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Flying Tank? (Read 419 times)

Nov 23^rd, 2009 at 10:53pm

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Or fortunate pilot and passenger?

Sounds like he credits the Stearman.....

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/0114B2...

I saw Mr. Stix fly this plane around quite a lot as a youngster.

The ol' "Any landing you can walk away from......".

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Reply #1 - Nov 24^th, 2009 at 3:24pm

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Ouch

Good job they survived!
I always think of IL-2s, and A-10s as the tanks of the air. Now the Stearman can join too Grin

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Reply #2 - Nov 24^th, 2009 at 4:00pm

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And i thought you were going to say something about this

http://www.concretepiano.com/index.php?pr=J_Walter_Christies_Flying_Tank

Bruce

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Reply #3 - Nov 24^th, 2009 at 8:39pm

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Too bad about that ol' gal, but she did a good job of protecting them.

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Reply #4 - Nov 25^th, 2009 at 12:32am

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Bruce448 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 4:00pm:

And i thought you were going to say something about this

http://www.concretepiano.com/index.php?pr=J_Walter_Christies_Flying_Tank

Bruce

Thanx for sharin' that! I have never heard of such a craft.

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Reply #5 - Nov 25^th, 2009 at 12:36am

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beaky wrote on Nov 24^th, 2009 at 8:39pm:

Too bad about that ol' gal, but she did a good job of protecting them.

The noteworthy part of the pics of it for me was how well the support(s) between the fuselage and the upper wing held up.

For as long as I can recall, Mr. Stix has always orbitted for a spell over the annual drag boat races that have been held on a lake near the airport he calls home. Next year we'll have to guess if a 'circler' is him or not.

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Reply #6 - Nov 25^th, 2009 at 4:56pm