From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 15:24:18 PST
Yea, the Caribou almost crashed carrying in the dozer as it was too heavy
for the plane...
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Foley" <redmenaced@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] B-17 History ?
> They blew the tire out on the Caribou, then filled it
> with propane!! Evidently they didn't think to bring a
> compressor? Can't believe that. The guy dumping fuel
> on the "signal" fire from the can,....... not a good
> idea in a remote place,........ or any other for that
> matter.
>
> The showed them dropping a bearing in the dirt while
> putting one of the props together, not sure why they
> showed that.
>
> I still think it was just a reason to make a
> "documentary",......... Spielberg wannabe.
>
> The mechanic died from internal bleeding from a
> previous injury,....... from what I remember.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> --- Walter Houghton <FlyN3Nvt@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > On the video that was sent, it started out with the
> > trip to survey the A/C.
> > To get there, they had a UH-1C. The flew the huey
> > fully loaded, the 3rd
> > pasenger laying on the gear and he was at the
> > ceiling. The video showed the
> > huey straining to get in the air with the load. The
> > 3rd memeber had to stay
> > behind so the huey could fly. It then show them
> > making a makeshift runway
> > for a Dehaviland Carabou........Which blows a
> > cylinder at the B-29
> > site..........this is when that mech gets sick.
> > Anyway at one part they show the airplane
> > partially in the water. With the
> > shore line infront of them. They used the huey to
> > put weight on the
> > horizontal and weight the tail down to lift the nose
> > to get it out of the
> > water. SAD. Once on land they took a barrel of
> > fuel and a hose and
> > hooked it to the carb of the #4 Engine. They
> > proceded to start it. With
> > all 4 blades being bent and in a out of balance
> > conditon, what were they
> > trying to prove????? They eventually got a few
> > cylinders firing and it
> > idle'd rather crudly..........................It
> > just left me with a knot in
> > my stomach.
> > Jeff.............................
> >
> >
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