Vickers Vimy in Real Life

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I came across a post on this in another newsgroup. That Steve Fosset guy
(from the Global Flyer) is part of a crew that's going to fly a replica
Vickers Vimy across the Atlantic Ocean.

http://stjohns.cbc.ca/regional/ser [...] imy-050601

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John Ewing wrote:
I saw it up
> close - quite an impressive machine. The airconditioning in the cockpit I am
> told features a Blast Cooling setting when airborne.
>
> See http://www.vimy.org/flights/englan [...] index.html
>
> John
>
>

I will dig out the pictures some day, but another humorous moment in
time. The AH-1 Cobra has an ECU to cool the cockpit. It's very much
needed with a clear canopy going from side to side. Flying a Cobra in
the summer with an inop ECU can be harmful to the crew. In Korea, in
the summer, with high humidity the vents not only blow white
condensation, but if you turn it ti HEAT, wait 5 seconds, flip it back
to COOL, it will start snowing in the cockpit. Ice and water everywhere.

Every month or sooner in the 2nd ID, Korea, we had alerts where we had
to escort the Hueys on a troop insert exercise. Prior to getting
clearance to cross the range hot line the Hueys would sit on a road,
like ducks in a row, and you could see the sweat pouring off the pilots.
This is when we cranked the ECU up full blast and after a few seconds it
was so white on the cockpit no one could see inside. I never understood
why the slick guys never laughed. We thought it was a little funny. ???


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U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)