Archive for October, 2015
Chenault Air Show
by steamtug on Oct.26, 2015, under General
It takes a crazy man to put a jet engine into a truck…. so how crazy would you be to put 3 jet engines into a truck? “Shockwave” was just one of the amazing attractions I saw at the Chenault air base here in Louisiana at their annual airshow. With Hurricane Patricia breaking up over the gulf, it was bound to start raining soon, but there was too much to see and do before she arrived. (continue reading…)
It’s all bigger in TEXAS!
by steamtug on Oct.19, 2015, under Steamships
I was in awe of the sheer size of South Steyne’s engines when I got to be her engineer while she was in Victoria, many years ago. The largest of Sydney’s Manly ferries and the only one to remain steam powered, had a 4 cylinder, triple expansion engine (LP divided into 2 cylinders) balanced on the “Yarrow, Schlick and Tweedy” system and producing a massive 2,000 horsepower. But a recent trip to Texas USA put things into perspective as I crawled all over the main engines of the USS TEXAS, a world war 1 veteran and now museum ship. (continue reading…)
