B-25 and Hudson pistons...

TwinH
TwinH Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I was just wanting to post this video my neighbor made so just to keep it

"on topic" the tie in is that Hudson supplied pistons for the Wright Cyclone

engines. Quoting from an add in the Oct,1943 Motor Age:



"THEY ARE indeed jewels of precision-these pistons which flow by the

thousands from Hudson production lines,bound for service in the fighting heart

of famous Wright Cyclone engines.



Finish dimensions,for example,must be accurate to 10 millionths of an inch,

and weight to 4 hundredths of a pound- tolerances unknown in pre-war

automobiles,fine as they were"



It goes on to mention their many war contracts including Oerlikon 20 mm.

antiaircraft guns,Hudson Invader engines,wings for Helldivers,and fuselage

sections for Marauder bombers. It ends with the promise...



"When peace comes,we'll be building finer-than-ever Hudsons to be sold

by our coast-to-coast organization."



And so they did.



Kermits place would be a fine one to host a national convention,hint,hint

and really close for me.;)



Hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKRftL5F__c&feature=youtu.be&a

Jeff Lynn

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  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Being young, prop fighter and bomber aircraft were before my time but I love to see these old birds in the air. I just recently put togeather a model of an F100. The F100 was the first fighter that I flew in, and to think that it has been mothballed for some 30 plus years. I have been to Kermits place and it is a great "Must" visit spot for airplane lovers.



    Florida is a long drive for most of the Hudson folks in the lower 48 states, but, I would like to get back. Spent a lot of time working at Kennedy Space Flight Center and would love a reason to return.
  • 37 CTS
    37 CTS Senior Contributor
    Just last week, I was in near the Willow Run airport near Ypsilanti and heard a large piston type engine above me. When I looked up it was the Yankee Air Force B-25 on its way to landing. What a sight!

    Those Hudson pistons are still at work!
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    37 CTS wrote:
    Just last week, I was in near the Willow Run airport near Ypsilanti and heard a large piston type engine above me. When I looked up it was the Yankee Air Force B-25 on its way to landing. What a sight!

    Those Hudson pistons are still at work!



    And don't you know, if you've ever been around them, there is no sound like an old radial engine turning revs - and, equally, no smell like oil smoke at 6am on a cool morning as the old bird begins to fire up. Been there, done that.



    One of the wildest mods they did, down in the south Pacific, was to fit -25's with a 75 mm cannon in the nose. Pilot's reported it was like flying into a brick wall when it was fired - but they could, and did, hit Japanese ships from 2 miles out.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    I was up in Montana a few weeks ago at the "Skunk meet" and captured this photo over at the Air Base. it is only appropriate that it is added to this Thread. Besides, next to Hudsons, my best friends are antique airplanes.....

    Donot get me started on "nose art." I remember as a teenager with my first custom having the name painted on the back "Lucky Devil." It was all the rage in the late 50's......
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    I think a lot of guys on this forum are machine lovers, not just cars but planes, boats, and trains too. I was contemplating putting some nose art on my Hudson's fender (they're old bombers right?)... not permanent... I'd do it with those big flat magnetic sign material sheets. Get a Vargas girl print and some script and there ya have it, ready to display.
  • TwinH
    TwinH Senior Contributor
    Browniepetersen wrote:
    Being young, prop fighter and bomber aircraft were before my time but I love to see these old birds in the air. I just recently put togeather a model of an F100. The F100 was the first fighter that I flew in, and to think that it has been mothballed for some 30 plus years. I have been to Kermits place and it is a great "Must" visit spot for airplane lovers.



    Florida is a long drive for most of the Hudson folks in the lower 48 states, but, I would like to get back. Spent a lot of time working at Kennedy Space Flight Center and would love a reason to return.





    If you've been to Fantasy Of Flight you probably drove past my place to get there. I run the RV park next door. I have seen an F-86 and a Mig 15? in

    a mock dogfight. It didn't look like they were "playing" to me.





    I "flew" 100's of missions with this P-40 as a kid and later read a lot of

    the adventures of the early fliers.

    004.jpg



    Last Nov.at their Roar and Soar (car,boat,and plane show) Kermit made it

    all real for me in his P-40. In the same seat that "Tex Hill" and other

    Flying Tigers had flown in before.

    RoarnSoar09164.jpg



    RoarnSoar09153.jpg
  • TwinH
    TwinH Senior Contributor
    37 CTS wrote:
    Just last week, I was in near the Willow Run airport near Ypsilanti and heard a large piston type engine above me. When I looked up it was the Yankee Air Force B-25 on its way to landing. What a sight!

    Those Hudson pistons are still at work!





    Cool video history of Willow Run...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_CUPA0k0fw
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Great stuff..... As a member of the Air Force I have flown in F100's, F105's and the F16's. In 1986 I had the chance to fly "back seat" at Las Vegas "Red Flag" competition with the individual that placed "Top Gun" for that year across the various services. It was a rare treat with all the F16 would do. Had some active duty time but ended up retiring as the First Shirt for the

    419th TFW. When I would show up to pull Air Operations duty on off Saturdays/Sundays it was not uncommon to have one of the pilots invite me to fly with them. A lot of good memories attached to those afternoons with the fly-boys...... Now we all get togeather at local old car events and tell lies all day long.....
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