Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:34 pm
well here is howards plane as of a few weeks ago
steve can say it they are the one in the same
steve can say it they are the one in the same
Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:11 am
The blue and white Staggerwing that was at lone Star for all of those years was formerly owned by the Mecoms. The Mecom Oil Co. color was blue. Everything they owned ( except for the N.O. Saints ) seemed to be blue.
Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:46 am
Terrific 'report' August.
More!
More!
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:13 am
I can do some more 80s shows if folks want more. Let's see if I get any scanning time this weekend.
But here are just a few more from the same event.
The XP-51 flew for the last time ever during OSH 82. It was briefly in the sky at the same time as the P-51C but developed problems and had to land quickly. We were all waiting for them to do a pass together but it didn't quite happen.
This was the first modern airshow to feature a 5-heavy formation.
August
But here are just a few more from the same event.
The XP-51 flew for the last time ever during OSH 82. It was briefly in the sky at the same time as the P-51C but developed problems and had to land quickly. We were all waiting for them to do a pass together but it didn't quite happen.
This was the first modern airshow to feature a 5-heavy formation.
August
Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:58 pm
k5083 wrote:Thanks Bryan and Ryan, I'd love to have an N-number for the Beech.Ryan Harris wrote:If you didn't know the details of all the Oshkoshes and of all the airplanes, you'd think the pictures were taken just this year. Very crisp. Slide shooting had its advantages.
HAS. HAS its advantages. Which is why I still shoot them ...
August
According to Tom Lymburn the skinny is:
Beech UC-43-BH (D17S)
AAF AAF 44-67791
N1336V (exNC1336V)
c/n 6897
Some sources say this one was ex-RAF FT525
And it is the bird now with HP. Love the N#
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... rtxt=666TX
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:31 pm
Anyone know the fate of Little Demon?
Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:10 pm
sdennison wrote:Anyone know the fate of Little Demon?
http://www.fighter-collection.com/news/2006/09/07/270
Or did you mean this one:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff11 ... g/PB13.jpg
Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:40 pm
And thanks for posting all the great pics, August. They bring back a ton of good memories (I was very much in love with the XP-51 at the time). 
Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:16 pm
Dan K wrote:sdennison wrote:Anyone know the fate of Little Demon?
http://www.fighter-collection.com/news/2006/09/07/270
Or did you mean this one:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff11 ... g/PB13.jpg
The Jug! Thanks Dan!
Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:38 pm
Linked some old video of Little Demon at the Base Theater. Hope you enjoy Mr. Dennison.
Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:00 am
Thank you Dan! I did.
Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:04 pm
Great photos! I especially appreciate those of P-38 44-53087, owned by my uncle in the '50s-'60s for aerial photography.
Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:02 pm
BCalmes wrote:Great photos! I especially appreciate those of P-38 44-53087, owned by my uncle in the '50s-'60s for aerial photography.
I take it from your comment that you're related to Vern Cartwright then. Didn't he also have some other former WWII a/c in use as mapping platforms? Is he still around?
T J
Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:39 pm
Hi August,
Two quick questions: Do you have any photos of the ex-Doug Goss T-6G N7197C/49-2897? It was overall yellow with "TA-897" buzz number.
Second, do you (or anyone else) around that time remember seeing a dismantled ex-Indian Spitfire on display there, as well as a wingless Staggerwing hulk under a tarp? I remember seeing them at Osh in either '79 or '81. Thanks!
Two quick questions: Do you have any photos of the ex-Doug Goss T-6G N7197C/49-2897? It was overall yellow with "TA-897" buzz number.
Second, do you (or anyone else) around that time remember seeing a dismantled ex-Indian Spitfire on display there, as well as a wingless Staggerwing hulk under a tarp? I remember seeing them at Osh in either '79 or '81. Thanks!
Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:53 pm
I take it from your comment that you're related to Vern Cartwright then. Didn't he also have some other former WWII a/c in use as mapping platforms? Is he still around?
I am. We lost him to cancer in 2003.
He also once owned a Bamboo Bomber, and at various times he leased or rented T-6 aircraft. I have a fuzzy memory from my youth of another ex-military plane, but I have no idea what it was.
Modified P-38s were fairly common in the mapping industry in the '50s and '60s because it was about the only aircraft available for higher altitude work. Selling it was one of his later regrets, but they were a dime a dozen at the time... and major fuel-hogs! I'm told he sold it for $6,000.
Just about everything else was a variety of Cessnas.
Did you know him?