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Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:34 pm

Re: Photo thread: Ramp Mummies

Ramp Mummies at GXY..there are 8 of them..been there a long time.
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Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:46 pm

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Grants Pass Oregon. Beech 18 that has been pushed into the trees, been there so long that the trees have grown up in front of the wings.......

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Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:26 pm

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A few ramp mummies from Ritzville, Washington. Some of this junk is worth $$$$.

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Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:25 am

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Is the mower for sale? :?: [-o< Was past there last fall getting a Citabria frame straightened at Rainbow Ron's. What a shame to see that ol' spraybird wasting away.
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Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:20 am

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Is that volcanic ash on the floor under the Pawnee?..If it is that plane has been sitting there a loooooong time.
Hate to see any flying machine just wasteing away. Now as for taking bids on the lawnmower.....
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Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:44 am

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Hey HC,
That Pawnee has potential! With 250 HP and 35' Bushwheels it would make a great backcountry airplane at a reasonable cost. Pawnee's have a substantial cage protecting the pilot making them a pretty survivable airplane too. An IO-550 would be better yet. This one is only a 1974 airplane, practically brand new. I'd make it an experimental so I could buy parts at NAPA and not have to deal with the faa red tape.


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Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:15 pm

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Thats my Aero Commander! It is a military RL-26D, U-9D, Bu 57-6184.

Ed Forsberg

Petenpol69 wrote:
Savannah-Tom wrote:Here's a couple more "mummies".

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That one's a 337, but what is this old bird?

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Hello Everyone and Specially to Tom who posted the Aero Commander photo and the main reason I am here (but I am also in the process of reading and checking this forum as well... Since I fly a Pietenpol and of course I'm always looking for another grass trip to try!)

Tom where did you take that picture? and if you have the exact date that would be great too!

I belong to the Twin Commander Flight Group and my guess this is a late 50's Aero Commander either 560A, 680 or 680E (it all depends on the wingspan and the Lycoming GO-480 Series engines). The funny nose is a modification to host the radar, called the "Radome conversion."

We are interested to know where all our tough birds are, for general inventory and for spare parts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've noticed also that someone posted the 1st Air Force one, well the Aero Commander 560A was the first General Aviation Air Force one (1956 on loan while the Air Force commissioned the military version U-4B) the 1st one to have its present blue dominated paint scheme during President Eisenhower administration. The Super Constellation couldn't land at its regional airport to fly to his farm in Pennsylvania, but the AC could... At the end they ordered several, very safe plane at the time unlike choppers...

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsh ... asp?id=572

Anyways, I'm sure WAY more information that you wanted to hear about a "mummy" but I would really appreciate your answer and see you all around!

Great thread! Sincerely,

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Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:46 am

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This is a Cessna T-50 Bobcat (Bamboo Bomber) on the ramp in McGrath, AK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_AT-17

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Below is a Cessna 140 on the ramp at the airstrip in Kasilof, AK just south of Kenai.
This airplane looked in pretty bad shape, but after seeing many airplanes on many ramps in Alaska, this one wouldn't stand out much, lol. In the forefront is what looks like some sort of homemade tiedown aid in the form of a Bell Huey main rotor blade grip....

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Makes my 140 look like showroom new
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Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:48 pm

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Geeze, that Cessna T-50 could be put on display with Ramses the II.

Sad sight.
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Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:52 pm

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And that Bamboo Bomber was brand new at one time...I wonder what it's story is, and how it ended up there and in that condition?
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Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:11 pm

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Here is one trying to set up shop for a while:)

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Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:27 pm

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bart wrote:This is a Cessna T-50 Bobcat (Bamboo Bomber) on the ramp in McGrath, AK

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We've come full circle. See post #2 of this very thread. :)
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Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:17 pm

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Found these pics from the following link: http://discussions.flightaware.com/post129142.html
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Before the engines were taken off?
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Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:21 pm

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That one's a 337,.......


Might that gear be 'down and bolted'?...
I don't know how to blow up the photo, but it kinda looks it from here.....
If so it would be a 336......

Someone will confirm/deny I expect....
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Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:10 am

Re: Photo thread: Ramp Mummies

Littlecub wrote:
That one's a 337,.......


Might that gear be 'down and bolted'?...
I don't know how to blow up the photo, but it kinda looks it from here.....
If so it would be a 336......

Someone will confirm/deny I expect....
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lc


336 is a fixed gear?
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Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:09 am

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58Skylane wrote:
Littlecub wrote:
That one's a 337,.......


Might that gear be 'down and bolted'?...
I don't know how to blow up the photo, but it kinda looks it from here.....
If so it would be a 336......

Someone will confirm/deny I expect....
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lc


336 is a fixed gear?


yup. Never did see very many around.
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Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:54 pm

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When ever I see a 337,or in this case 336. I wounder if
you could put a turbine on the front and replace the rear
engine with a big door and have the perfect flying camper?
Only daydreaming.
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Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:14 pm

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At one point back ~30 yrs ago you could buy a 336 out of TAP (Trade-a-...) and part out the engines, radios, etc and make money on the deal. There we not a bunch of them before that point, and there were even fewer after. I always thought they made (some) sense. Cessna's highwing gear tended to be a mechanic's nightmare-scratch that-owners nightmare that the mechanic didn't much care for (but made shop-hours on). Then there also was insurance-which favored the 336. I might have bought one (or at least seriously wanted one) but they all had resident capricious electrical gremlins (Alum wiring?). Also the rear engine never made close to TBO if operated anywhere warm/hot.
The 337 with its gear put away was pretty slippery-aerodynamically it did real well. The gear on the 336 could have been fared to do OK, but it would have never worked in the backcountry with the prop in back to process the gravel kicked up by the front prop.
I do think a CLT twin made a lot of sense, Cessna just could/should have done a LOT better job of designing and building their version of the concept.

My 2 cents,
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:05 am

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46TCRFT wrote:When ever I see a 337,or in this case 336. I wounder if
you could put a turbine on the front and replace the rear
engine with a big door and have the perfect flying camper?
Only daydreaming.
46tcrft


There was an outfit here years ago that did that...but they were heading it for cargo. They did a few of them and developed the STC, but it never panned out from what I heard.
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