On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:55:13 -0400, you wrote: >Steve, > >Thank you so much for that information about the Winnie Mae. > >Since my Mom removed the clevis securing pin from "around the wheel" while the >plane was in a hanger in Quincy Illinois I now feel sure that her actions had >nothing to do with the crash and deaths of her crew since the airplane was >wearing pontoons at the time of the crash and had accomplished many takeoffs >and landings since leaving Quincy. > >Nether the Smithsonian nor the History Detectives responded to my letters >describing the pin I inherited from my Mom. > > >Norm >S/V Bandersnatch > Bob says those pins are only put in once the aircraft is stopped on the ground so that the landing gear doesn't collapse when the engine isn't running. They are removed before take-off
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