Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, the information I found is that the American Pilgrim is in fact a Fairchild, which would explain why "American " as a manufacturer doesn't come up http://www.aerofiles.com/_fair.html It's about a quarter of the way down the page , listed as 100A, 100B or Y1C-24 - pictures too Cheers Douglas Jim Nichols wrote: > Larry, > > The image comes up fine for me. I've never run across the airplane, > and the AOPA registry has nothing on the manufacturer or model name. > > I did a search and found the following link that you might find > interesting. > > http://www.lynden.com/lynden_ink/2007/mar07.pdf > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Bullis" <cif@halcyon.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:50 PM > Subject: [Leica] Airplanes > > >> The historic aircraft discussion is a live issue for me because I'm >> dealing with my own history; my father died at work as a Pan American >> captain flying regular bush freight and passenger service in Alaska >> during WWII. Since there seem to be some aviation buffs in this >> group I'll risk posting this non-Leica image; made with an ancient >> Kodak postcard camera (I have most of that camera, recovered from the >> crash). The aircraft was an American Pilgrim, made by General >> Aviation. The date was 1943 or 44. I believe there are no more than >> two of these planes left; the Smithsonian never heard of it and the >> Museum of Flight doesn't have one. I have seen one, as a former >> president of Alaska Airlines had one and it was parked at SEA for >> awhile. The accident is reported in Greg Liefer's book _Broken >> Wings_, which is about crashes in Alaska, including that of Wiley Post. >> >> Here's the link to the picture: >> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/119152530_ffc7e0cbec_o.jpg >> >> I've had some trouble getting to the links posted on this group so >> far; if you want this and can't get it, let me know. >> >> Larry Bullis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information