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November 23, 2002 - Kingsbury Aerodrome, Kingsbury, TX
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This is the home of the Vintage Aircraft Association in Kingsbury, TX -- 30mi east of San Antonio. One of those old airplanes down there is
a 1940
Fairchild 24W-40 that I used to own!
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That is Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
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I took the 'coupe -- it was a vintage aircraft affair, right?
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Mike Fooshee, George Horn, Bill Coltharp in front of the Browning
Cub
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Bill bought a powered scooter off of ebay -- it works great.
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Everyone had a chance to ride the scooter.
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George Horn, Bill Coltharp and Brad Lee in front of a reproduction
Fokker DR.1 Triplane
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This is a Canadian version of the Curtis Jenny. It is a 1918
Canuck.
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This really is a great facility. Lots of wonderful planes!
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That is a real OX-5 -- it would be flying but for want of some plumbing
for the H2O cooling.
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How about that instrumentation? This is a completely beautiful
rebuild.
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That is one tough bunch of aviators!
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The ol' C-1-5-0 "All-metal fighter plane" -- ercoupe in background.
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Many Air-to-air photos on the trip home -- this is one -- what fun!
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