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It was a great privilege to meet Corrigan back when I was a younger fellow
volunteering at an aviation museum at Mitchell Field. In the eighties there
were still so many living pioneers of the early days.
The exhibits and aircraft were great to be around, and we had a lot of
silly fun working on airplanes and engines. (Don't kneel on an aluminum drip
pan while polishing a P-47 if the polisher is metal and not grounded. When a
W-670 is started up in the garage on a test stand, it is loud. Did I mention
the smoke?) Lindbergh's Jenny, the replica Spirit of St. Loius that Jimmy
Stewart flew, and tons of neat old stuff. Fairchild/Republic and Grumman
were close by, and it seemed there was always a competion to see who could
liberate the most restoraton supplies.
The neatest thing though was to rub shoulders with barnstormers, war vets,
Clipper Captains, maintenance guys. What a treasure.
Steve
Subject: RE: Commander-List:
From: Nancy Gilliam (amg3636@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 01 - 7:34 PM
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:34:48 PM PST
To: jtaddington@verizon.net
Subject: Great Story
A nice presentation of the Wrong Way Corrigan story. Another one from the
G
reatest Generation!You will love the music.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=ttIEtl7j7k0
You will also enjoy the Dame Vera Lynn videos thatshow
up after the Corrigan one. They Knighted Vera Lynn after the war hence her
title Dame Vera Lynn.
Jim Addington
N444BDTHIS IS REALLY a great presentation!! Roland Gilliam
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Wow! A personally autographed photograph. Now, that's impressive, Steve.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve at
Col-East
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Commander-List: Corrigan
It was a great privilege to meet Corrigan back when I was a younger fellow
volunteering at an aviation museum at Mitchell Field. In the eighties there
were still so many living pioneers of the early days.
The exhibits and aircraft were great to be around, and we had a lot of
silly fun working on airplanes and engines. (Don't kneel on an aluminum drip
pan while polishing a P-47 if the polisher is metal and not grounded. When a
W-670 is started up in the garage on a test stand, it is loud. Did I mention
the smoke?) Lindbergh's Jenny, the replica Spirit of St. Loius that Jimmy
Stewart flew, and tons of neat old stuff. Fairchild/Republic and Grumman
were close by, and it seemed there was always a competion to see who could
liberate the most restoraton supplies.
The neatest thing though was to rub shoulders with barnstormers, war vets,
Clipper Captains, maintenance guys. What a treasure.
Steve
Subject: RE: Commander-List:
From: Nancy Gilliam (amg3636@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 01 - 7:34 PM
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:34:48 PM PST
To: jtaddington@verizon.net
Subject: Great Story
A nice presentation of the Wrong Way Corrigan story. Another one from the
G
reatest Generation!You will love the music.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=ttIEtl7j7k0
You will also enjoy the Dame Vera Lynn videos thatshow
up after the Corrigan one. They Knighted Vera Lynn after the war hence her
title Dame Vera Lynn.
Jim Addington
N444BDTHIS IS REALLY a great presentation!! Roland Gilliam
_________________________________________________________________
Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the =93I=92m a PC=94 Messenger
t
hemepack now.
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