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From A Galesburg Teacher

By Jim Stanfield On August 6, 2011 · Add Comment
by Celia Godsil It is Labor Day week 2011. For the 40th consecutive year Galesburg Illinois, a sleepy Midwest town surrounded by cornfields is waking up to the deep rumbling sounds of round engines in the sky. It is anticipated that by midweek the grass surrounding the airport as well as the tarmac will be [...]
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W-670 Operating Oil Temperature As told by Don Sanders

By Jim Stanfield On February 25, 2004 · Add Comment
by, Jack Davis My first Stearman , which I call the Greek Stearman, always operates at about 60º C oil temperature. A bit more on the hot days. My other Stearman, 77744, operates at about 72º C under the same conditions. Although the operating oil temperature is not really a problem, this discrepancy has driven me [...]
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Stearman in the NASM

On February 25, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
By, Tom Lowe I’m sure that most of the members are aware that the official public opening of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. occurred on Monday, December 15, 2003. However, prior to its official public opening, there were several special events conducted [...]
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Installation of AAE Inc VHF COM Antenna

On February 25, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
by, Pete Reed The composite antenna manufactured by Advanced Aircraft Electronics, Inc of Ellwood City, Pa has proven to be an excellent unit for installation inside the fuselage of the Stearman.  In particular, this unit works really well with aircraft retaining the unshielded ignition systems.  It is far enough away from the engine to provide [...]
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1929 Lettering Repainted on Stearman Sales and Service Hangar

On February 25, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
Courtesy of the Kansas Aviation Museum Flight Log The original Stearman Sales and Service hangar, located just east of the Kansas Aviation Museum in the Kansas Air National Guard area of McConnell Air Force Base now looks like it did in 1929. KAM volunteers, with a Boeing volunteer group and support from the Kansas Air [...]
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National Air and Space Museum Center Opening

On February 25, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
by, William Lloyd Stearman It was my very great privilege to have been invited to represent my father, Lloyd Carlton Stearman, at the December 11, 2003 opening of the National Air and Space Museum’s new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Dulles Airport. I owe this honor to my old friend, Donald Lopez, deputy head [...]
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A Promise Kept

On February 25, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
by, Pete Chestnut We begin back at Galesburg, the National Stearman Fly-In in 1998 or 1999.  It was one of Galesburg’s fine mornings, blue sky, warm and very little wind.  My wife and I were wiping the bugs off our Stearman when our friend Tony Farhat drove up in his golf cart.               Tony got [...]
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Hunting for the Cotter-pin Hole in the Bolt.

On February 24, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
By Jack Davis Getting the castle nut started on the bolt or stud, in a place without a lot of finger access  is the first major hurdle to be faced. But finally a couple of threads catch, and with a sigh of relief, I find that I can get a socket on the nut.  Now, [...]
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Uluru & Safety First

On February 24, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
Mary Wagner & Ivor Paech Ivor promised me that if we took the journey in our Stearman to Uluru to raise funds for the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service we would follow the roads for safety sake!  If we had to come down with a forced landing then we could land on the road and [...]
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Bridge to Uluru Air Safari 2003

On February 24, 2004 By Jim Stanfield
By Roy Fox and John Tabone Roy writes: Well how did this all start? What would make normal “city” folk that had an interest in old aeroplanes suddenly up and go to travel 3000 nautical miles or approximately 6000 kilometers over 8 days at a theoretically poor time of the year.  This is an equivalent [...]
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