TOW HOOK… From the Yahoo! Globe Temco Swift Club: Is there anywhere in the tail or at the tail wheel where it is safe to attach a hook to pull the plane back into the hanger? Don Cumpston <don@penn.com> Don, I was in a hangar for a short time that occasionally flooded (only when it […]
Landing Gear Hydraulic Pump Motor – Monty the Answer Man Archives
GEAR PUMP From: Steve Roth (stevenroth@aol.com) When I used the Adel motor and used flaps, the motor would “blip” every fewseconds and the gear motor light would illuminate for a brief instant. What would cause that? Steve, That is a common thing, not related to the type of motor. The gear is probably falling off […]
Hydraulic System – Monty the Answer Man Archives
THE RED STUFF… My experience with other aircraft has demonstrated to me that periodic replacement of the hydraulic fluid is probably best. It gets very ugly looking after a few years. I can easily do on the brake system, but what is the best way to do on the landing gear/flap system? Is there a […]
History and Production of the Swift – Monty the Anser Man Archives
IDENTITY CRISIS… From: Bob Runge <ejectr@javanet.com> Swift N80528 s/n31, I recently purchased the above listed Swift and have just finished reading “The History of the Swift” on the Swift home page. I am confused. My aircraft started life as a GC-1A and was converted to a GC-1B via an STC in 1951 (according to the […]
