Get Me Some SPAD

[kham]

Even if it's not the right paintjob

Embedded video and little talky over at Bring the Heat

Something about those old giant piston engines never gets old

[PM2K]

Gawd, I LOVE these classic planes. Skyraiders rock!

Jets are where it's at, true, but nothing beats the classic lines of the piston driven planes.

[nachtjaeger]

Wasn't sure what this thread was going to be about. First, I thought it might be the WWI SPAD S.XIII, which Eddie Richenbacher flew to fame and glory. Another meaning of SPAD is "Signal Passed At Danger" - in British English, the railroad equivalent of CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain.)
But the Skyraider works, too!

[nachtjaeger]

One of the bazillion things on my "to do" list is build a radial-flow jet engine based on the Tesla (disc) turbine. Near as I can figure, it could be designed and built as a bolt-in replacement for a big Radial. With today's materials, precision machining, and a couple of tweaks I made to the basic turbine design, it might even be reasonably fuel efficient.

Gawd, I LOVE these classic planes. Skyraiders rock!

Jets are where it's at, true, but nothing beats the classic lines of the piston driven planes.

[schlamm]

Same bird, up close and personal

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[Mynock]

There's a lot of really cool aircraft engine restoration/startup vids on youtube, fun to watch.

[DangerGirl]

I flew up to the HFM a couple months ago and saw it in one of the hangars (I had seen it fly a few years back). An old gentleman approached us and introduced himself as Bill Anders, the owner. Yes, that Bill Anders.