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Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Closeups

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Closeups
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:26:49 -0500
Jim, that is one of the nicest photos of a King Air I've ever seen. Good job.


On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the kind words, Chris.  Here is a photo of the King Air 350 at
> sundown.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1802+FM.tif.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 6/16/2015 9:59 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>>
>>> To an Aeronautical Engineer, the business end of a modern turboprop is a
>>> thing of beauty.  Maybe not the same for everyone.  Here is the
>>> propulsion system of a Beech King Air 350.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Propulsion.JPG.html
>>>
>>       You don't have to be an aeronautical engineer to appreciate a
>> turboprop.  That one looks downright sexy.  The intake is far better
>> sculpted than I usually see for a PT-6 style engine (intake in the rear,
>> exhaust in the front).
>>
>>       Do you have a photo of the entire aircraft?
>>
>>       It's tough to beat the short-field performance of a turboprop.  On
>> the C-130E/H, you get 60% of your maximum forward thrust when in reverse.
>>
>>       BTW:  I was watching the old Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air
>> Command" yesterday.  Wonderful footage of the B-36, B-47, KC-97, and an
>> air-to-air refueling scene of a B-47 and KC-97.  Despite the number of time
>> I've watched this movie, I did spot one flaw this time around.  There's a
>> scene where you're looking at a B-36 cruising, and it has all four jets
>> operating.  My understanding was that those were for takeoff only.  They
>> burned the same 180-octane avgas as for the other six engines.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>>       - Hunter S. Thompson
>
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