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2009-10-13

Posted by Fred 2009-10-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Fred, am I missing something? It's 10:00 a.m. EST, and no one, especially GulfBravo, has commented on this picture! I look forward to, and enjoy, GulfBravo's contribution(s) to "Good Morning".

Posted by WolfDog 2009-10-13 10:06|| 2009-10-13 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 A True Shrinking Violet

Daily Gam Shot (Violet's Mechanic?)

Violet's Pilot

Violet's Gam Double

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-13 12:51|| 2009-10-13 12:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe Golf Bravo's buisy or out of town today, I'm not concerned if he misses a day.

Having said that, Golf Bravo, I greatly enjoy your additions, Thank you.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-13 12:53|| 2009-10-13 12:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Violet, born in 1887, would have been at least 50 when the second pic was taken. The aircraft is a military DC-3 variant, though probably not a C-47, which didn't enter service until February 1942 and was delivered in olive drab from the beginning.
It could be one of the two C-41s, delivered in 1939. These were actually DC-2s but had DC-3 tails.
In any case, Violet was as well-preserved as many of the still-operational DC-3s are today.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-10-13 16:21|| 2009-10-13 16:21|| Front Page Top

#5 AC:

You have a good eye for aircraft. That is actually a Douglas B-18 "Bolo", Kissing Cousin to the DC-2 and DC-3. The vertical stabilizer is the same as a DC-3. First prototype in 1935.

Violet was very camera shy and the woman in the picture could only have been her pilot.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-13 18:17|| 2009-10-13 18:17|| Front Page Top

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