Comments on: If All Goes According to Plan… http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/if-all-goes-according-to-plan/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dad courville http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/if-all-goes-according-to-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 dad courville Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:23:29 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1169#comment-1278 A Basler by any other name is just as sweet. A Basler by any other name is just as sweet.

]]> By: Ethan Brodsky http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/if-all-goes-according-to-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Ethan Brodsky Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:02:16 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1169#comment-1258 I'm quite proud of the fact that they're called "Baslers" because they've been upgraded by Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (home of the EAA). It's always fun to look in over the face at their site and watch the historic planes being upgraded. In addition switching over to the turboprop engines, they actually extend the fuselage (about 9 feet longer), install larger fuel tanks that double the range, replace all the fabric control surfaces with metal, and do a bunch of other cool stuff to upgrade them. They're pretty amazing for a plane that first flew in 1936. I’m quite proud of the fact that they’re called “Baslers” because they’ve been upgraded by Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (home of the EAA). It’s always fun to look in over the face at their site and watch the historic planes being upgraded. In addition switching over to the turboprop engines, they actually extend the fuselage (about 9 feet longer), install larger fuel tanks that double the range, replace all the fabric control surfaces with metal, and do a bunch of other cool stuff to upgrade them. They’re pretty amazing for a plane that first flew in 1936.

]]> By: Mary Miller http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/if-all-goes-according-to-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Mary Miller Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:40:34 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1169#comment-1248 How funny Earl that most people down here call it a Basler, but we stand corrected that it's a DC-3. We all agree that they are beautiful planes! How funny Earl that most people down here call it a Basler, but we stand corrected that it’s a DC-3. We all agree that they are beautiful planes!

]]> By: Earl Frederick http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/if-all-goes-according-to-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Earl Frederick Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:00:06 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1169#comment-1237 hi zoe, a correction for you: that plane you call a "Basler" is a DC-3 with an engine retrofit by Basler. If you are talking with Mike, the Borek mechanic, you tell him that Earl B said so!! hi zoe,

a correction for you: that plane you call a “Basler” is a DC-3 with an engine
retrofit by Basler. If you are talking with Mike, the Borek mechanic, you tell him
that Earl B said so!!

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