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Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:37 pm
by J
Here is a video about the first Air Force One that may be of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ehwvZXVKmPU
And here is a later video from last year showing the plane after a ferry flight from AZ for restoration by Dynamic Aviation in Virginia.
One of the engines looks like it is consuming a lot of oil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noK9RCBh9iE
Re: Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:29 am
by elaw
Well... an engine that's consuming oil is an engine that's running... and that's better than one that's not!
Re: Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:35 pm
by flyboy2548m
If there is no oil UNDER a radial engine, that can only be because there is no oil IN the radial engine.
Re: Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:28 pm
by monchavo
That thing is a real beast!
Re: Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:29 am
by flyboy2548m
Quite an undertaking, a restoration like that. Consider that it took Lufthansa (with all their resources) three airplanes to build one.
Re: Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:03 pm
by elaw
And once you've restored it, you have to maintain it!
I remember seeing an interview with someone from a group that had restored a WWII bomber - I think it was the Commemorative Air Force and the B-17. The guy said that altogether it cost about $20,000 an hour to operate the aircraft... ouch!
Re: Effort to Save Ike's Constellation
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:43 pm
by flyboy2548m
And once you've restored it, you have to maintain it!
I remember seeing an interview with someone from a group that had restored a WWII bomber - I think it was the Commemorative Air Force and the B-17. The guy said that altogether it cost about $20,000 an hour to operate the aircraft... ouch!
If he is exaggerating, it's not by much. These are expensive toys.