An interesting story about vintage aircraft and a Model T Huck starter.

[popper]

Thought some of you airplane fans might enjoy this. http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/381/language/en-US/The-Moment--First-Hucks-Start-in-70-Years.aspx

[KCSO]

Good one!

[Dark Helmet]

Neato! Like to hear that A/C engine started and running too!

[oksmle]

Wonder what the guys at the airport would say if I pulled up in front of my Champ with a Huck's Starter....

[bucklind2]

I love to see the old aircraft in great condition. It is my opinion the P-51 Mustang is the most beautiful aircraft ever produced. There is just something about that shinny aluminum skin glittering in the sun that takes your breath away.

[sav300]

All I can say is WOW!

[WILCO]

Good stuff!

[gkainz]

So I wonder how many pilots or other aviation nuts we have here? Me ... private pilot, in a share ownership club that owns an '83 Piper Dakota, an '80 Bonanza F-33A and an '88 Piper Saratoga SP. Navy Aircrew in my younger days, with 1000 hours in the back end of the E-2 Hawkeye as an Intercept controller and Avionics Tech.

[Superfly]

heck that there system is almost as good as the coughman starter LOL love them to

[Bill*]

Thought I would take a quick peek... That was 20 minutes ago. Very cool

[smokeywolf]

My dad built quite a few 1/4 scale RC planes; not to mention 3 to 6 ft. long RC boats, steam engines and 1 live steam locomotive. He would have instantly decided to build a 1/4 scale model of the huck, then a plane of the proper period to match.

smokeywolf

[reg293]

A great read, Thanks!

[koehn,jim]

Great article thank you for sharing.

[williamwaco]

Me to.

I love stuff like that.

[Bad Water Bill]

Just peaked. Wrong move. 1/2 hour later what a great story.

Thanks for sharing.

[Artful]

It's amazing what disappears only to be recreated.

[ffg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9xS4tFhrTw

There are several videos on you tube showing the starter, that was also one cool plane with a 12 cylinder RR engine and a metal hide .

[popper]

I love to fly but never got lic. - cost too much. Had to turn down NavCad pilot school as I'm colorblind and couldn't pass the physical. Got Dad interested and rode right seat with him all around the midwest during HS. Funny how life turns out. My first ride was in a C - 140 tail dragger, in 4th grade. I could take off but wasn't allowed to land. The link was sent to me by my older bro who was in AFROTC but bailed when he found he was to big to fly fighter.

[PULSARNC]

Never got the licence but i LOVE to fly .About 2 years ago after retiring I got a job at the local airport working as a mechanic, part-time, for the FBO who runs a maintence shop there .I am not an A&P but I am a darn good parts replacer lol.Get to bum rides from the owners after we work on the planes usually get to fly right seat on them that is a blast now if the guy will just bring back that Citation jet or the Pilatus .........

[PULSARNC]

Forgot to add the Hucks starter seems to work on the same basic principle as the old hand crank starters we had on the old Farmall and Allis Chamblers tractors we had on the farm when I was growing up .I still have Dads old farmall Super A whichh he bought new in 1951

[Dark Helmet]

Thanks for the link! Sounds sweet!

[bakrzdzn]

+1 I wish I could have had some of the experiences that some are afforded by age and location. Dad had a model T, I think, mom about killed him when he sold it. Went to a fly in down in Fla once, WOW, all WWII era, but I loved it.

[TXGunNut]

Not an airplane fan but I enjoy a good story about bringing and old machine (or two) back to life. Thanks, Popper.

[snuffy]

Bad Water Bill

Just peaked. Wrong move. 1/2 hour later what a great story.

Thanks for sharing.

½ hour, that's all? It took me a couple of hours following different links![smilie=1: Makes me glad I'm retired----AGAIN.:mrgreen:

My earliest memories were of my dad and his 1945 Taylor Craft. It's 65 horse continental purred like a kitten. He took me for many rides, sometimes one hundred miles from the home airport.

After a stint in the air force, I took up flying with the intent of becoming an instrument instructor. I got as far as a commercial license and most of the way through the instrument flying course. I failed the written 3 times, then gave it all up.

The main thing was seeing my instructor starving, not able to make a living. It all depends on good flying weather. Around Wisconsin, that's rare, less than 100 days per year. Then to have a max of 6 students in any given good weather day wasn't enough to live off of.

Being as how I live in Oshkosh, I can go to the EAA annual fly in. Been there TWICE! It's a giant rip-off! I took my son there when he was 10. The day cost us 200 bucks, that was 20 years ago. We did get to see a lot of older planes, and a tour of a Russian cargo plane, the equivalent to our C5-A galaxy.

That Hawker Hind is a beautiful bi-plane. I'd love to go up in it, but there's only room for one-, the pilot. I haven't been up as pilot-in-command for over 40 years, I'd be a bit rusty! AND it's a biplane, never flew one of those. It's NOT like riding a bicycle, you have to stay current on hours, and constant practice.

[popper]

51 farmall is not old. I remember seeing the old steam tractors rusting away in the fields, huge steel cleated wheels. We (GS air club) collected old papers for a year to pay for the Taylorcraft, don't remember what vintage but it was the side-by-side 2 seater. Started JHS before I could fly it. Dad liked the Mooneys best but got a C - 190 for business trips. Big radial that burned lots of oil.