Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And in the 1980's, hoppy was still travelling thousands of kms a year as a passsenger in one of several remaining military Dakotas in Australia! http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Dakota/WB_2A65_ARDU http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/b_scenes/air_store/dakota.htm Mit freundlichen Gruessen Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 31 January 2012 02:26, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Peter, > > Thanks for the kind words. > > In 1963, almost all airlines that were flying piston engined aircraft in > the US were using either Martin 404s or Convair 240/340 series airplanes, > with tricycle landing gear. A few of the DC-3s survived on the short haul > routes. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 1:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the 1930s > > > Jim: I'm really enjoying your historic airplanes, even though I don't >> know much about them. The sepia really works on that one. And you still >> look dashing in a bomber jacket. (You should have had a screw-mount Leica >> around your neck and then you could have passed it off as an historic >> photo!) :-) >> >> Question: I once flew on a plane that looked very much like that DC-3. >> I was about 9 years old, and it was the spring of 1963. My parents and I >> flew nonstop from Boston to Washington, DC. Would you hazard a guess as >> to >> what model airplane I flew on? >> >> --Peter >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>