Willy
Administrator
Just a wee bit adding the wind drift gauge, radio CD player (aka: 8 track) and swapped out the mph ASI with the one from the DC-3 in knots.
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Just a wee bit adding the wind drift gauge, radio CD player (aka: 8 track) and swapped out the mph ASI with the one from the DC-3 in knots.
salt_air
Charter Member
Time to go....
Phone: reeeeng....reeeeng....reeeeng....
salt_air: Hell-lo...
Phone: Austin,,,this is Eddie(Rickenbacker),,Do you remember that special mission I told you about last month?
salt_air: Yessir! The new route into South America.
Phone: That's correct,,,it's time to go. There's a Stinson Reliant just out of the shop there at KORF. Bring it here to La Guardia and you'll be assigned a brand new aircraft and a "cracker jack" crew one of our best. Take the aircraft to Montreal tonite and get plenty of sleep there. You should pack a bag for what may be a month. Any questions?
salt_air: No Sir!
Phone: You and the crew will be briefed tomorrow morning in Montreal,,,,have a good flight.
salt_air: Thank You
Phone: (dial tone)
salt_air:.....
Phone: reeeeng....reeeeng....reeeeng....
salt_air: Hell-lo...
Phone: Austin,,,this is Eddie(Rickenbacker),,Do you remember that special mission I told you about last month?
salt_air: Yessir! The new route into South America.
Phone: That's correct,,,it's time to go. There's a Stinson Reliant just out of the shop there at KORF. Bring it here to La Guardia and you'll be assigned a brand new aircraft and a "cracker jack" crew one of our best. Take the aircraft to Montreal tonite and get plenty of sleep there. You should pack a bag for what may be a month. Any questions?
salt_air: No Sir!
Phone: You and the crew will be briefed tomorrow morning in Montreal,,,,have a good flight.
salt_air: Thank You
Phone: (dial tone)
salt_air:.....
RedGreen
Charter Member
Just a few hours now from our planned midnight departure to New York. As I look out on the setting sun to the West, and the planes of many different colors lined up in the parking area, my co-pilot Winston joins me and says,
"I don't mean to put a downer on this whole thing, but am I the only who's thought about the fact that this thing is starting on the 13th?"
I reply, "So? Lots of planes fly on the 13th and nothing happens to them."
"But they weren't doing anything quite like this...."
"I think we have better things to worry about than superstition at the moment, Winston."
"Do you think we can win this thing? I mean, with all the Stratocruisers in this thing...."
"If I didn't think I could beat a bunch of overweight flying whales, I wouldn't have signed up for this thing."
"All I know is that this is going to be one heckuva race."
"That is for sure."
"I don't mean to put a downer on this whole thing, but am I the only who's thought about the fact that this thing is starting on the 13th?"
I reply, "So? Lots of planes fly on the 13th and nothing happens to them."
"But they weren't doing anything quite like this...."
"I think we have better things to worry about than superstition at the moment, Winston."
"Do you think we can win this thing? I mean, with all the Stratocruisers in this thing...."
"If I didn't think I could beat a bunch of overweight flying whales, I wouldn't have signed up for this thing."
"All I know is that this is going to be one heckuva race."
"That is for sure."