Mike,
You are asking a lot of an old guys failing memory!! To the best of
my recollection, the original Kensei engine had cooked and was
replaced with a Pratt-Whitney (don't remember the model number) but
I'm not for sure if that happened before or after I got to fly it. I
do recall the cockpit covered in embossing tape stickers with english
translations on everything!! There wasn't a lot of instrumentation on
the Zero however... Pretty basic and simple.
If you find out who is still flying an original, please let me know. I
wasn't aware that any were still flyable!
Cheers!!
Jim
On 2/8/07, rrengineer@dslextreme.com <rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Jim,
> Did the Zero have an original Japanese engine or an American retro-fit?
> I understand there is only one flying Zero with an original engine.
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
> and only flown an R/C version of the Zero.
>
>
> Jim Johnson
> > Got my ticket in the late 60s and finished my commercial in early 70s.
> > Flew a lot of right seat in the late 70s out of Houston. Am most proud
> > of my very few hours in a Mitsubishi A6M (Zero), a B-25, and an F4U
> > Corsair with the CAF back in 1979. WhooEeeeee!!
> >
> > Cheers!!
> > Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
> > --
> > 1964 R60/2 BMW
> > 1968 MG Midget
> > 1976 R90/6 BMW
> > 1990 K100LT BMW
> > Thomas Huxley - "It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of
> > importance."
> >
>
>
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1964 R60/2 BMW
1968 MG Midget
1976 R90/6 BMW
1990 K100LT BMW
Thomas Huxley - "It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of
importance."
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