---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 05/02/06: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:51 AM - Re: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] (BillLeff1@aol.com) 2. 08:21 AM - Re: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] (Deneal Schilmeister (Portege)) 3. 08:23 AM - Re: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] (JBOBSTER@aol.com) 4. 08:47 PM - Re: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] (Brock Lorber) 5. 09:26 PM - Re: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] (BillLeff1@aol.com) 6. 09:57 PM - Re: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] (Deneal Schilmeister (Portege)) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:51:28 AM PST US From: BillLeff1@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] --> Commander-List message posted by: BillLeff1@aol.com Too late! I did it in 1976 when N400CH was N222AD. By the way, that aircraft has a neat history of hauling celebrities while it was owned by AVCO Broadcasting and was was used to support the Phil Donahue show, in it's early days, in Dayton, Ohio. My employer purchased it from AVCO and Dick Wartinger and I (yes, I physicaly did a lot of the work. Since we had nothing to fly) converted it to the Mr. RPM at his shop (Then Dayton Aviation) and it was the first conversion done outside of Dick McCoon's shop. I flew it with both types of engines. It was a great airplane. Bill Leff ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:21:18 AM PST US From: "Deneal Schilmeister (Portege)" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] --> Commander-List message posted by: "Deneal Schilmeister (Portege)" Now you've gone and made the AVCO TV jingle get stuck in my brain..... "Channel 2 in Dayton; Channel 4 Columbus; 13 is the channel over in Indianapolis (Indiana) And the whole thing originates live On Channel 5 Cincinnati Cincinnati O-High-O!" ___________________________ Deneal Schilmeister St. Louis - Cincinnati 1997 SL500 http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of BillLeff1@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:50 AM --> Commander-List message posted by: BillLeff1@aol.com Too late! I did it in 1976 when N400CH was N222AD. By the way, that aircraft has a neat history of hauling celebrities while it was owned by AVCO Broadcasting and was was used to support the Phil Donahue show, in it's early days, in Dayton, Ohio. My employer purchased it from AVCO and Dick Wartinger and I (yes, I physicaly did a lot of the work. Since we had nothing to fly) converted it to the Mr. RPM at his shop (Then Dayton Aviation) and it was the first conversion done outside of Dick McCoon's shop. I flew it with both types of engines. It was a great airplane. Bill Leff ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:23:18 AM PST US From: JBOBSTER@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] --> Commander-List message posted by: JBOBSTER@aol.com Dean Thanks for the memories! Jim Carroll Seattle (Cincinnati Native) ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:47:36 PM PST US From: Brock Lorber Subject: Re: Commander-List: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] --> Commander-List message posted by: Brock Lorber BillLeff1@aol.com wrote: >--> Commander-List message posted by: BillLeff1@aol.com > >Too late! I did it in 1976 when N400CH was N222AD. > >By the way, that aircraft has a neat history of hauling celebrities while it >was owned by AVCO Broadcasting and was was used to support the Phil Donahue >show, in it's early days, in Dayton, Ohio. > >My employer purchased it from AVCO and Dick Wartinger and I (yes, I >physicaly did a lot of the work. Since we had nothing to fly) converted it to the Mr. >RPM at his shop (Then Dayton Aviation) and it was the first conversion done >outside of Dick McCoon's shop. I flew it with both types of engines. It was a >great airplane. > >Bill Leff > > > > > > > > > Bill: Please call me. 702-510-7728 Thanks, Brock ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:26:02 PM PST US From: BillLeff1@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] --> Commander-List message posted by: BillLeff1@aol.com Actually Donahue was live from WLW-D channel 2 in Dayton. AVCO was originally the Crosley Brodcasting. Bob Hope road in N400CH (then N700KC) many times. When he would be picked up in that airplane he would say to the pilot (Charlie Petro) "well Carlie, I see you brought the Spad"! I guess he was use to bigger aircraft. Bill Leff ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:57:45 PM PST US From: "Deneal Schilmeister (Portege)" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Hoover [bcc][faked-from] --> Commander-List message posted by: "Deneal Schilmeister (Portege)" And of course, 700KC represented the frequency of their flagship station, WLW Radio, which broadcasts on a frequency of 700KiloCycles. Of course these days they call kilocycles kilohertz. While Donohue originated in Dayton (whatever happened to Cassano's Pizza, anyway?) the other Avco shows like Paul Dixon and Ruth Lyons originated at channel 5, where that jingle came from. Didn't Cassano's operate a Commander for a while? ___________________________ Deneal Schilmeister [ex 580M] St. Louis - Cincinnati 1997 SL500 http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of BillLeff1@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:25 PM --> Commander-List message posted by: BillLeff1@aol.com Actually Donahue was live from WLW-D channel 2 in Dayton. AVCO was originally the Crosley Brodcasting. Bob Hope road in N400CH (then N700KC) many times. When he would be picked up in that airplane he would say to the pilot (Charlie Petro) "well Carlie, I see you brought the Spad"! I guess he was use to bigger aircraft. Bill Leff