[Milsurplus] [ARC5] ARB Canvas Cover

Francesco Ledda frledda at att.net
Sat Mar 2 19:36:54 EST 2013


And removes the paint ;)

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On Mar 2, 2013, at 18:07, "Michael A. Bittner" <mmab at cox.net> wrote:

> But flying in heavy rain cleans the bugs off the leading edges of stuff.
> Mike
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: B Smith 
>  To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
>  Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 2:16 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] ARB Canvas Cover
> 
> 
>  Ah the pleasures of flying an unpressurized aircraft .   .    .
>  Any unpressurized aircraft leaks and leaks quite a bit. Its a distraction 
>  flying in heavy rain
>  on final approach and having water constantly dripping  and bouncing off of 
>  your head.  :-)
>  Leaks in the avionics bays were always a problem.
> 
>  One advanatage of pressurization is that it keeps the water out. But then 
>  you have the "howling"
>  air leaks, often we used wet paper towels to plug the holes and then they 
>  would freeze in place   plugging the
>  leak, The C-5A main entrance door often took a whole pack of towels to plug 
>  the leaks.
> 
>  breck
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