Hi Royce, Ed, Too bad you're not interested in northern CA. I know a man who was actually a WWII US Navy flight instructor who owns a spotless T-6. Every Sat that the weather is nice you can see him flying low over Humboldt Bay.
I even got the chance to go up with him once. The guy is truly amazing. 91 and he still has his medical! I also have a friend who was a WASP. She is also an author who has written the non-fictional "Women in Pursuit: A Collection & Recollection of Women Pursuit-Pilots of the ATS" among other books. She spent plenty of time flying T-6s and could tell you a lot about them. Spook --- Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anybody know of any flying T-6's to be found in the > Maryland or Virginia > area? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Royce Day > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:04 PM > To: Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold. > Subject: [LMB] OT: ListMind Query - T-6 Texans in > MD/VA area? > > Okay, this one is a long shot for the listserve, > since as a guess I > don't think World War 2 gearheads and Bujold fans > have much > convergence, but I'll give it a shot. > > Basically I'm writing a semi-romantic sci-fi tale at > the moment, and > one of the pivitol scenes is when our protagonist > takes his girlfriend > up in a six and a half century old WWII T-6 Texan, a > trainer aircraft > used by allied pilots during the war. I can pull > plenty of info about > the bird off the Net, but I'd like to have the > chance to crawl into > the cockpit of one and dig into the brain of an > experienced pilot, so > I can have plenty of color details for my character > to babble about. > Both he and his love are pilots, so naturally they'd > talk shop (and > their culture for various reasons bounced straight > from biplanes to > space fighters with nothing between, so he'd have a > chance to fill a > lot of gaps in her knowledge.) > > Anybody know of any T-6's to be found in the > Maryland or Virginia area > that aren't hanging from the Air & Space Museum's > ceiling? > > -Royce in MD, returning to lurk mode. > -- > Lois-Bujold mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.herald.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lois-bujold > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
