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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #45 on: July 02, 2016, 12:39:43 am »
Do you have some in the archives, Bruce?

Quote from: Bruce Byerly on July 01, 2016, 05:08:47 pm
These are great - keep 'em coming!
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #46 on: July 02, 2016, 01:48:39 am »
Is this a Shrike, or a 680E or F? I'm guessing a 500 model...

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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #47 on: July 03, 2016, 07:49:53 am »
Donv - this is a 500S (Shrike) Model - has the 'flush' fin and rudder surfaces...

The 680E has the fat nacelles...

The 680F has the 'non-flush' fin and rudder surfaces...
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #48 on: July 03, 2016, 08:00:30 am »
Quote from: donv on November 29, 2015, 06:57:43 pm
And for the 680W fans out there...


Donv - definitely the 680W - the only airframe to be marketed as the 'Turbo II Commander'...
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #49 on: July 03, 2016, 08:08:22 am »
Quote from: Adam Frisch on January 18, 2016, 10:56:25 am
That has to be a 680V because of the lack of eyebrow windows. As I recall, the 680W had them.

Adam - eyebrow windows were introduced with the 681 - no windows in 680V/W (two of the last 680W airframes had these fitted at factory...)
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #50 on: July 03, 2016, 08:12:04 am »
Quote from: Adam Frisch on March 05, 2016, 11:33:31 am
Taken yesterday on the hills outside of Mexico City. Looks like a flat nacelle specimen, but no idea what.

Flush fin and control surfaces suggest a 500S Shrike...
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #51 on: July 03, 2016, 08:20:20 am »
Quote from: donv on June 25, 2016, 01:07:31 pm
A friend of mine is letting me post some of his Commander photo collection here...

'Straight' 560 with the exposed cowl exhausts - far right (polished)...

Remainder 560A/560E/680E...
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #52 on: July 03, 2016, 08:25:13 am »
Quote from: SKYFLYER on June 27, 2016, 03:56:23 pm
Do you know which Commander is behind it in the photo?

Probably a G-____ registered 680E...
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #53 on: July 03, 2016, 08:32:59 am »
Quote from: donv on June 28, 2016, 01:53:50 am
Painting a... 680?

Maybe 'Straight' 680 or 560A/E or 680E...
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Russell Legg

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #54 on: July 03, 2016, 08:34:51 am »
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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #55 on: July 03, 2016, 08:36:01 am »
Quote from: donv on July 01, 2016, 02:00:08 pm
Boeing Field in the 1950s?

560E/680E...
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #56 on: July 07, 2016, 12:29:24 pm »
I was chatting with Norm the other day, and mentioned this picture. He commented on how proud Swede was of this airplane, because it was the first 690. He also mentioned how it really seemed like a rocket ship, from a performance perspective.

Quote from: donv on June 28, 2016, 02:15:25 am
So N9203N, which I have pictured above, was the first production 690 (the airplanes before it were prototypes, and two of them crashed in the certification program). It was also the demonstrator-- probably why they have the picture of it with all the fish.

Anyway, here is a nice Flying Magazine review of the 690, using N9203N, written by Archie Trammell:

https://books.google.com/books?id=X8fF4FYP9sIC&pg=PA42&dq=690&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgkrPahsrNAhVB6mMKHXGvDCk4ChDoAQgfMAE#v=onepage&q=690&f=false
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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #57 on: July 07, 2016, 12:30:25 pm »
Another one... 520? Or early 680?

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #58 on: July 07, 2016, 01:25:23 pm »
Quote from: donv on July 07, 2016, 12:30:25 pm
Another one... 520? Or early 680?

Swept tail, so not a 520. Probably a 560 or a 680.
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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #59 on: July 07, 2016, 02:48:20 pm »
690A Morphed.. FAA Registry shows this "N" number to have been assigned.
sort of odd as the "N" goes back to 1930.
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