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Old 09-15-2008 | 01:08 PM
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Yep - with a radial I am always very leery if I don't see a nice puddle of Texas Tea underneath.

There was a guy in Iowa - Byron Godsperson(sp?). Anyway, he owned a company called Byron's Originals which made models and stuff. He always put on a neat airshow with the models every year - we are talking large scale type stuff. Anyway, he invited some guys to bring their airplanes one year - a Stinson SR8E Reliant, a Staggerwing, a Waco UPF-7, and my Grandpa took his Howard DGA. His hanger floor was really nice - had large globes painted on it with lines representing ocean voyages of famous explorers, etc. They pushed the airplanes in, and Grandpa started looking for a drip-pan for his machine. Didn't have any, so they were all worried that with Two P&W R-985's, a Wright R-975, and the 220hp Continental that it would be a nasty mess on the beautiful hanger floor in the morning. Next morning they get to the hanger - not a drop, from any of the airplanes, is on the floor. I didn't see this personally so even though my Grandpa told me I still don't believe it.
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