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I had my eye a 42 Plymouth pickup way back in the late 1960s for a few years. It was the delivery truck for a fellow hardware store and when the independent hardware stores began organizing as Ace and True Value, some chose to quit business, especially those who were marginal in profit. I had...

You may find videos of a preflight walk around where the pilot pulls out the slat and pushes it in to check there are no binds. Maybe good for a diorama, one in and pilot pulling the other out while on the ramp.

A great many years ago I stopped by a friend's house and found a man sitting on my friend's floor surrounded by books, talking. I came in and sat on the couch with my buddy and said, "What's all this?" "He's trying to sell me encyclopedias." "Why is he still here talking the deal and you...

I mentioned in another thread somewhere in the forum, of a visit to a museum in Colorado Springs in 1960 and was amazed at the small stature of the U.S. pioneers going west. The exhibits were donations from locals which came from their ancestors. The civil war uniforms looked childlike, to fit...

An actual occurance from very long ago - I worked on microfilm machines and the units used in banks also often had an endorser which used liquid red ink. The endorser imprinted the checks as they went through and was messy. The ink was almost permanent for security and was a difficult clean up...

The very first 51 turtle deck I saw up close was in Texas while wandering airports, hangars etc attending CAF AIRSHO 70. The fuselage was on a pallet and the window at the camera position was missing and some crude reinforcement installed. I recall it had a -3 engine. Some day when I have set...

Note the rocker cover blister's different colors from different aircraft. Visible are white, black, blue as well as yellow. There are also camo variations for the model builder.

What is the story on the camera in the canopy blister on the dazzle bird?

The symbol W.Nr. indicates it is a German blade as it stands for Werk Numer with the serial No. of the blade. There are those here who will be able to tell more.

Isn't Ahina the country right next to Antenna?

Wasn't there a 109 flight from Yugoslavia to Italy with a U.S.POW pilot in the fuselage to affect a surrender. I seem to remember a pic with a large U.S. flag painted on the sides.

Was MiTasol's link in post 6677 and of interest to WW2 historians. It could be moved, but I am not computer savvy to do it.

A farmer does this with his tractor using GPS. He has done this for several years. The view is from landing pattern Offutt AFB. A salute to farmer Chris Shotton.