Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]< http://www.redbubble.com/people/woodeye518/art/3718078-2-northrop-yc-125b-raider > The wonders of Google! 2009/10/26 Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > > >Can any airplane maven on the LUG tell me what this is? I came across it > on > >the tarmac of the USAF museum in Dayton, OH and I neglected to note the > >manufacturer. The only tri-motor airplane that I know by sight is the old > >Ford trimotor. > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Unknown+airplane.jpg.html > >Larry Z > =========================================================== > I think it might be a Fairchild Trimotor from the 1950's. Somewhere in my > library > of books and magazines there is a picture of this taking off with rocket > assist, but I can't > remember which publication it's in. > > BTW, last week I went to the university library semi-annual used book sale > and among other > things picked up (for 25 cents) an original Republic Avaiation sales > brochure for the SeaBee (like the one > in your picture a couple of weeks ago). > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff The new LEICA M9 Passion for perfect pictures. http://www.m.leica-camera.com http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman