Thunder Over Michigan-Revisited

[adamsti]

Going back to finish off 2006 events,

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/7890%20Spitfire%20gear%20down.jpg

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/7869%20Spitfire.jpg

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/7466%20B-25%20black%20and%20white.jpg

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/7445%20B-17.jpg

http://www.timadamsphotography.com/7849%20Hurricane.jpg

[sam walker]

nice shots of those ols birds Adam the B25 is likely a local from Detroit. it was here a few years back at our air show. The pilot gave me a number of like 200 gallons of motor oil to fly from Detroit to Cleveland. Not very tight motors.
Sam

[andrewhuxman]

Nice shots Tim, I will be there this year;)

[PhotosGuy]

Dang! Did I forget that you were there, or not know in the first place?
Nice to see that you're crappy skies look the same as my crappy skies from that weekend! :D

[adamsti]

Dang! Did I forget that you were there, or not know in the first place?
Nice to see that you're crappy skies look the same as my crappy skies from that weekend! :D

I think you knew I was going, I just have not posted much from the show. Finally getting around to them. The sky was bad, and the angle of the sun was not good at all for photography.

[PhotosGuy]

Seems like I now remember that you were going, but then had to work that weekened, or am I thinking of someone else?

[RadAL]

my favorite is the shiny B17!

[Merlin Driver]

nice shots of those ols birds Adam the B25 is likely a local from Detroit. it was here a few years back at our air show. The pilot gave me a number of like 200 gallons of motor oil to fly from Detroit to Cleveland. Not very tight motors.
Sam

If a radial shows no oil, its out of oil. There are a zillion places for it to leak, push rod tubes, rocker box covers you name it. We use to burn 150 gals of fuel an hour and about 15 gals of oil per hour as well in the Yellow Rose.

Lynn

[PhotosGuy]

If a radial shows no oil, its out of oil. That's an interesting fact. How much did they carry for each engine? Dry/wet sump?

[adamsti]

That's an interesting fact. How much did they carry for each engine? Dry/wet sump?

Want to know what goes on inside a radial engine? Click here, http://www.republicphoto.com/articles/dreadsec/dreadsec.htm

Some numbers boggle the mind, like 28 cylinders, each 156 cubic inches!!!

[PhotosGuy]

1 sec = 30 gallon oil tank. A lonely tablespoon of oil has escaped past the piston rings, burned, and been blown overboard. Thanks! That's a great link!