Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >