-----Original Message-----
From: 'Michael Denest' mjd12k@yahoo.com [fairchildclub]
To: fairchildclub
Sent: Sun, Jan 22, 2017 5:51 pm
Subject: RE: [fairchildclub] PT 26  Container for flares.  The flare pistol was mounted on the right side. What museum? Mike D.  From: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com [fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 8:36 PM
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [fairchildclub] PT 26   I'm a volunteer at a museum that is restoring a Canadian PT 26.  We are interested in discovering the function of the metal tri-colored bracket just below the instrument panel that can be seen in the attached photo,  The bracket is painted red,yellow and green, with six holes ,two in each color.  What is this? Gennaro AvolioP.S. can't attach'
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