Warbird Information Exchange

Is the 2nd aircraft from the top a Phantom?

From here:
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showfla ... rt/96/vc/1

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Hard to tell with the resolution, but looks like a Panther to me.

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Just found this on the same site...

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I agree, it's a Panther.

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It's one of the GM Futurliners that were bult as a traveling display vehicle.
Check out this website.
http://www.futurliner.com/

They are pretty rare now a days and I think Peter Pan Bus Lines in Springfield Mass, has a restored one. the sides opened to show the display. This one was obviously about aviation.
Neat thing to have, if you can find one!
Jerry

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One sold at the Barret Jackson Scottdale Auction a couple of years ago.

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I saw a Futureliner this past Dreamcruise up in Pontiac. Lots of Stainless. Got pics somewhere.

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Looks like a '54 Vette to me!

Hmmm,
How Ironic.
I saw one of these on the way home tonight.
It was sitting outside of the Peter Pan bus building outside of PVD.
All set up with the light bar extended, it was a sight.

I found this,


http://www.futurliner.org/pan.htm

Futurliner
Elegance, Comfort and Service
Take equal parts modern art and early jet age technology. Mix them together in pre-World War II America and what do you get? If you were General Motors, you got the Futurliner.



First displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair, the fleet of 12 Futurliners traveled across the country as part of the GM Parade of Progress. The enormous horizontal doors that covered the sides of the Futurliners lifted to offer display space for the latest technology of the time: television, the microwave oven and the jet engine, to name a few. Sadly, the Futurliner was to become a victim of the progress it predicted. It was largely forgotten until Peter Pan Bus Lines acquired one found languishing in a state of disrepair in an upstate New York corn field. The company purchased the Futurliner and began to restore the gentle giant at the Coach Builders garage in Springfield, Mass. Today, the Futurliner is restored to its former glory and it still serves as a rolling display, offering opportunities to see the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past.



Contact bob@peterpanbus.com to rent this unique vehicle.

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I agree that the plane is a panther/cougar - considering the year is '54, I suspect a panther.

The car is a '54 Olds F-88 Roadster, the Motorama equivilent of the '53/'54 Vette (there were Pontiac and Buick versions as well).

Regards,

Art S.

In case anyone is interested, here is a picture of the car:

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/gm-moto ... pebble/#10

Regards,

Art S.

Pretty sure that the one standing next to the car is a Cougar... I am an expert spotter as there seem to be lots of them operating from NAS Scottsdale these days

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Nice hat.