[BITList] Fwd: Oldest Boeing Airliner In Flying Condition

[John Feltham]

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> Oldest Boeing Airliner In Flying Condition
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> This is as it should be - passengers in closed cabin, pilot in open  
> cockpit so he will stay awake. The airplane is in Spokane , WA , and  
> is the oldest flying Boeing in the World.
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> After 8 years of repair and rebuilding and 8,000 hours of toil the  
> Boeing 40C rolled out last winter as a finished airplane. They had  
> to wait a few weeks for the snow to melt to fly this baby. They  
> received their Standard Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA and  
> completed the engine pre-oil and fuel flow tests for the first of  
> the taxi tests.
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> Facts for the Boeing 40 project:
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> 221½ gallons of dope/reducer and 120 yards of 102 ceconite fabric.  
> 12 gallons of poly urethane paint for the sheet metal. The wings  
> have 33,000 individual parts in them. The airplane weighs 4080 lbs  
> empty, has a gross weight of 6075 lbs. It is 34 ft long and 13 feet  
> tall with a wing span of 44½ feet.
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> Wing loading is 10 lbs per sq ft and power loading is 10 Pounds per  
> HP. It should cruise at 115 mph using 28 GPH, and 32 GPH at 120 mph.  
> It carries 120 gallons of fuel in three tanks.
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> 350 - 2 inch brushes were used to apply 6 gallons of West Systems  
> epoxy, and 181 rolls of paper towels for cleanup.
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> There were a total of 62 volunteers who worked on the project to s  
> ome degree. 21 of the volunteers did a significant amount of work,  
> and 9 of the volunteers worked continuously during the 8 year project.
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ooroo

If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door.

Anon.



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