Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice looking plane, Jim. Thanks for sharing and for the historical notes. For what it's worth, we also had a Stinson Field, now known as Stinson Municipal Airport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinson_Municipal_Airport Cheers, :Al Crouch -----Original Message----- >From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >Sent: Sep 30, 2011 1:24 PM >To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org> >Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information