Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, The image comes up fine for me. I've never run across the airplane, and the AOPA registry has nothing on the manufacturer or model name. I did a search and found the following link that you might find interesting. http://www.lynden.com/lynden_ink/2007/mar07.pdf Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Bullis" <cif@halcyon.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: [Leica] Airplanes > The historic aircraft discussion is a live issue for me because I'm > dealing with my own history; my father died at work as a Pan American > captain flying regular bush freight and passenger service in Alaska during > WWII. Since there seem to be some aviation buffs in this group I'll risk > posting this non-Leica image; made with an ancient Kodak postcard camera > (I have most of that camera, recovered from the crash). The aircraft was > an American Pilgrim, made by General Aviation. The date was 1943 or 44. > I believe there are no more than two of these planes left; the Smithsonian > never heard of it and the Museum of Flight doesn't have one. I have seen > one, as a former president of Alaska Airlines had one and it was parked at > SEA for awhile. The accident is reported in Greg Liefer's book _Broken > Wings_, which is about crashes in Alaska, including that of Wiley Post. > > Here's the link to the picture: > http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/119152530_ffc7e0cbec_o.jpg > > I've had some trouble getting to the links posted on this group so far; if > you want this and can't get it, let me know. > > Larry Bullis > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >