Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love those old aircraft. Being a photojournalist has afforded me quite a few nice flights. A Stearman, T28, a 1936 something( I can't remember the name of ) gliders, hot air balloons and a C130 jaunt through a hurricane. ;-) I envy your Tri-Motor trip. They must still use them in Mexico and Latin America. Walt Marc James Small wrote: > At 04:16 PM 11/10/2006, Roy Feldman wrote: > >> Is that a Ford Tr-Motor or a JU-52? Quite a few years ago author Martin >> Cadin bought one (a JU-52) that still flew. Rattled and leaked but still >> got airborne. :-) >> >> It is the ford tri-motor that carried Adm.Byrd over the first air >> crossing >> of the South Pole. > > > I believe that there are several JU-52's still flying commercially. I > know that there are still several Ford Tri-Motors flying > commerically: I have ridden in one such. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >