{"id":2099,"date":"2009-07-23T01:35:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T01:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=601"},"modified":"2009-07-23T01:35:12","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T01:35:12","slug":"travelair-4000-takes-to-the-air-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/kermit-weeks\/travelair-4000-takes-to-the-air-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelair 4000 takes to the Air Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-606 colorbox-2099\" title=\"Travelair 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Travelair-1.JPG\" alt=\"Travelair 1\" width=\"450\" height=\"310\" \/>I recently test flew our Travelair 4000 after a complete top-overhaul by our engine restoration specialist, Andy Salter. \u00a0The aircraft sports a Wright J-5, which is the same engine that safely took Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic in 1927. \u00a0This particular airplane had been out of license for eight years so it was great to get it flying again! \u00a0Andy is currently working on building up another J-5 to power our Spirit of St. Louis replica. \u00a0This is an <em>extremely rare <\/em>running engine and is possibly one of the very few, if not the <em>only<\/em> Wright J-5 engine currently flying!<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons we got it in the air again is there is a possibility of doing some movie work with it within the next year or so. \u00a0If this happens, we will use the Spirit engine as a back-up and when any filming is completed, we would then install it on our Spirit of St. Louis replica. \u00a0One of the small tweaks we need to do is to adjust the pitch angle on the ground adjustable propellor, as it is a bit coarse right now. \u00a0It currently has a higher cruise than normal, but needs a bit more horsepower for take-off and climb. \u00a0This can be accomplished by flattening out the pitch angel on the prop to allow the engine to turn up a bit more rpm on take-off, which translates to more horsepower. \u00a0Currently, it&#8217;s like taking off in a car in third gear. \u00a0It takes a bit to get going, but once you get leveled off, and up to speed, it goes!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-609 colorbox-2099\" title=\"Travelair 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Travelair-21.JPG\" alt=\"Travelair 2\" width=\"353\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are in the Central Florida area this weekend, you can see it fly at Fantasy of Flight in conjunction with a Barnstormers Event we&#8217;re doing July 25th and 26th. \u00a0I won&#8217;t be able to fly as I will be heading towards the Oshkosh Fly-In that begins next Monday, July 27th to sell and autograph my products in the EAA Wearhouse near Aeroshell Square, Monday through Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you can make it out to Fantasy of Flight this weekend, but if you find yourself up at Oshkosh, come by and say Hello!<\/p>\n<p>Kermit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently test flew our Travelair 4000 after a complete top-overhaul by our engine restoration specialist, Andy Salter. \u00a0The aircraft sports a Wright J-5, which is the same engine that safely took Charles Lindbergh across\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kermit-weeks","category-travelair-4000","travelair-4000-takes-to-the-air-again"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}