The Army Stearman was a trainer. My father was a private pilot and I got to ride in one years ago as well. An open cockpit at 6000 ft. is not something you forget.
Darrell -----Original Message----- From: John Nasta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 8:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] [OT] birthday ride Well, it was built in 1942, so it couldn't be a WWI plane. I did also see a Messerschmidt in a hangar, but saw the Fokker in the air. It was fun because we had US Army markings and they had German military markings so we did a little bit of mock dogfighting between the bi-plane and the tri-plane. They even had machine guns still mounted to the plane, but we were in a PT (primary trainer) so we had no guns. I have never seen a Messerschmidt tri-plane and this was definitely a Fokker because my brother has met the guy who owns it. He usually keeps it in Rhinebeck NY. It's all black. Great looking airplane. John Nasta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chevelle 69 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] [OT] birthday ride I thought only WWI planes had Bi Wings ? How do you know that Fokker wasn't a Messershmidt? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Nasta Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:12 PM To: Chevelle List; Olds Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-List] [OT] birthday ride Today my brother took me flying in a 1942 US Army Stearman PT-17 (open cockpit WWII biplane). Super cool. We also saw a Fokker triplane with German military markings. I could learn to like this. Uh-oh, another expensive hobby... John Nasta ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************** This communication may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not a named addressee, you are notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender via return e-mail and delete it from your computer. Thank you. St. Jude Medical, Inc. ***************************** ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
