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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #76 on: March 08, 2017, 02:55:41 pm »
I like it!

JMA

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #77 on: March 08, 2017, 04:21:38 pm »
Don- from the factory did the 980 have the ice boots all the way back to the fuselage?   In this add the 980 at the bottom shows they stopped at the engine.

donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #78 on: March 08, 2017, 06:05:36 pm »
No, they stop at the engine. My airplane, and I think this was normal, just has a rubber abrasion boot between the engine and the fuselage, but it doesn't inflate.

Commander has a custom kit to add boots there, but I don't really see the point.

donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #79 on: March 09, 2017, 01:23:36 pm »
I've been looking for a scan of that Jetprop ad, but I can't seem to find anything. It would be great to have here.

I'd also like to find the 1980 Flying Magazine flight test of the 980. Google Books has every issue of Flying Magazine from that decade-- except that one!

JMA

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #80 on: March 09, 2017, 03:38:22 pm »
Agreed, any old Jetprop stuff puts a smile on my old man's face.
Is this the right magazine?
http://www.carnut.com/cgi-bin/09/image.pl?/store/mags/flmags/fl7912.jpg

Please share if you find anything.
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #81 on: March 09, 2017, 05:29:07 pm »
Yes, that's the one.

Here is the one-page Jetprop ad...

donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #82 on: March 09, 2017, 05:37:31 pm »
The two-page ad.


donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #83 on: March 09, 2017, 06:44:42 pm »
One more... for the 1000 this time.


JMA

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #84 on: August 16, 2017, 01:11:54 pm »
Bruce, been in a back office room for decades, must have been something your dad/uncle gave out?

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #85 on: August 16, 2017, 09:24:54 pm »
Bruce, been in a back office room for decades, must have been something your dad/uncle gave out?

Ha - very nice -  thanks for the memory.  We flight planned by those calendars for years  ;D

 Those were a tradition for a looong time. Paper calendars are kind of like sun dials in this day and age!

I just pulled a bunch of stuff out of the archives including Bob Mays gracious donation of his stash of propaganda.  Need to scan this stuff or bring it to the fly in.  I think Adam is going to beat me to becoming airborne however ...

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #86 on: August 16, 2017, 09:52:07 pm »
Definitely scan that stuff!

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #87 on: August 17, 2017, 01:44:46 am »
I might just - they're doing a test flight tomorrow!
Slumming it in the turboprop world - so you don't have to.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #88 on: September 21, 2017, 01:55:46 am »
I think this is a 685?


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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #89 on: September 21, 2017, 12:16:36 pm »
It's a 685. The 680FLP, which is very similar, has nose lights.
Slumming it in the turboprop world - so you don't have to.