Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know that, when they opened the hanger, they found lots of jigs for making wings and many spares - but that was in 1964. Now I know where some of that material went. Bruckner wrote "An Aviation History of Miami County" that detailed the rise of WACO - I used to have a photo copy of it but can't lay my hands on it since our 2nd move. :( Now I"ll look through old slides and see what I have. Adam On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:02:50 EDT, sonc@aol.com <sonc@aol.com> wrote: > > > 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/) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >