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    I want to thank Jack for the call. Being in my...

    I want to thank Jack for the call. Being in my golden years I needed to decide wether to risk attending or not. Have been going for so many years it would have been a difficult decision. I know...
  2. I am not an engineer but question the use of the...

    I am not an engineer but question the use of the NACA 66-009 airfoil. Although this airfoil has a very low drag coefficient in the very narrow laminar drag bucket it also has a poor lift to drag...
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    I get there Friday am before the show and camp...

    I get there Friday am before the show and camp west of sunset. Most of the sites east of Dolittle are electric or electric and water reserved sites, or generator sites, or are used by volunteers who...
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    I to have been going to Oshkosh ( the locals call...

    I to have been going to Oshkosh ( the locals call it EAA ) on day trips for many years but started camping at Scholler about 7 years ago. The first morning still gives me chills as I woke to...
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    I would like to thank the volunteers as they are...

    I would like to thank the volunteers as they are the reason the show can go on. With out them the worlds greatest airshow and maybe the greatest show of any kind would not be possible. They are there...
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    Was out of town over the weekend but stopped by...

    Was out of town over the weekend but stopped by Jack's last night. It was almost two years ago that he did the nose but he recalls the thickness was 3/ 32". He basically made a giant heat gun that...
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    My uncle, see ( Bally 1/3 B-17 G ) "blew" the...

    My uncle, see ( Bally 1/3 B-17 G ) "blew" the nose for his project. We had done some trials with scrap plexi and found that it did not need to be very hot to be quite flexable, but it cools to...
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    I have had good luck cutting alumimun with a...

    I have had good luck cutting alumimun with a table saw or skill saw as has my uncle, see 1/3 B-17. He has cut 4" blocks on a table saw by cutting half way from each side. To slow the saw down to help...
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