Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fascinating! Did you know they are building Wacos again? http://www.wacoclassic.com/intro.html _http://www.wacoclassic.com/intro.html_ (http://www.wacoclassic.com/intro.html) Sonny In a message dated 7/27/2004 12:53:05 PM Central Standard Time, abridge@gmail.com writes: I grew up less than half a mile from the Waco factory (which was closed of course) and used to fish at Clayton Bruckner's pond. He and my dad were friends. Bruckner was an interesting guy, he and his brother lived alone with a housekeeper to handle the worst of the mess in a house filled with engineering magazines and documents left over from WW II and earlier. A Cord in the barn up on blocks. He was an unsung hero. When the hospital needed an emergency generator he located one at Cape Canaveral and had it shipped up and oversaw its installation and testing. Gave millions to the local hospital back when a million was a LOT of money. He built a glass-walled vessel on tracks that would go out into the pond so he could study the fish. They re-opened the airport for a few years while I was in high school and had a Waco fly-in. I have some pictures of that I think. adam On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:43:13 EDT, sonc@aol.com <sonc@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/27/2004 11:39:23 AM Central Standard Time, > abridge@gmail.com writes: > > Yes...how did those Spads and Gypsy Moths do as photo platforms?? :) > > Adam > > > Don't know about spads, but Waco's were pretty fun! > > http://www.sonc.com/waco.htm > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com Regards, Sonny _http://www.sonc.com_ (http://www.sonc.com/)