Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: >Can any airplane maven on the LUG tell me what this is? I came across it on >the tarmac of the USAF museum in Dayton, OH and I neglected to note the >manufacturer. The only tri-motor airplane that I know by sight is the old >Ford trimotor. >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Unknown+airplane.jpg.html >Larry Z =========================================================== I think it might be a Fairchild Trimotor from the 1950's. Somewhere in my library of books and magazines there is a picture of this taking off with rocket assist, but I can't remember which publication it's in. BTW, last week I went to the university library semi-annual used book sale and among other things picked up (for 25 cents) an original Republic Avaiation sales brochure for the SeaBee (like the one in your picture a couple of weeks ago). Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/