Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/24

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Stearman
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:06 -0600
References: <d36.5abba062.383e0f31@aol.com>

Thanks, Ira.  What I had came from an on-line search.  As I understand it, 
the F8C and the O2C were essentially the same a/c. Thanks for the update.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ISILVERMN at aol.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Stearman


> Jim,
>
> Replicas and computer generated images of the F8C were used in  the Peter
> Jackson remake.
>
> In the original film, Navy pilots stationed on Long Island flew Curtiss
> O2C-s and Consolidated NY-1 biplanes and were paid $10.00 each under the
> table.  $100 was officially donated to the Navy Fund.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
>
> On Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009 17:05:58 -0600, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
> "The biplane used in the original King Kong was the Curtiss F8C-5
> Helldiver,
> that remained in service until 1936.  The monoplane  Helldiver served
> during
> WWII."
>
>
>
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