[PICS] Keesler Field etc., 1947, part 5 of 6
Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:56 pm
PART 5 OF 6
PIPER
Classic Piper Cub on the ramp at New Orleans.
REARWIN
NC47569 was a Rearwin Sportster, sits in the weeds looking a bit forlorn.
REPUBLIC
P-47N-25-RE 44-89414 looks too good to be an instructional airframe and is likely a visitor from someplace. The B-25J behind it is 44-30675.
A little less exciting, but still interesting, is this Seabee. This was a hot new model at the time, having just entered production the previous year.
SIKORSKY
The Sikorsky R-6, like any helicopter, must still have seemed an oddity in 1947.
STEARMAN
One of the cleaner and prettier pictures in this set is of PT-17 NC66470, seen with a twin Beech on what looks like a pretty evening. Today, this aircraft is listed with Independent Dusting Service of El Campo, TX, and still has an active registration.
STINSON
Beautiful Stinson Model 10, N27700. Still on the registry with an owner in Texas, status uncertain.
Stinson 108, NC9710.
Another Stinson 108, NC8582K.
Another pretty Stinson. This time not all of the registration is legible.
Yet another early warbird. This is a 1944 Stinson V77 Reliant, better known as the AT-19 navigational trainer that served mainly with the Royal Navy. In 1946, about 350 of the Royal Navy's Reliants were returned to the USA, reconditioned by the Stinson factory, and sold into the civil market as utility and bush aircraft, and this one, NC55775 serial 77-366, is likely one of those. Some of these are back in Royal Navy colors as warbirds today. This particular one still has an active N-number and is listed as belonging to Wilbur Womack of Jackson, LA.
TAYLORCRAFT
And yet another early warbird, a freshly surplused Taylorcraft L-2 in a very pretty paint scheme.
PIPER
Classic Piper Cub on the ramp at New Orleans.
REARWIN
NC47569 was a Rearwin Sportster, sits in the weeds looking a bit forlorn.
REPUBLIC
P-47N-25-RE 44-89414 looks too good to be an instructional airframe and is likely a visitor from someplace. The B-25J behind it is 44-30675.
A little less exciting, but still interesting, is this Seabee. This was a hot new model at the time, having just entered production the previous year.
SIKORSKY
The Sikorsky R-6, like any helicopter, must still have seemed an oddity in 1947.
STEARMAN
One of the cleaner and prettier pictures in this set is of PT-17 NC66470, seen with a twin Beech on what looks like a pretty evening. Today, this aircraft is listed with Independent Dusting Service of El Campo, TX, and still has an active registration.
STINSON
Beautiful Stinson Model 10, N27700. Still on the registry with an owner in Texas, status uncertain.
Stinson 108, NC9710.
Another Stinson 108, NC8582K.
Another pretty Stinson. This time not all of the registration is legible.
Yet another early warbird. This is a 1944 Stinson V77 Reliant, better known as the AT-19 navigational trainer that served mainly with the Royal Navy. In 1946, about 350 of the Royal Navy's Reliants were returned to the USA, reconditioned by the Stinson factory, and sold into the civil market as utility and bush aircraft, and this one, NC55775 serial 77-366, is likely one of those. Some of these are back in Royal Navy colors as warbirds today. This particular one still has an active N-number and is listed as belonging to Wilbur Womack of Jackson, LA.
TAYLORCRAFT
And yet another early warbird, a freshly surplused Taylorcraft L-2 in a very pretty paint scheme.
Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:55 am
I'm not sure about the J-3 Cub being at New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
I don't go back THAT far.
There is only one hangar on the field that it could possibly be in front of
but I'm not sure if that's it.
I AM sure that the Rearwin photo was taken at Lakefront, I used to work in the hangar in the background.
I don't go back THAT far.
There is only one hangar on the field that it could possibly be in front of
but I'm not sure if that's it.
I AM sure that the Rearwin photo was taken at Lakefront, I used to work in the hangar in the background.