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A few shots from this past weekend and filming for a new documentary about the 1929 Powder Puff Derby, taken by Joe Santana (owner/pilot of the green/cream Travel Air) at the Golden Age Air Museum at Grimes Airport, Pennsylvania--


Starting line, Monocoupe (Phoebe Omlie won the light plane class in the '29 derby), Fleet (Jessie Kieth-Miller in '29), Travel Air 4000 (flown by several pilots in '29), Speedwing Travel Air (Louise Thaden won overall PP Derby), and Waco (Gladys O'Donnell 2nd place in '29)




The two Travel Airs

Bird biplane in background, we used it for a camera ship, along with a Breezy and a Cub, and the Waco.


Getting ready to go up in the Travel Air to buzz a Model A Ford, simulating Pancho Barnes' unfortunate close enounter with a car at one stop.


See www.ragwingderby.com for more info on the film




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We didn't try this, maybe next time...


And a couple by Heather Taylor-- the line-up again



The Breezy ready for a photo shoot





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Which Waco did you use? The museum's Straightwing?

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President National Waco Club
Curator for the Waco Historical Society Air Museum
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Yup




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If a good landing is one you can walk away from... Then a Great landing is one in which you can IMMEDIATELY reuse the airplane!

Looking good as always. You should post a few photos we took this past weekend!!!!

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Curator for the Waco Historical Society Air Museum
Writer for VINTAGE AIRPLANE, SKYWAYS, BARNSTORMERS.COM EFLYER

Yes Please...by all means post more photos!

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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Is that a Fahlin prop on the Monocoupe? Sure looks like one.

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.