Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Flying from NY to Chicago in 1960 to move there would I have been in a DC-6? On the way back 6 months later thy had this new thing it was a Boing 707 and there were not reassuring propellers for kids to watch go round and on round. But Chicago to NY was 2 hours instead of 6. I was ten. I could live with that. And the Stewardess's were so pretty I had to shield my eyes. Too blinding. I'm pretty sure it was American Airlines. Danny Kaye. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:40:08 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the 1930s > > Hi Geoff, > > I only made a couple of flights in a C-47, in 1952. Ours had bench seats > along the sides, not really made for comfort. If you traveled that much in > them, did yours have passenger seats? > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 2:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the 1930s > > >> 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.h >> tm >> >> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information