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A whole different feeling —

C-3 with newly finished canopy installed.

We installed the canopy on our C-3.  It gives it a whole different feeling when flying the trainer. 

Check out our new video “Recovering a Link Trainer with Fabric” (Under “Videos” heading in right column ).

Author ronewartPosted on August 21, 2023August 24, 2023Tags Blue Box, Bluebox, C-3, Canopy, Hood, Link TrainerLeave a comment on A whole different feeling —

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  • CONTACT US
  • Link Trainer Blue Box RESTORATION HINTS
    • A Link Trainer restoration approach
    • Aileron Valve
    • Directional Gyro
    • Elevator Valve
    • Fabric Recovering
    • Hood
    • Instructor Station Maps
    • Pitch & Roll Bellows
    • Refurbishing Small Hinged Bellows
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    • Rudder Valve
    • Seat
      • Seat details
    • Slip Stream Simulator
    • Spin Trip Assembly
    • Stall bellows
    • Telegon oscillator
    • Turn & bank indicator regulator bellows
    • Turning motor (Yaw)
    • Vacuum turbine
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  • Link Trainer RESTORATION RESOURCES
  • BOB & RON’s BLUE BOX VINTAGE LINK TRAINERS
    • Link Trainer vintage 1942; Navy Model “Esp”; S/N 376
      • Navy Esp — Current status
    • Link Trainer vintage 1943; Army Air Force S/N S-W C-3 6979
      • Army Air Force C-3 — Current Status
    • Link Trainer circa 1945; Army/Navy Model ANT-18 S/N 4444
  • VIDEOS
    • Elevator valve refurbishing
    • Pitch & Roll bellows refurbishing
    • Recovering a Link Trainer with Fabric
    • Spin trip assembly refurbishing
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  • BLUE BOX BUDDIES
    • Australian Air Force Cadets — Robert Boyd
    • Boxted Airfield Museum; Colchester, Essex, England — Mike Lemon
    • Champaign Aviation Museum — Jack Tims
    • Delta Flight Museum — Delta pilot Capt. Jim Daigneau
    • Everts Air Cargo; Fairbanks, Alaska — Michael Heit
    • Honor Point Military & Aerospace Museum –John Vujovich
    • Isle of Wight Aviation Museum, U.K. – Tony Smart
    • linktrainer.net – Steve Edwards
    • Long Island Early Flier’s Education Foundation – Tom Alferman et.al.
    • Museum of the CAF Airbase, GA — Col. Malcolm Lelliott et.al.
    • National Museum of WWII Aviation; Colorado Springs, CO — Vern Patterson
    • National Warplane Museum; Geneseo, NY — Taelor Kirkebye
    • Regional Military Museum — Charlie Koch & Mike Martin
    • Rocky Mountain Wing CAF – Col. Tim Dyer
    • Wendover Museum; Western Sky Warbirds Museum — Steven Shepherd
    • ZEIL General Training — Ian Jacobs

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