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« on: December 24, 2011, 07:12:53 PM » |
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so why did WWI pilots were a silk scarf? logical reasons range from fashion, to functionality. if you watched "fly boys" with James Franco and Jean Reno, it was explained by Jean that it keeps your neck from chaffing from the constant turning and looking for the enemy. and you can keep your goggles from getting gooey from the castor oil. those planes engines were two stroke, the oil of choice was castor oil. besides being a lubricant it's also a laxative  so the most recent theory they wore silk scarves was to keep the castor oil out of their system, and avoid the run of shame to the out house after touch down.  I'm looking for evidence, not much luck on snopes  |
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« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2011, 03:55:04 AM » |
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I always thought they wore silk because polyester hadn't been invented yet.
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« Last Edit: December 25, 2011, 05:28:35 AM by ricoman »
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take personal responsibility and keep your word
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« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2011, 06:07:47 AM » |
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I always thought they wore silk because polyester hadn't been invented yet.
polyester was made for disco, decades too early for the fly boys  |
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'in the tunnels uptown, the Rats own dream guns him down. the shots echo down them hallways in the night' - the Boss
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ricoman
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« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2011, 07:24:20 AM » |
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Yeah, but they had "ragtime", isn't that kinda like disco wthout the lights?  |
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take personal responsibility and keep your word
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« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2011, 08:53:55 AM » |
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They weren't two-cycle but they did sling oil. They didn't have valve covers and engines like the LeRhone, where the engine turns about the crankshaft, would sling oil everywhere. One of the reasons Castor oil was used was because it didn't easily mix with fuel.
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The Anvil
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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2011, 09:23:45 AM » |
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
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« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2011, 10:31:49 AM » |
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Can't get over the sheer mass of whats spinning. The old Grumman S2 D and Es we had i'm glad they had electric starters on the. No way no how i wanted to hand spin a R1820-82a. Had hand spinning been the case we would have missed a lot of missions!!  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2011, 10:40:13 AM » |
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I'm not a fan of hand-propping either.
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
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RP#62
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« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2011, 07:51:11 PM » |
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I'm not a fan of hand-propping either.
I've done my share on small aircraft. You definitely have to pay attention to what you're doing. I had just untied and un-chocked one once and was going to taxi it over to the maintenance area. Since it hadn't been started in a while, I thought I'd turn the prop through a few times by hand to clear everything out. On the second turn, the engine started and the spinning prop began coming towards me. I ran around and jumped in and got on the brakes. I'm looking at the panel, ignition switch was off and mixture was in cutoff. The engine quit a few seconds later. I uncowled it and found that the P-lead on one mag had come off, so that mag was always hot. There must have been a little residual fuel in the line because it only ran a few seconds (although at the time it seemed like a lot longer). Added that to the list of things not to take for granted. A good friend I used to work with told me that he had "propped" a DC-3 once. He said they coiled a rope around the prop dome and tied the other end to a jeep, then hauled ass in the jeep. I think I'd have to see that to believe it though. -RP |
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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2011, 06:40:37 AM » |
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Nice website, Advil, I saved a link. Hoser |
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