My KITE.

I was at the park flying my kite and my luck ran out...Shucks, what shall I do?

One of the 18 cylinders on the 3350 wright cyclone engine. An excellent cut away.

                              This is the cutaway of one of the pistons on the 3350 engine.

                                     The 3350 was installed on all  DC-7 AAL aircraft.
                                   Shown below the principal of the 4 stroke engine.

John doing a walk around preflight.on OUR DC-3.

Did you ever do a check on a DC-3???

 Come on out and we will do a preflight together.

The Boeing 377 ...Was a great long range aircraft.

1. Boeing 377 Stratocruiser

   Propeller airliners
2. The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, a derivative of the B-29 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947. Wikipedia
3. 
   
4. Top speed: 375 mph (604 km/h)
5. Wingspan: 141' (43 m)
6. Length: 110' (34 m)
7. First flight: July 8, 1947
8. Manufacturer: Boeing
9. Engine type: Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major

The Convair 240.

1. Convair CV-240 family

   Airliner
2. The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Wikipedia
3. 
   
4. Length: 75' (23 m)
5. First flight: March 16, 1947
6. Manufacturer: Convair

American flew the Atlantic after WW-2.

1. Lockheed Constellation

   Airliner
2. The Lockheed Constellation is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation between 1943 and 1958 at Burbank, California. Wikipedia
3. 
   
4. Wingspan: 126' (38 m)
5. Length: 116' (35 m)
6. Top speed: 377 mph (607 km/h)
7. First flight: January 9, 1943
8. Introduced: 1943
9. Engine type: Radial engine
10. Manufacturer: Lockheed Corporation

Douglas DC_7

1. Douglas DC-7

   Transport aircraft
2. The Douglas DC-7 is an American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. Wikipedia
3. 4- R---3350 engines
4. Cruise speed: 359 mph (578 km/h)
5. Top speed: 406 mph (653 km/h)
6. Range: 5,635 miles (9,068 km)
7. Weight: 58,150 lbs (26,380 kg)
8. Wingspan: 117' (36 m)
9. Engine type: Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
10. Unit cost: 570,000–570,000 GBP (1953

Our Lady up front ,,,Chasity

Judy runs our gift shop.....Check below for gift to purchase.

Read and shop.

Check out the Pansies out front of CR Smith Museum...

WOW a captain already. A uniform for our SMALL FRY.

Lego.....Puzzle????

The Gift shop offers many things. Shown here is the childs books.

This sign will come in handy at times.

More of the before flight check list of the Douglas DC-3.

The PENTAGON display........Oh so beautiful.

Yes we had 21 seats in OUR DC-3 airplanes...

Of course we had sleepers with less  passengers on board..

Years before the Apple 6 s Smart Phone.

My Son Randall in his Fokker D-7

1. Fokker D.VII

   Fighter aircraft
2. The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the summer and autumn of 1918. Wikipedia
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4. Wingspan: 29' (8.90 m)
5. Length: 22' 10" (6.95 m)
6. Top speed: 116 mph (187 km/h)
7. Range: 165 miles (266 km)
8. First flight: January 1918
9. Engine type: Inline engine
10. Manufacturer: Fokker

The new show will be great!!!!!! Thanks Tim

Calie

Jess

Joe

Faye

Bill

Don

Ken

This is the Jet engine that that was installed on the Boeing 707 and the Boeing 727......I sure liked this" jet job". See the name lower left...A Pratt & Whitney.

In 1959, important orders for the engine were the Boeing 707-120B and Boeing 720B when American Airlines ordered one 707 powered by JT3D turbofans and KLM ordered a JT3D powered Douglas DC-8. The earlier 707s had been powered by the turbojet JT3C and the improved efficiency of the turbofan soon attracted the airlines. A JT3D powered 707-123B and 720-023B (the suffix B was to indicate a turbofan powered aircraft) entered service with American Airlines on the same day, March 12, 1961.

Brake Lock OUT Cylinder, on a Boeing 727

Brake lock out cylinder is designed to regulate the Hydraulic pressure to the wheels when  applied from the top of the rudder pedals in the cockpit.
The valve shown in the photo "red" will move to the shut off position and seal the leak below the valve if a leak accidentally happens.....Randy said that,  any questions or discussions.

This is special

Pretty color???

Shown below is the P/A that will be made every 30 minutes..ON THE HOUR and ON THE HALF HOUR. at gate1-A from the new podium.

A revisit to my old JOB in World War 2 . 66 years later..

We had a great show for OUR VOLUNTEERS.Thanks American Airlines.

Joe

Ron

Tim

Lauren

Randy

John

Foster

Fred

Tom

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DC-3 Check list... Used to read and get a responce from your fellow PILOT. This is used when you first sit down in the cockpit. Many ITEMS to check.