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bobby · 03-03-2008, 09:06 PM

......spent many days at the airport...Felts Field..go to site for more!

http://home.comcast.net/~biplane0/boeing40/

xoxoxoo

Bear Cub · 03-04-2008, 08:43 AM

Very cool! Those old rotary engines are remarkably impressive when seen up close. I had the pleasure of seeing them at the Air Force Museum years ago, a definite should-see if ever given the opportunity.

BadNick · 03-04-2008, 09:06 AM

Wow, what a gorgeous airplane. I'm glad people care and are interested enough to restore such beautiful old things.

Felts Field and that plane and terrain reminds me of a flight I took out of a PACNW airport a few years ago. It was out of Bellingham, WA. My flight from Chicago was heavily delayed due to serious snow storm, but eventually we landed in Seattle; then they told us all outgoing flights are on hold until the next day; I needed to get to central British Columbia asap so I asked around, somebody drove me thru the storm to Bellingham Airport where some cowboy guy in a two seater plane said "hell yeah, let's go"; the only room for me was sitting next to him up front; so we took off couldn't even see the prop, fly a couple hours in pea soup thick cloud cover; suddenly he says "we're here" and immediately drops out of the sky, under the clouds and there we were, directly above Prince George, BC.

bobby · 03-04-2008, 05:21 PM

great story!.....I've lived around airplanes and people with/or who worked on planes my whole life......I get in one and I start puking,just can't get over the motion sickness........oh well..........xoxoxoo

blahblah454 · 03-05-2008, 10:24 AM

Now that is a cool machine.

sapiens · 03-05-2008, 10:38 AM

That is a really beautiful plane. It reminds my of movies like Only Angels Have Wings (a Cary Grant film) and books like Nightflight (A Antoine de Saint Exupery book).

troit · 03-05-2008, 12:41 PM

Very cool! My grandfather spent countless hours restoring this plane:

http://www.wingsofeagles.com/stearman.cfm

It was certainly a passion for him....

DEI37 · 03-05-2008, 08:11 PM

Wow. That is impressive. The yellow plane is cool, but I like that silver (assuming aluminum bodied?) plane a ton.

BadNick · 03-06-2008, 05:00 AM

troit,
very cool plane your grandpa built. Is that in a museum now? It sort of looks like it is.

03-03-2008, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	this plane was restored less than a mile from my child hood home ......spent many days at the airport...Felts Field..go to site for more! http://home.comcast.net/~biplane0/boeing40/ xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

03-04-2008, 05:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	great story!.....I've lived around airplanes and people with/or who worked on planes my whole life......I get in one and I start puking,just can't get over the motion sickness........oh well..........xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

03-05-2008, 12:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	Very cool! My grandfather spent countless hours restoring this plane: http://www.wingsofeagles.com/stearman.cfm It was certainly a passion for him.... __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

03-05-2008, 08:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	Wow. That is impressive. The yellow plane is cool, but I like that silver (assuming aluminum bodied?) plane a ton. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

03-04-2008, 08:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bear Cub The Reverend Side Boob Location: Nofe Curolina	Very cool! Those old rotary engines are remarkably impressive when seen up close. I had the pleasure of seeing them at the Air Force Museum years ago, a definite should-see if ever given the opportunity.

03-04-2008, 09:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Wow, what a gorgeous airplane. I'm glad people care and are interested enough to restore such beautiful old things. Felts Field and that plane and terrain reminds me of a flight I took out of a PACNW airport a few years ago. It was out of Bellingham, WA. My flight from Chicago was heavily delayed due to serious snow storm, but eventually we landed in Seattle; then they told us all outgoing flights are on hold until the next day; I needed to get to central British Columbia asap so I asked around, somebody drove me thru the storm to Bellingham Airport where some cowboy guy in a two seater plane said "hell yeah, let's go"; the only room for me was sitting next to him up front; so we took off couldn't even see the prop, fly a couple hours in pea soup thick cloud cover; suddenly he says "we're here" and immediately drops out of the sky, under the clouds and there we were, directly above Prince George, BC.

03-05-2008, 10:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	Now that is a cool machine.

03-05-2008, 10:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	That is a really beautiful plane. It reminds my of movies like Only Angels Have Wings (a Cary Grant film) and books like Nightflight (A Antoine de Saint Exupery book).

03-06-2008, 05:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	troit, very cool plane your grandpa built. Is that in a museum now? It sort of looks like it is.