Transcontinental Airway System Beacons
I just learned about these historical sites and thought I'd share as many of the remaining sites may be on public lands, and I don't know where else to post the information anyway. There are GPS loca...
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wa_desert_rat wrote:
I had the Interstate Highway System!!!
IFR: I Follow Roads! ;)
A friend of mine, when I was working on my Private, had a T-Craft and taught me to prop it (hand spin the propeller to start the engine).
The next time I propped an aircraft was Art Scholls' 180hp S-1 Pitts Special in Tucson. He said it would only take 3 to 5 pulls. It was 20! I thought I'd die from exhaustion or falling into the prop. I later found out that that engine had a cracked crank shaft. (And he didn't even give me a lapel pin.) RIP Art!
LS
