Warbird Information Exchange

Thanks for the movie shot, Paul. This has always been one of my all-time favourites. How can you not enjoy a movie full of such historical aircraft and characters like Abbot and Costello!?

I notice your subject line includes BT-14s. Do you have another photo to post? I've only had one coffee this morning, and I can't find any BT-14s.

Finally, can anybody give me some idea of how important Embry-Riddle was to the war effort? I have seen the name so many times over the years, but I have never read a history of the organization (and I must admit that I have not Googled the name yet)

cheers
Doug

Embry-Riddle was founded in the 20's as a flying school and air route operator. Through several mergers and buy-outs, it disappeared in the mid-1930's. It was re-incarnated in 1939 by Embry as the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation, and provided flight training and aviation maintenance training throughout WW2. It gravitated toward the university it now is in the 1960's.


Walt

It must not have taken.......

Thanks, Walt. Sounds like a longer, more complex and perhaps more interesting history than I imagined. I guess a visit to Google is in order!

Doug

The bottom part of that tower structure was still at Chino airport when I first went there I think. I used to keep my Stearman in the large hangar out of sight to the left.

That first picture is fantastic!

Cheers,

David

A nice fellow that e-mailed me that photo on top, his father took that....I have a few more from the movie, that I will be posting shortly too.