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Subject: [Leica] Airplanes
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun Aug 19 22:48:00 2007
References: <46C90F97.1080105@halcyon.com> <00d701c7e2df$c770eec0$6101a8c0@jimnichols>

Hi,
the information I found is that the American Pilgrim is in fact a 
Fairchild, which would explain why  "American " as a manufacturer 
doesn't come up
http://www.aerofiles.com/_fair.html
It's about  a quarter  of the way down the page , listed as 100A, 100B 
or Y1C-24 - pictures too
Cheers
Douglas

Jim Nichols wrote:
> 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
>>
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