Yep,
recon that was the go...
nice pic headin for rotation !! 14r or 32r
finish the runway upgrades yet?
Intend doing " Longford revival " next year, so I'll be on a orange bellied baby, hopefully the little Giulietta will be "onsong" and finished by then ? and in my mates garage near by.
Leeroy,
'cause you sit up the front.............you wouldn't see ice on the leading edge...like the Comet !!! IFR ------------
except that the comet's Captain, don't care, if it is iced up , cause it won't effect his stall speed and he don't need low speed handling qualities either, just as long as he doesn't lose his reaction time by sleeping in the cab in sub zero conditions.
On the NP435---I'm led to believe (easily led ), that's an inherent characteristic, where as the youngin' will grow out of it about age 21, the tranny won't. Try using 80/90 synthetic oil, no g'tee but worth a try to help the synchro's mesh a tad quieter, doesn't mean you administer it to the young one for the same outcome though.

Mine used caster oil on me, didn't work.
Every time I look skyward , I say to myself , Hi Leeroy, as the orange belly passes overhead.... must be you,cause you then turn her south! and I get the "FLICK" , tail end view, heading for Mexico.