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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:20 am 
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Check out the entry for September 21, 2011 in the online Production Journal of the recent documentary film, The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club to see new images of the famous lady flier's favorite plane following a years long rebuild ...

http://panchobarnesfilm.com/film/production-journal.html


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Thank you for the information and the updating on this 'lost' icon-

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i have her autograph on a 1930's cleveland air races envelope. bummer the plane wen to england.

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Be thankful it didn't go into a scrap drive pile in 1942 like lots of other aircraft went along with big chauffer driven cars like PEERLESS, Pierce Arrow, Dusenbergs, Senior Packards, big Lincolns, V-12 Cadillacs

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pancho was a bowzer / wild woman, but could sure fly, & drink, & party, & f any body under the table!! she was most ballsy for a woman!!!!

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