Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try this link...the caption is interesting vis-a-vis what is which plane: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/McMahan/3160.htm Peter Dzwig Douglas Sharp wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >