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I guess its normal to smoke a little. Looked to me like there might be some oil streaks on the belly. It's a radial engine. If it's not leaking and burning oil it's under serviced.  My father-in-law owned a Cessna 195 with a 300hp Jacobs engine. He'd have to roll down the pilot's side window in flight (the 195's windows manually cranked down just like a car) and wipe the oil off the windscreen occasionally)
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I guess its normal to smoke a little. Looked to me like there might be some oil streaks on the belly. It's a radial engine. If it's not leaking and burning oil it's under serviced. Isn't the smoke at startup because of the engine pre oilers?
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My dad served in the South Pacific on the Yorktown and on several islands.
The two planes he loved best to hear and see overhead were the Hellcat and the P-38 Lightning.
He said the Japs would turn tail and run when these planes came after them a bit later in the war. They learned that they would be sacrificing scarce assets.
That was a picture perfect landing, IMO. The pilot knew the plane.
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In he mid-1960's, I worked with 2 guys at Mobil Oil in NY. During the war, one flew Grumman F-6Fs in The Pacific and the other flew North American P-51s in Europe. the (good natured) arguments were endless. I always wondered if both planes flew against each other , who'd win! I've read the P-51 would do well until after the first turn.
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I guess its normal to smoke a little. Looked to me like there might be some oil streaks on the belly. It's a radial engine. If it's not leaking and burning oil it's under serviced. yeah, another of the old WW 2 sayings on Radials... if it isn't leaking oil on the ground when parked, then there isn't any oil in the engine...
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I guess its normal to smoke a little. Looked to me like there might be some oil streaks on the belly. It's a radial engine. If it's not leaking and burning oil it's under serviced. yeah, another of the old WW 2 sayings on Radials... if it isn't leaking oil on the ground when parked, then there isn't any oil in the engine... After our OPS brief I always did a walk around with our crew chief to make sure we had leaks under the 1830 R's ..No leaky no fly GI
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