Fantasy of Flight’s Stinson L-1 Flew Today!

[Lynn Allen]

Well .....when you have flown one..........you've flown half of em. Can't believe I had a chance to buy one (had the money in my pocket) a flyer by the way, and turned it down. I wanted Big Iron!!! Well heck that's one big airplane!

And have Wade work on it...

[jdvoss]

I've attached a photo of the subject L-1 on the Paul Mantz flight line at the Orange County Airport (Santa Ana, CA) ca. 1958-59. I do recall driving past there at another point in time and noted it had the amphibian floats attached.

[Obergrafeter]

I think that's the ex-CAF one that went to the Anchorage Museum

I think that's the ex-CAF one that went to the Anchorage Museum

It was never a CAF bird. It belonged to the "Alamo Liaison Squadron" in San Antonio. When they got rid of it I had a chance to buy it. Being a dumb ass I passed! It was silver with a red cross, pre-war, war games markings.

[PinecastleAAF]

It looks like it has a swing under the left wing. Stinson swing wing?

[jdvoss]

The "Swing Wing" is most probably a camera platform.

[L-4Pilot]

This picture was with several boxes of documents and photos that came with the O-58A project. The 109th Observation Squadron flew them along with a couple of O-58s. They are a really big aircraft.