Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paradise Valley Airpark was about 20 miles north of Phoenix. As kids we would play in the old planes which cluttered up the area. Thinking about it makes me want to dig up an old Richard Bach novel. Keep smiling.... :-P Walt Jack Maddox wrote: > Walt, > > Never flown a Stearman . The closest I came to it was when I was a kid > in Texas. Believe it or not a used car lot had one on the front row. > Each evening I would sneak over after they closed and sit in the > cockpit. When I think back on it now that may be the subliminal reason > I chose the screen name of smilingjack. > > Jack > > Walt Johnson wrote: >> Have you ever tried a Stearman? After WWII the army sold them for >> $300 with a spare engine in the box. 8-) >> >> Jack Maddox wrote: >>> Adam, >>> >>> I know just what you mean. I have been around aircraft for almost as >>> long as I can remember. I can hear the sound of a radial engine long >>> before I can tell the direction from whence it emanates. I will run >>> out of the house in search of one. Trouble is they are few and far >>> between now days. >>> >>> Thanks for looking >>> Jack >>> >>> >>> Adam Bridge wrote: >>>> Dozens of small airfields I know of would love to have something like >>>> this hanging in their lounges. Wow...it sooooo captures, well, the kid >>>> in ME! Hell, the adult in me too 'cause that's just how I feel when I >>>> see some hunk of flying machinery motor past. >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> On 5/2/07, Jack Maddox <jmaddox01@suddenlink.net> wrote: >>>>> Children love aircraft. If they make a lot of noise its all the >>>>> better. >>>>> Jacob and Alisa have found the source of their amusement. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/smilingjack/grab+bag/img033+copy.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ypl3gq >>>>> >>>>> comments are always welcomed. >>>>> >>>>> Jack >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >