>
> Dropped in at the local airport for a few minutes this morning, and
spotted
> a lucky pilot tying down his recently fully restored 1948 Stinson 108-3.
I
> could see that the outside was perfect. When asked if I wanted to see the
> inside, I was amazed to see that the full instrument panel was also
original.
> The whole airplane was a step back in time to the days when flying was
much
> simpler and one was free to go almost anywhere he desired.
>
> I have never flown a Stinson, but felt a connection because Eddie
Stinson's
> father was City Engineer at one time in the little Mississippi town where
I
> grew up, and the now gone grass airport was named Stinson Field. In the
50s
> I flew into it when it was all grass, and later when the local crop
dusters
> put in an 1800ft narrow blacktop runway.
>
A stikingly beautiful aircraft, one of the last of it's kind. I recall
what it was like to fly older aircraft like this without radios, lights,
etc. on grass in the summer and snow (with skis) in the winter.
Anyone here recall what the stall warning indicator is on a Piper J-3
Cub?
Chris
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|