X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:56:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from S4.cableone.net ([24.116.0.230] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1081379 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:04:13 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.116.0.230; envelope-from=n23sw@cableone.net Received: from [10.0.1.40] (unverified [24.117.206.51]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 55693378 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:48:54 -0700 X-Original-Return-Path: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5-216895513 X-Original-Message-Id: From: Don Morris Subject: Re: [LML] Unusal airframe mod X-Original-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:03:39 -0700 X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-SpamDetect: **: 2.000000 Possible url forgery/scam=2.0 X-UrlForgery: (http://mail.lancaironline.net) (http://mail.lancaironlin) X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 23, in=102, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.206.51 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net --Apple-Mail-5-216895513 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I'm not sure how it was done, but those images do not depict a 737 vertical stabilizer and rudder. There is no way that is a normal 737 tail. There is no where near enough rudder and vertical stabilizer to maintain directional control for a lost engine. I flew 737's for 26 years and have never seen one that looks like the pix. Don Morris On Apr 25, 2006, at 9:16 PM, James H. Keyworth wrote: > Hey LMLers, > > I need your help confirming what appears to be the ultimate in > airframe modifications: a Boeing 737 retrofitted (emphasis on > "retro") with the rudder of a Curtiss C-46 Commando --- maybe to > reduce wetted area and drag. At first I thought it was a trick of > the light, but on closer examination...I dunno. > > Perhaps some of you stratosphere aviators may have seen a similar > thing. Attached images (1 & 2) are unretouched and cut from my 8 > megapixel exposure taken at ground level April 22nd of the aircraft > flying over northwest Washington, along the standard Sea-Tac to > CYVR route, presumably above FL150. (Note: image 2 is a 3X > enlargement.) > > Images 3 & 4 were taken earlier and show unmodified B737s along a > parallel route a couple of miles to the east. > > JHK > <4 Normal Boeing 737.jpg> > <3 Normal Boeing 737.jpg> > <2 B737 with C-46 tail-x3.jpg> > <1 B737 with Curtiss C-46 tail.png> > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/ Don Morris dmorris@cableone.net 1391 Escalante Dr. Prescott, AZ 86303 928 777-0737 928-925-5940 (c) --Apple-Mail-5-216895513 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'm not sure how it was done, = but those images do not depict a 737 vertical stabilizer and rudder.=A0 = There is no way that is a normal 737 tail.=A0 There is no where near = enough rudder and vertical stabilizer=A0 to maintain directional control = for a lost engine.=A0 I flew 737's for 26 years and have never seen one = that looks like the pix.

Don Morris
On = Apr 25, 2006, at 9:16 PM, James H. Keyworth wrote:

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Hey LMLers,
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I need your = help=A0confirming what appears to be the ultimate in airframe = modifications: a Boeing 737 retrofitted (emphasis on "retro") with the = rudder of a Curtiss C-46 Commando --- maybe to reduce wetted area and = drag.=A0 At first=A0I thought it was a trick of the light, but on closer = examination...I dunno.
=A0
Perhaps = some of you stratosphere aviators may have seen a=A0similar thing.=A0 = Attached images (1 & 2) are unretouched and cut from my=A08 = megapixel exposure taken at ground level April 22nd of the aircraft = flying over northwest Washington, along the standard Sea-Tac to CYVR = route, presumably above FL150.=A0 (Note: image 2 is a 3X = enlargement.)
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Images = 3 & 4 were taken=A0earlier=A0and show=A0unmodified B737s = along=A0a=A0parallel route a couple of miles to the east.
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JHK
<4 Normal = Boeing 737.jpg>
<3 Normal Boeing = 737.jpg>
<2 B737 with C-46 = tail-x3.jpg>
<1=A0 B737 with Curtiss C-46 = tail.png>
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Don Morris

dmorris@cableone.net

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1391 Escalante = Dr.

Prescott, = AZ 86303

928 = 777-0737

928-925-5940 (c)


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