From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: References: <28.42bf1255.2d416f21@aol.com> Subject: Re: Waco CG-4A walkaround Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:47:58 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00B0_01C3F942.1F7624E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B0_01C3F942.1F7624E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Michael, Thanks for sending in your 17 Waco walkaround photos (an thumbnails). = I'm catch up on a backlog of e-mails....sorry for the slow response. = I'll e-mail you when your walkaround photos go on ARC. They are very = good. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Sonarmanb@aol.com=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:23 AM Subject: Waco CG-4A walkaround My name is Michael Boyd and I am conducting a series of = interior/exterior walkarounds of the aircraft at the Air Mobility = Command Museum at Dover AFB, Dover DE. I have so far covered the = following aircraft: C-47A, AT-6C, HH-43B, KC-97A, C-133B,C-7A. I also = have exterior walkarounds of the following aircraft: F-101B, PT-17, = C-54M (I plan on getting interior shots of this airplane in the future), = and the following equipment: P&W R-2000, P&W R-4360, AIM-4 Falcon AAM = and AIR-2 Genie nuclear AAM. If you are interested in any of these = subjects, please let me know. For starters, I have a follow-up to your = Waco CG-4A glider cockpit walkaround. I was able to get full access to = both the restored and unrestored parts of the aircraft and have 17 = photos of it (3 of the cockpit controls and instrument panel with = numbers for reference). I have numbered and ordered them in accordance = with ARC guidelines . I will send the thumbnails with this e-mail and = the rest of the pictures in 3 additional e-mails (please let me know if = you can handle large files all at once for the future). Article details = follow: (title) Waco CG-4A Combat Glider s/n 45-15009 photos taken by Michael Boyd sonarmanb@aol.com The photos below were taken at the Air Mobility Command Museum at = Dover AFB, Dover DE on 10 January 2004. The photos are in 2 groups, the first covering the restored nose = section on display at the museum and the second covering the unrestored = cargo/troop compartment and rear fuselage sections in the restoration = hangar on the base (the wings and tail surfaces were stacked against the = hangar wall and inaccessible). Group 1 (nose section) 01.jpg Right side view of restored nose section 02.jpg Cockpit viewed from rear 03.jpg Cockpit controls (numbered as follows:) 1. Pilot's control wheel 2. Copilot's control wheel 3. Instrument panel 4. Interphone microphone 5. Pilot's rudder pedals 6. Toe brakes 7. Copilot's rudder pedals (no toe brakes) 8. Spoiler control rods (left and right) 9. Nose release lever 04.jpg Instrument panel (numbered as follows:) 1. Navigation light switches 2. Landing light switch 3. Airspeed indicator 4. Rate-of-climb indicator 5. Turn-and-bank indicator 6. Altimiter 7. Compass 05.jpg Overhead controls (numbered as follows:) 1. Tow line release 2. Rudder trim 3. Elevator trim 4. Aileron trim 5. Parachute release 06.jpg Pitot tube above nose 07.jpg Nose framing left side 08.jpg Cockpit floor from left side (note nose release and spoiler = levers) 09.jpg Pilot seat from left front 10.jpg Copilot sear from rear Group 2 (unrestored fuselage sections in restoration hangar) 11.jpg Cargo/troop compartment details 12.jpg Cargo/troop compartment from rear 13.jpg Left main landing gear 14.jpg Right main landing gear 15.jpg Rear fuselage and tailwheel (note the 2 zippered access flaps) 16.jpg Elevator control pulleys in upper rear fuselage near tail 17.jpg One of four troop benches from cargo/troop compartment (so = lightweight, I saw a 7-year old child lift it) -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- ------=_NextPart_000_00B0_01C3F942.1F7624E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Michael,
Thanks for sending in your 17 Waco = walkaround=20 photos (an thumbnails). I'm catch up on a backlog of = e-mails....sorry for=20 the slow response.  I'll e-mail you when your walkaround=20 photos go on ARC.  They are very good.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
 
Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've = never been=20 hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Sonarmanb@aol.com
To: sheb@telus.net
Sent: Thursday, January 22, = 2004 10:23=20 AM
Subject: Waco CG-4A = walkaround

My name is Michael Boyd and = I am=20 conducting a series of interior/exterior walkarounds of the aircraft = at the=20 Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Dover DE. I have so far = covered the=20 following aircraft: C-47A, AT-6C, HH-43B, KC-97A, C-133B,C-7A. I also = have=20 exterior walkarounds of the following aircraft: F-101B, PT-17, C-54M = (I plan=20 on getting interior shots of this airplane in the future), and the = following=20 equipment: P&W R-2000, P&W R-4360, AIM-4 Falcon AAM and AIR-2 = Genie=20 nuclear AAM. If you are interested in any of these subjects, please = let me=20 know. For starters, I have a follow-up to your Waco CG-4A glider = cockpit=20 walkaround. I was able to get full access to both the restored and = unrestored=20 parts of the aircraft and have 17 photos of it (3 of the cockpit = controls and=20 instrument panel with numbers for reference). I have numbered and = ordered them=20 in accordance with ARC guidelines . I will send the thumbnails with = this=20 e-mail and the rest of the pictures in 3 additional e-mails (please = let me=20 know if you can handle large files all at once for the future). = Article=20 details follow:
 
 
(title)  Waco CG-4A = Combat Glider=20 s/n 45-15009
 
photos taken by Michael = Boyd sonarmanb@aol.com
 
The photos below were taken = at the Air=20 Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Dover DE on 10 January=20 2004.
 
The photos are in 2 groups, = the first=20 covering the restored nose section on display at the museum and = the=20 second covering the unrestored cargo/troop compartment and rear = fuselage=20 sections in the restoration hangar on the base (the wings and tail = surfaces=20 were stacked against the hangar wall and inaccessible).
Group 1 (nose = section)
01.jpg  Right side = view of=20 restored nose section
02.jpg Cockpit viewed from=20 rear
03.jpg Cockpit controls = (numbered as=20 follows:)
    =    =20     1. Pilot's control wheel
    =    =20     2. Copilot's control wheel
    =    =20     3. Instrument panel
    =    =20     4. Interphone microphone
    =    =20     5. Pilot's rudder pedals
    =    =20     6. Toe brakes
    =    =20     7. Copilot's rudder pedals (no toe = brakes)
    =    =20     8. Spoiler control rods (left and = right)
    =    =20     9. Nose release lever
04.jpg Instrument panel = (numbered as=20 follows:)
    =    =20     1. Navigation light switches
    =    =20     2. Landing light switch
    =    =20     3. Airspeed indicator
    =    =20     4. Rate-of-climb indicator
    =    =20     5. Turn-and-bank indicator
    =    =20     6. Altimiter
    =    =20     7. Compass
05.jpg Overhead controls = (numbered as=20 follows:)
    =    =20     1. Tow line release
    =    =20     2. Rudder trim
    =    =20     3. Elevator trim
    =    =20     4. Aileron trim
    =    =20     5. Parachute release
06.jpg Pitot tube above=20 nose
07.jpg Nose framing left=20 side
08.jpg Cockpit floor from = left side=20 (note nose release and spoiler levers)
09.jpg Pilot seat from left = front
10.jpg Copilot sear from=20 rear
Group 2 (unrestored = fuselage sections=20 in restoration hangar)
11.jpg = Cargo/troop compartment=20 details
12.jpg = Cargo/troop compartment=20 from rear
13.jpg Left main landing=20 gear
14.jpg Right main landing=20 gear
15.jpg Rear fuselage and = tailwheel=20 (note the 2 zippered access flaps)
16.jpg Elevator control = pulleys in=20 upper rear fuselage near tail
17.jpg One of four troop = benches from=20 cargo/troop compartment (so lightweight, I saw a 7-year old child lift = it)
 

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