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First I've heard of it! Anyone have details on the plane?

Here's more:




My parents went there once and my dad said the food was OK, but the place was only in business a few years.

This was a Delta DC-7, N4871C, that suffered a gear collapse at O'Hare in December of '61 - here's the incident:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 19611216-0
The listing refers to it being made into a restaraunt in Sterling, IL but I think this is actually the Sterling Park neighborhood in Chicago.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

I'm thinking it is no longer around. On the site www.whatwasthere.com it indicated the photos were taken in the 50's or early 60's.

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Found the location - SW corner of Cicero and Monroe. I matched up the apartment building behind it on Google Street View:


The large B&W photo was probably taken from the roof or back stairs of the apartments.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

msn 44261 l/n 447

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Neat. I hadn't heard of this place before. Man, I wish it was still there!!

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Nice find Chris! Thanks for the additional info.

Wow, you really do learn something new every day. I've been to the Windy City before but I'd never even heard of this...
Such a shame there are no places like this to go to now (I remember seeing an airplane off I-75 near Warner Robbins, GA that had been a restaurant but it vanished many moons ago, I never went there or ever got close to it). I'd love to go to a place like this.

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