I saw "Sentimental Journey" at Indianapolis - Eagle Creek airport about 20 years ago, and it had a couple of Studebaker-made engines then.
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Likewise the EAA's "Aluminum overcast". Two or Three stude engines last time I saw it.
With all due respect to Col. Morgan...he may have just been playing the snob.
If you didn't have a Studebaker car, I could see how one might be prejudiced against the Stude-made engines based on the name alone.
After all...if your life depended on the engines....would you rather have them made by a famous aircraft motor company (the outfit that made Lindbergh's Wright J-5) or a small (compared to Ford, GM and Chrysler) car company?
Let's play make-belive for a minute...if I was a B-1B pilot and had the choice of 4 jets made by either GE (the designer) or Chevy...I'd go with GE. I'm not a Chevy fan.Last edited by JBOYLE; 12-29-2012, 05:15 PM.63 Avanti R1 2788
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Originally posted by Chris_Dresbach View PostI think a lot of parts were supplied to Studebaker by Curtiss Wright, but not all. I believe that just about everything that needed to be machined or finished machine work was done by Studebaker; however I'm not sure if rough castings were done by Studebaker or CW. When the Chippewa Plant was built the entire basement was intended to be just a giant machine shop while the upper level was the assembly floor. The factory movie "Answer to the Axis" shows all this stuff in detail.
I worked in that former Studebaker Aviation Plant for nearly 20 years and explored pretty much every inch of it. The only what could be called a 'basement' is under the Test Cells on the north end. However, AM General did use that 'basement' to weld together and then machine control arms for the M151 "Jeeps" we were building throughout the 70's.
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Originally posted by Welcome View PostWhat 'entire basement'???
I worked in that former Studebaker Aviation Plant for nearly 20 years and explored pretty much every inch of it. The only what could be called a 'basement' is under the Test Cells on the north end. However, AM General did use that 'basement' to weld together and then machine control arms for the M151 "Jeeps" we were building throughout the 70's.
Jim, was there a tunnel there at one time that connected the basement/aviation to plant 8?Chris Dresbach
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Originally posted by Chris_Dresbach View Post>>>Jim, was there a tunnel there at one time that connected the basement/aviation to plant 8?
That tunnel ran the 200 or so yards from the far northeast corner of the Aviation Plant to the southwest corner of Plant 8. It was similar in size to those you'll find under the Aviation Plant and like those tunnels; its purpose was to run steam pipes, electrical cables, etc.
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Originally posted by SN-60 View PostI'm sure the only 'changes' the pilot and crew made concerned their underwear!!!!
The point I was trying to make is this--
I wanna know how many engines were changed due to damage by the crew or flak. A number that high may very well have been because of stuff other then the engines themselves. Anyone who has ever maintained an aircraft would know that there are many many reasons to change an engine. They'd also know that in most cases- the pilots and crew don't do the maintenance and as such don't usually treat their aircraft very well. They aren't the ones who have to fix them if they break.
Nor would the folks shooting at the BIG BAD B-17s...
but that is a completly different topic for another day and Forum.
StudeDave '57
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Originally posted by Deaf Mute View PostThe B-17 at Boeing Field in Seattle has at least one Studebaker radial in it.
http://warbirdinformationexchange.or...it=seattle+mof
StudeDave '57
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Originally posted by SN-60 View PostTo: Stude Dave,-----COME ON WILL YOU??? That was a JOKE Dave. Can You say J-O-K-E?????? Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzz!!
I was not joking- I was asking a serious question.
StudeDave '57
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Originally posted by SN-60 View PostTo: StudeDave57,--- Oh!..I get it now....You probably work/worked for Boeing......
However I did spend 20 years in the NAVY.
About 19 of those years saw me being the guy fixing broke birds...
StudeDave '57
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Originally posted by JBOYLE View PostLikewise the EAA's "Aluminum overcast". Two or Three stude engines last time I saw it.
With all due respect to Col. Morgan...he may have just been playing the snob.
If you didn't have a Studebaker car, I could see how one might be prejudiced against the Stude-made engines based on the name alone.
After all...if your life depended on the engines....would you rather have them made by a famous aircraft motor company (the outfit that made Lindbergh's Wright J-5) or a small (compared to Ford, GM and Chrysler) car company?
Let's play make-belive for a minute...if I was a B-1B pilot and had the choice of 4 jets made by either GE (the designer) or Chevy...I'd go with GE. I'm not a Chevy fan.
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