off topic: Flames from Connie?

[Coyote Chris]

Can someone explain the two or three sourses and colors of flames comming out of this Connie's engines on takeoff? One might guess that the exhaust collectors would put out the same color?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dExlu488bM4&feature=related

http://tinyurl.com/86gvetg

[W J Pearce]

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The Connie used Wright 3350 Turbo Compound engines. What you see are the flames coming out of the three power recovery turbines (PRT). Each turbine is fed by the exhaust from six cylinders. The PRT is geared to the engine crankshaft so that power is recovered from the exhaust and given back to the engine.

[Race 29]

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My dad used to fly Connie's out of McClellan AFB. My family would go outside when he came back from a mission (When he wasn't in Vietnam). We would watch for the flames coming from the engines and know that was him on final for landing! I had to have been 5 or 6 and I can still remember it to this day.

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[xmh53wrench]

Re: off topic: Flames from Connie?

My dad used to fly Connie's out of McClellan AFB. My family would go outside when he came back from a mission (When he wasn't in Vietnam). We would watch for the flames coming from the engines and know that was him on final for landing! I had to have been 5 or 6 and I can still remember it to this day.

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Nice, mental image!! Exhaust flames from most anything are the best

[Coyote Chris]

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Thanks guys! Very interesting.....

[Reever]

Re: off topic: Flames from Connie?

My dad used to fly Connie's out of McClellan AFB. My family would go outside when he came back from a mission (When he wasn't in Vietnam). We would watch for the flames coming from the engines and know that was him on final for landing! I had to have been 5 or 6 and I can still remember it to this day.

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I remember seeing the EC-121's coming and going from McClellan AFB when I was a kid.

[AirDOGGe]

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Nice, mental image!! Exhaust flames from most anything are the best

If I saw some coming out of a Toyota Prius hybrid, then I'd worry....

[JLKnolla]

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That is just too sexy right there, thaks for sharing that. I took a hop in the MATS Connie years ago, an extra special treat, very cool.

[Bill@Interstell]

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The Connie has always been one of my favorite airplanes. the lines are just beautiful.

[V1670]

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That is SO cool! Takes me back to when I was a kid and when MATS Connies would be on approach to Moffet and you could see the blue flames at dusk/night. Lockheed sure built some beautiful aircraft.

[Coyote Chris]

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I have to agree that the Connie is a very beautiful airplane, where as the DC-4 is kinda like the box the Connie came in. But while I can tell you exactly why I think a particular woman is beautiful, I can not express why the connie is so appealing....it is just an "it" plane. I has that factor written all over it.

[Unlimited Fan]

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Lockheed designs is particular had a look all their own - Connies and Lightnings just 'look' like Lockheeds.

[Coyote Chris]

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^well, I think you may have hit the nail on the head. The SR-71 may be the neatest looking a/c of all time.

[64chrysler300]

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Here's another....no flames though

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY4G-NS0Hc&feature=related[/YT]