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Post by BlackWidow on Mar 19, 2011 9:38:59 GMT -5
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Post by sunny9850 on Mar 19, 2011 10:40:10 GMT -5
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Post by trebor716 on Mar 19, 2011 11:28:45 GMT -5
nice collection of p[hotos there. I'd love to visit that place and collect some souvenirs. hehe
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Post by sunny9850 on Mar 19, 2011 11:45:34 GMT -5
Anything at the yard can be taken home.....just depends on your skills as a negotiator how much you have to pay. I have a piston out of a 3350....cost me a six pack.
But usually real currency must change hands.
Stefan
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Post by garryrussell on Mar 19, 2011 13:40:25 GMT -5
The fist pic is N1424 listed as a Howard 500, modified Super Ventura.  ? Garry |
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Post by trebor716 on Mar 19, 2011 18:19:04 GMT -5
Anything at the yard can be taken home.....just depends on your skills as a negotiator how much you have to pay. I have a piston out of a 3350....cost me a six pack. But usually real currency must change hands. Stefan I think I would take a few flight yokes. and maybe some instruments such as an altimeter or something |
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Post by sunny9850 on Mar 19, 2011 18:56:08 GMT -5
If it is a Howard 500 then it is related to the Lodestar but only in as much as Howard used components from Lockheed and some of their design but basically built a whole new airplane, only small sections were direct grafts from Lockheed.
I trusted the article in the link I posted. Visually the differences are very small even if the full airplane is captured in pictures. Now that I look at the shots again though i think the cockpit windows are not quite right for the Lockheeds.
The Howard 500 was pressurized and for that reason alone was a complete redesign of the fuselage. I guess we could just look at Milton's 500 and compare.
As for parts such as yokes and gauges .... You would definitely have to bring money for those.
Stefan
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Post by capflyer on Mar 19, 2011 19:05:15 GMT -5
I'm not sure it's a Howard 500. Even though it's registered as one, there are some things that weren't present on the 500's like the overhead hatch.
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Post by sunny9850 on Mar 19, 2011 19:36:47 GMT -5
I don't think it is a Howard 500. The cockpit windows are all wrong. I think it actually is a Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon ... Part of the Lodestar family.
Look at the images of the Harpoon at twinbeech.com for comparison. Now a unpressurized Howard 250 or 350 directly based on the Lockheed Super Ventura is possible of course.
The H400 and H500 as I said earlier are completely new designs using some existing parts.
Stefan
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