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Post subject: Long time lurker Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 20:44 |
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Joined: 05/06/14 Posts: 149 Post Likes: +510 Location: 7KS9
Aircraft: C140, PA24-260C
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Greetings!
I’ve been a BT member for almost 10 years, but chose not to post for employment reasons. I am now retired from Cessna/Textron Aviation where I designed a lot of structures, flight controls, mechanical systems, doors, etc., on CJ’s, CX, XL, Sovereign, Mustang, and others. My wife and I have our own private airport (7KS9) near Wichita where we keep our 3 airplanes: C140, PA24-260C Turbo, and a unique biplane: Merkel Mark II.
(And yes, I have a brother who occasionally posts on BT as well….)
Phil Ciholas
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Post subject: Re: Long time lurker Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 20:53 |
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Joined: 12/30/15 Posts: 1751 Post Likes: +1821 Location: Charlotte
Aircraft: Avanti-Citabria
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As Winnie the Pooh says, “Oh, bother” Seriously, Welcome Phil From a guy with only two airplanes.
_________________ I wanna go phastR.....and slowR
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Post subject: Re: Long time lurker Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 21:15 |
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Joined: 03/04/13 Posts: 2687 Post Likes: +1326 Location: Little Rock, Ar
Aircraft: A36 C560 C551 C560XL
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Welcome Phil! Is that a shark nosed 260C? I can’t tell from the photo.
Robert T
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Post subject: Re: Long time lurker Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 21:34 |
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Joined: 04/16/11 Posts: 5816 Post Likes: +7859 Company: Self Employed Location: Burlington, NC
Aircraft: V35B
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Welcome Phil, You have a very nice stable of airplanes
_________________ Matt 336-266-3105
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Post subject: Re: Long time lurker Posted: 22 Mar 2024, 14:52 |
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Joined: 05/23/13 Posts: 7526 Post Likes: +8900 Company: Jet Acquisitions Location: Franklin, TN 615-739-9091 chip@jetacq.com
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Username Protected wrote: Welcome Phil. Are you the smart brother? I suspect he may be the wizard!
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Post subject: Re: Long time lurker Posted: 22 Mar 2024, 16:53 |
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Joined: 05/06/14 Posts: 149 Post Likes: +510 Location: 7KS9
Aircraft: C140, PA24-260C
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So many comments! Thank you all!
To cover some questions/comments:
All “C” model Comanches came with the “shark nose cowl.” Swept inlets aren’t really the best design, as there is a low pressure area to the outside edges which reduces the overall flow. Pitot style inlets (Wow cowl or similar) work much better, but I’ve never seen that available for the single Comanche. Because it affects cooling performance, it would be a bit of work to develop that, but every now and then I think it would be worth doing as a one-time field approval.
No sibling rivalry here. More complimentary than otherwise. For example, the Advanced Pilot Seminar was a birthday gift from Mike. And we really enjoy the “continuing jet service” aspect of the family airline when we get to do that! And, no, Chip, I am not the wizard….
When Textron Aviation decided to downsize product development engineering, I went to Team Legacy in customer service in a small part because Mike was starting to research getting a legacy Citation.
I later went to Team Structures where I did a few NTO’s for people like Del. I much preferred design work over customer support, but I have to say, helping customers was very rewarding. I think I had someone tell me “Thank you!” more times in a typical customer support day than I used to get in a decade of design engineering!
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