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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:30 AM Original message |
Are there any U.S. aviation history buffs here? Need help identifying |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can you post the photo? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I don't have a scanner but my dtr does so I'll get it up on DU evenutally. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. My answer to all questions like this is to ask a librarian |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. You can start here maybe? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Beautiful plane at that link! |
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r54w32 (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. I.D. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. A google search of Booth-Henning, Inc... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. More like the Fairchild PT-13. But I have scant knowledge of aircraft. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Look anything like a Ryan ST? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, from what I can see of the plane. The photo does not show the |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Check out the photo at the first link |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You found it! Thanks! |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Wow, that's a beautiful plane...! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. ... Cooper Airmotive's history dates back to the formation of Edward F. Booth Inc. in 1932. This was |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. And that signage jells with the period of time this photo would have been taken. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Maybe contact the flight museum at Love Field for help? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I didn't realize there WAS a flight museum at Love Field, but it makes sense. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. IIRC it's a museum with a general focus. I haven't been there for many years: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Incredible...at these moments I wish I could just call up my parents and ask them about it. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I love that museum! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I will definitely contact them. I actually have two photos that they might be interested in. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Try the aviation collection at UT Dallas. It's probably the largest in DFW. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Was he based in Dallas? When did he pilot for Braniff? |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Here: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thanks. Your dad and my mother were employed by Braniff about thesame time. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Dad... |
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