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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Closeups
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:18:35 -0500
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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