SNJ-2 Texan SkyTyper References

[Sharkmouth]

** This thread discusses the content article: SNJ Texan Skywriter **

 

[moon puppy]

Re:SNJ Texan Skywriter

Great pictures. I saw these guys doing their show down at Beaufort Marine Corp Air Station several years ago. I would love to know how they do this. They fly a formation of 6 or 8 aircraft and basically type out Dot Matrix messages in the sky. One message was circular, they were so high I couldn't see the aircraft but the message was a full 360 degrees around. I don't know the dimensions of the message but several miles wide would be an understatement I think.

I like how you show the oil stains, even though these are well maintained aircraft in civilian peace time conditions, they are dirty, badly dirty. But the outer wing surfaces are not so bad.

Does Gieco own these guys now Saul or were they just a sponsor at the time I saw them?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Re:SNJ Texan Skywriter

Geico is or was the sponsor. At the time I took the photographs, the new product was Nicorette which you can see on the rear sides of the fuselage. They also flew for a time as "The Miller Squadron" for Miller Breweries.

See more on their history, along with a video, here:
http://www.skytypers.com/

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

Re: SNJ Texan Skywriter

I may need to find more images to prepare for the Kitty Hawk 1/32nd scale Texan!

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

SNJ Texan Skywriter

Found the album and re-scanned the images... more images and larger too!

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

SNJ Texan Skywriter

Quick Update, the Sky Typers are now the Geico Sky Typers.

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

Sharkmouth updated SNJ-2 Texan Skytyper with a new update entry:

Reloaded the photos as they disappeared from the old Gallery

Reloaded the photos as they disappeared from the old Gallery.

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[moon puppy]

Yeah old stuff is probably still there eating up disc space but links are broke from the old system(s) we had.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Yeah old stuff is probably still there eating up disc space but links are broke from the old system(s) we had.

This is why I repair them when I find them. I repaired links to it from the Kitty Hawk T-6 Photo Review as well.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Since I still own all the TMs, here is a pertinent part on tires and proper inflation. Did you know they usually come with inflation marks? If not, you can make your own tire inflation check template to 'point' to the proper height the bottom of the wheel should be. In other words, the inflation check templates measure the height of the tire's sidewall from the level ground to the bottom of the wheel.

I start this with point H which is about painting a slippage mark in red enamel. In high school, we used good old testors flat red.

If the tire doesn't have the line to indicate proper inflation, make a tire inflation check template:

 

[Sharkmouth]

Later Manual entry:

 

[Sharkmouth]

Also, a correction to what I wrote. The SNJ/Texan/Harvard series did indeed use the same seats as the Mustang but it was later on for the trainer. Early models, especially those with the wooden rear fuselage, used wooden seats:

Swivel seat for the observer:

The Warren-McArthur seat as used in the Mustang:

The Schick-Johnson seat as also used by the Mustang:

 

[Sharkmouth]

Sharkmouth updated SNJ-2 Texan Skytyper with a new update entry:

Manual Images for Seats and Wheels Added

Added more reference images. This time, from the TMs.

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