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  Topic: TW's R-2800 - Parts Search - A-26 Exhaust Collector Springs
tspath

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PostForum: Help with Projects, Research, Finding Information   Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:39   Subject: TW's R-2800 - Parts Search - A-26 Exhaust Collector Springs
I worked for Premier Jets in Hillsboro, Oregon. They had 2 A26’s at one time. One was disassembled and shipped to Taiwan in exchange for F5’s. One A26 may still be around Hillboro or Corvallis air ...
  Topic: Video about TC-18
tspath

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PostForum: Wright Engines   Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 19:04   Subject: TC18
Yes, indeed this engine was pretty much the pinnacle of aviation piston engine development. I learned on them in A&P school in the 1970?s. When I worked at Rockwell International Space Division on ...
  Topic: Military. Vs civilian models
tspath

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PostForum: Wright Engines   Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 17:17   Subject: Re: Correction
I inadvertently used VC-118 (Douglas DC-6) when I meant VC-121 (Lockheed L-749) in my preceding post.
Many of the Lockheed VC-121A Connies were named, example being Bataan for Gen Douglas McArthur. ...
  Topic: Turbulent Journey: The Jumo Engine, Operation Paperclip
tspath

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PostForum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference   Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 22:00   Subject: Jumo engine
Thanks for posting this. Reiner Decher was a professor in Aero & Astro at the University of Washington which I attended 1970 to 1974. Sorry I didn?t take the opportunity then to get to know him be ...
  Topic: Frank Robinson passed away
tspath

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PostForum: Non-Technical Discussion   Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 22:19   Subject: Frank Robinson passed away
In about 1977 I was working as an engineer at the Los Angeles Aircraft Division of Rockwell International. The plant was at the corner of Aviation Blvd and Imperial Highway, where the freight ramp is ...
 
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