Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 22 May 2013 07:10, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > PESO: > > Any of you airplane buffs know what kind of plane this is? > > http://www.pbase.com/image/150324376 > > I was told at the time it was a WWII bomber. I flew in it with a medical > mission group to the Mosquito Coast after Hurricane Mitch. We loaded the > plane with so many medical supplies that it had to circle very slowly > around and around until it got enough altitude to get over the mountains > around Tegucigalpa. I was the co-pilot ;-) sat in the seat and wore the > earphones, anyway! > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > Tina ============================================================================== Looks to me like Beech Model 18 (Military designations AT-11) navigation and bombing trainer. Post-WWII they were C-45G (remanufactured C-45Fs, RC-45As, T-7, and T-11s) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt