[Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks for looking, Bill.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Bill Grimwood" <bill at grimwood.net>
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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3


> Thanks Jim.
>
> Bill, Huntsville
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Nichols
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> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Fully Restored 1948 Stinson 108-3
>
> Dropped in at the local airport for a few minutes this morning, and 
> spotted
> a lucky pilot tying down his recently fully restored 1948 Stinson 108-3. 
> I
> could see that the outside was perfect.  When asked if I wanted to see the
> inside, I was amazed to see that the full instrument panel was also
> original.  The whole airplane was a step back in time to the days when
> flying was much simpler and one was free to go almost anywhere he desired.
>
> I have never flown a Stinson, but felt a connection because Eddie 
> Stinson's
> father was City Engineer at one time in the little Mississippi town where 
> I
> grew up, and the now gone grass airport was named Stinson Field.  In the 
> 50s
> I flew into it when it was all grass, and later when the local crop 
> dusters
> put in an 1800ft narrow blacktop runway.
>
> The Stinson was parked with the old DC-3 in the background.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fully+Restored+1948+Stinson+108.jpg
> .html
>
> The nose carries the popular name:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Flying+Station+Wagon.jpg.html
>
> And the tail carries the famous Stinson trademark:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Original+Stinson+Trademark+on+Tail.
> jpg.html
>
> All captured with the only camera that I had with me, my Samsung Convoy II
> phone.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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