I remember visitinggeoff Edwards a few times in Brisbane and remember he was trying to flog off e few new engines in boxes. They would have been old and not sure if up to date with TBs
Edwards would have made a good used car salesman. Ian On Oct 17, 2012 8:01 AM, "Ian Williams" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all**** > > ** ** > > For the last 3 years or so I have been working at getting an ex Thai > Dimona S/no 3537 back into the air. Over the last few Mths progress has > accelerated. Self employment having to take priority unfortunately. But > it should at the very least be complete by the end of the year. **** > > ** ** > > However I have a couple of issues / questions that one of you may be able > to answer.**** > > ** ** > > **1) **Our Dimona had an “emergency landing” near Bangkok on 26 Feb > 1992. And I think was actually written off by the TAF.. the ding busted > the U/C and a little damage around the attach points which we have > repaired. .. and replaced the bent rod (HT ones) ends so all good. > However the U/C we have has the S/no of the Dimona operating in the Sydney > area . Do any of you have any more info about the history of these > aircraft. I did find a pic of our one (when still in Thailand) with its > busted U/C. Also the Limbach L2000 is s/no 1234 (no joke) It seems it > has only been test run. (in the early 80’s) There is no evidence it has > actually run in the airframe. Any historical info would be appreciated. > Apart from the damage around the U/C the airframe looks very “straight” > **** > > **2) **Would any of you have any pictures or drawings of the > plumbing for the cabin heating from where the air comes in thru the hole > under the prop, into the muff around the muffler to the heat box. We have > made another muff but not sure of the placement of the hose fittings on the > muff. The other Dimona in NZ just has a short length of scat hose not > connected to the muff. It works well but a response from Limbach > indicated that the CO danger was too high so would prefer the original > design.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Best regards**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Ian Williams**** > > Agcon Engineering Ltd**** > > New Zealand**** > > ZK-GCB**** >
