From: Ed Kirkley (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 13:18:09 PST
Fred,
An APU is an "Auxiliary Power Unit" that handles electrical load if the
aircraft's generators are not on line. Normally used for ground power and
to assist in starting.
Regards,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Martin" <mung@in-touch.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 11:44
Subject: Re: [MV] B-17 History ?
> Steve....as I recall, there was another fellow in that workforce that they
> shipped out to a hospital and he died of, I think, a heart attack. I'm
also
> recalling (from memory) that the plane burned out on a frozen over lake.
> Apparently they were going to use it as their runway and as soon as the
lake
> thawed, it sank to a deep resting place. I know I had tears in my eyes
when it
> burned and I bet you guys did too. Boy did I ever want to see that baby
come back
> home. I'm not knowledgeable....whats a APU? Fred
>
> Steve Grammont wrote:
>
> > >Second, the Kee Bird, a B29, was landed on a frozen lake. An
expedition was
> > >put together by Daryl Greenamyer, with the plan to fly it out. As
stated,
> > >they got it running and ready to take off, and it was burned up by a
leaking
> > >gas can hanging over an APU.
> >
> > I remember seeing a documentary on this. One man died from injuries
> > sustained while mounting one of the engines.
> >
> > The fire, if I recall, was started by an electrical problem. While the
> > replaced and refurbished all the mechanical parts, they did not replace
> > the wiring. Apparently the age and weather had made the sheilding less
> > than functional in at least one spot. I don't remember the gas can, but
> > perhaps it was the electricals that started it up?
> >
> > Steve
> >
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