BC open cowl

[Howard Wilson]

Re: BC open cowl

I was a little worried about bringing it up......
But unless I can find a set of up-exhaust 65 cylinders it's going to need mods to fit the Continental, just like a Lycoming cowl would, so don't kick yourself too hard. I would like to go with the split stacks, maybe Luscombe ones, anybody out there done that?



Rob, there are a number of those around, but I suspect that most if not all started life at BL-65s, or maybe a BC-50. What I want to see is a 1939 photo of a factory BC-65 with open cowl and down exhaust.

The original BC-50 photos above are from the alliancememory.org site.


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Andrew,
If it turns out that you can't use the cowl, I'd be happy to buy it back, with interest. Howard

[Robert Lees]

Re: BC open cowl

Happy New Year Tribe!

One of the neat things about old planes is that there is a history to them, or in this case, the bits and pieces. This cowl came from a 1938 BC 50 s/n 1051 NC21258. The plane was sold new to a dealer in Tacoma, WA. From there it went to a flying service in Boise ID. Then to an individual in Portland, OR and finally to James Davenport in Sunnyside, WA. It was with him that the end came for the little BC 50 on the night of 9/15/42. A severe gust of wind blew the plane against a hangar and totaled the plane with a little over 2000 hrs on it. Apparantly the bottom cowl and the "N" number was about all that was worth saving. A few years back, I got the cowl with the records of the plane and some other items from a fellow in Vancouver, WA. and had it shipped to me in CT. I sold it to Howard and now baldeagle has it. And the beat goes on!

Regards to all,
Glen Brodeur
Putnam,CT

There is a rather lovely quote in a film called "Terminal" where Tom Hanks gets stuck in an airport (close to my heart...I got stuck in Gatwick for 36 hours two weeks ago on my way to the States ).

Anyway, the quote is "the Person, the Paperwork and the Story". In our case, the quote might be "the Aeroplane, the Paperwork and the Story".

Glen's post above is a classic case of this.

Sorry for the off-topic.

[baldeagle27]

Re: BC open cowl

I am sure there is 65hp open cowl pictures in the archives. I still have a complete upstack Cont. 50 , one side of exhaust, and 4 extra cylinders. ANDREW e-mail me some time or stop by ... a few cowls too!

Hey if gas prices keep going down maybe I'll fly out there....


Howard, I think the cowl will work OK. Maybe I need to find an A-65-3 though, hadn't considered that, has anybody had any experience with them? Will the cylinders bolt onto an A-65-8?




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