BOEING MODEL 40 RESTORATION

Forwarded to me by Switches,

Addison Pemberton and Family.


A truly fantastic and amazing accomplishment by everyone involved. I am humbled by the dedication.
The restoration of our little L-3 pales in comparison but this recount brings back fond memories of the excitement.
Some background,

After 8 years and 18,000 hours of toil the Boeing 40C rolled out last
week end as a finished airplane. We now have to wait a few weeks for the
snow to melt to fly this baby.
We received our Standard Airworthiness cert form the FAA last week and
completed the engine pre oil and fuel flow tests for the 1st of the taxi
tests to start when the snow melts bit. This is the snowiest winter in
Spokane since1968 !! Great timing ??



Factoids for the Boeing 40 project

1) Project required my wife Wendy to prepare 416 hanger meals with and
average of 9 place settings. This required 7400 paper plates, 104 gallons of
tomato souse and 1000 bead rolls.

2) 221 gallons of dope/reducer and 120 yards of 102 ceconite fabric. 12
gallons of poly urethane paint for the sheet metal.

3) The wings have 33,000 individual parts in them.

4) The airplane weights 4080 lbs empty and has a gross weight of 6075 lbs.
It's 34 ft long and 13 feet tall with a wing span of 44 1/2 feet. Wing
loading 10 lbs per sq ft and power loading 10 Pounds per HP ( same as our
super cub). Should cruise at 115 mph at 28 GAH. And 32 GPH at 120 mph. It
carries 120 gallons of fuel in three tanks.

5) We used 350 2" brushes and 6 gallons of West Systems epoxy. 181 rolls
of paper towels.

6) There were a total of 62 volunteers who worked on the project to some
degree and 21 volunteers who did a significant amount of work and 9 that
worked continentally over many years.

The next e-mail you should get should be a short video clip of the 1st
engine start and then pictures of the aircraft in the air. Thank you all for
the interest in this dream and I will enjoy flying the airplane and sharing
it will all of you. Look for the Boeing 40 to come to an airport near you
!!!! We will take the airplane to Oshkosh, Blakesburg,Broadhead and then to
New York and then to San Francisco on the original transcontinental airmail
route this summer.


A grateful and humble Addison Pemberton family and friends Spokane
Washington. Visit www.pembertonandsons.com

 

And more......................

Sat at 2:00 my son Ryan in lofty cockpit engaged the inertia starter on the
Boeing 40C for the 1st time in 80 years, ran it though 6 blades and hit the
mags. The 1340 Pratt lit off strong and smooth before he could even get to
the booster coil on the first try!!! . We ran the airplane for 20 min which
included an impressive full power run that rattled every window in town. We
then taxied the airplane to the fuel pumps and back to dicover wonderful
ground handling and tracking. The punch list is short and we plan to fly
with in a month. Wow enjoy the pictures expect a short vise clip soon of
the 1st start.
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PICTURES
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