In a message dated 10/4/01 4:45:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, BillH@aaai.com
writes:
<< emarkable piece but didn't get a chance to hear one in action >>
When I was a kid in the mid 50's , the remains of a Gnome sat at a little
landing strip that's now known as Allaire Airport in Wall, NJ (still just a
little strip in a big sandpit....) My grandfather was a WW1 aviator and he
took quite an interest in it. I remember him telling me that it was a lot
like the OX1 that he flew. The crankshaft was part of the airframe and the
cylinders spun around with the prop and it had a nasty habit of rolling over
on rotation if one was not vigilant..much like the Skyraider with its
humongous prop and incredibly torquey 3350. Mark C
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