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Syracuse to Ottawa charter in a Navaho. Cold in Syracuse but minus 45 in Ottawa. All day on the ground in Ottawa, airplane in heated hangar. Clear sky, no wind.? Overnight with Twin Comanche in Watertown NY. Minus 30 or colder. Fuel selector/drain frozen. Fixed that, took off, no heat. About an hour to Pittsfield MA with no heat and inadequate clothing.? I did Grand Forks overnights for a year. Minus 40 a lot but company car was plugged into block heater at hotel. I would jump in the car with just a sweater on to go to the store. Instant heat.? ?Beech 18 is interesting. The warmest the engines ever get in really cold weather is the middle of the yellow arc.?
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 04:02:49 PM MST, Don Norris via groups.io <danorrisfly@...> wrote:
Sometime around 1974, we flew the C195 to just NW of MPLS for Christmas. When we were due to depart, it was -30F.? Yuo need to prop the radial engine through before starting - Dad and I both hung on the prop blade and could not move it.? We pointed a kerosene torpedo type heater at the engine via a trap, turned on the Southwind gasoline heater in the cabin to warm the 5 gallons of oil under the panel, and replaced the frozen/shattered battery. About 2 hours later we were able to start the engine and get into the air. That was one short takeoff roll. The rest of the trip was uneventful, and it was well above freezing when we got back to KLAW.
On Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 at 9:31 AM, Michael Robinson via groups.io <toobuilder1@...> wrote:
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