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

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

a pretty little thing

ric


On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> 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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