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Aero Vintage Updates Posted
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:25 pm
by aerovin2
To those few dedicated individuals who peruse these pages, I just updated B-17 and B-25 info in numerous places, including an extensive bit of B-17 News. New Tallmantz stuff also.
Check it out:
http://www.aerovintage.com
And, thanks for listening.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:12 am
by Craig59
And, finally, it should be noted that the stocks of that fine B-17 book Final Cut are drawing down, and the 1st revised edition will soon follow the path of the original edition...
...how about a 2nd revised edition, say, to bring the book up to date and move it from the dawn of the new century (2000) to the, well, I guess, just past the dawn of the new century, maybe 2009?
Preliminary looks at the price of producing another edition suggest it will come in at at least $24.95...and, if a revised edition comes forth, it will be expanded and updated...
Scott,
As always, thanks for the update. My original edition of
Final Cut is frayed and I would welcome an updated replacement. That's one sale! Then of course - in your free time -
B-25 Mitchell in Civil Service is, after all, more than a decade old you know...
BTW - Did you ever recieve my messaged response to your query about my flying out of SNA in the '70's? Just wondering.
Craig
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:22 am
by aerovin2
Craig,
I think I did get the message and thought I responded to it. I apologize if I didn't but can you resend it? I can't find it in my inbox. I spent a lot of time at SNA in the 1970s.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:20 am
by Craig59
Scott,
You have PM.
Update
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:34 pm
by hang the expense
Hey Scott, Hell of a job on the update.WOW,just wow.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:55 pm
by Chris Brame
Thanks for the update, Scott!
The eighth photo in the new gallery of Frank Pine in the A-26 was probably shot during the filming of the uncompleted Whistler's Mother movie. The way I heard it, there was a lot of second-unit footage of the plane shot before the project was abandoned.
Did you buy the SF Chronicle photo of the Tells Peak B-17C from eBay? I saved the auction image if you'd like me to post it.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:34 am
by aerovin2
Chris,
Thanks for the A-26 info...it's updated on that page now. I forgot to include the Tell's Peak photo in the update...if you don't mind, go ahead and post it here. I'll catch up, someday.
Thanks.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:06 pm
by Chris Brame
One Tells Peak B-17C coming up:
Like I said, this has been heavily retouched - too bad the original wasn't available.
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:16 pm
by DIK SHEPHERD
I find it interesting that no one has commented on the props of the four 1820s on 44-85813 being Curtiss instead of Ham-Standards.
Hi Dik!
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:00 pm
by DryMartini
Good to see you are OK.
To answer your question,
it just seems natural that a B-17 flown by Wright
would have Curtiss-Wright Electric props, doesn't it?