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Offline Geoff

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Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« on: August 04, 2014, 07:06:08 PM »
Had a childhood dream come true today. Had no plans to do anything like this when I woke up today, those are the best days!

A few of us were heading out to Tswassen for the car show, as we got closer I could see a large twin engine bomber coming into Boundary Bay airport.
It came in low right over the highway... I wanted to turn around there but we were meeting the other Club guys at the event.

A few hours pass and a couple of us decide to go find the B25 we saw.
As luck would have it the bomber was parked close to the gate and within a few minutes we were invited onto the runway with the cars and a photoshoot took place. Cool!
Next breakfast TV showed up and we were booked on the 2pm flight!

If your an avation buff and have some spare cash I highly recomend heading to Boundary Bay Airport and booking a flight. (its here for a couple days)
You'r looking at $400 upto $700 but I'm still grinning ear to ear!






link to pics

https://www.facebook.com/#!/geoff.peterson.547/media_set?set=a.10154498743335393&type=1
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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2014, 11:43:12 PM »
right on geoff! such an amazing experience for you for many reasons, congrats!

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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2014, 09:19:44 AM »
Awesome!

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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2014, 12:44:11 PM »
Rad !

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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2014, 01:42:36 PM »
It was here in Penticton last week too, it flew pretty low over my house a couple times, which was cool but not as good as being up there I'm sure.
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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2014, 03:46:21 PM »
when I get home i'll post the vid my father in law made while he rode in the nose while it was in Penticton.

and just to be a perfection Nazi, b-25s run 18 cylinder engines.
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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2014, 07:51:54 PM »
Powerplant: 2 × Wright R-2600-92 Twin Cyclone 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,700 hp (1,267 kW) each

 I thought it was 18 at first also.
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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2014, 08:47:10 PM »
the perfection Nazi now bows before you Geoff. I consulted Wikipedia just now and have realized my sin.
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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2014, 08:48:49 PM »
Early models had the 18 cylinder R-1830's, later models like that one used the  14 cylinder R-2600's, you are both right in a way ;) The early ones were crazy loud inside due to short individual stacks on the exhausts, ouch!

Very cool Geoff, one of my bucket list rides I haven't crossed off the list yet!
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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2014, 09:04:22 PM »
Hey Mark, I still have a huge grinn!

here's a clip from the flight

http://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/3714559147001/

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Re: Twin air cooled 14 cyl engines..... what a blast!
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2014, 04:57:28 PM »
heres a vid courtesy of the father in law who dished out 650 bucks so he could ride in the nose. check out the lush natural vegetation in the hills above Okanagan falls!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMVHtrZ9PD0&feature=youtu.be
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