Many of the tri motor planes wound up in Central Ameica. Way - way back my brother and I got to sit in the "cockpit" of the first TAT flight west from Columbus Ohio. We also watched the Pennsy train pull in to the new airport rail station. And the rush to the plane.
We were with my mothers cousin "in law" who grew up with Eddie Rickenbacher, who was on the TAT board. So that is how we were in the plane (tri motor) earlier with Rickenbacher. Talk about 2 wound up kids.. We show up in some photos. The Island planes also hauled mail and freight. Never rode one. What happened to Charlie Beadle? Lost track of him . He had Warren Loco. HO parts. His wife passed away and later he remarried and moved from Warren to the area south of Strongsville OH. His new wife owned a golf course. Charlie serviced all the electric golf carts and lost interest in trains. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:18 PM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Stinson-Nord The Island Airways had one or more Ford trimotors that operated out of northern Ohio to the Lake Erie islands. When that operation quit or quit using the Ford trimotor, one--maybe the outfit had only one such--the new owner loaned it to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. That's what they call the airplane museum up here. For a few months, possibly for a year, the air museum offered rides in the trimotor on Saturdays and Sundays. Don't know what happened to the trimotor, but it's not at the airplane museum now. Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Rollain Mercier [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:20 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Stinson-Nord and he notes - Stinson started the line in 1946 and when S Gauge fizzled in the 50's he sold it to Charlie Beedle who marketed the inventory as "Nord". BTW there was an aircraft manufacturer. named Stinson that made Tri-motors back in the 20's and 30's. Island Airways had several of 'em operating into the late 50s (or 60's - can't recall). They were perfect for the short runways on the Lake Erie islands. Raleigh in Balmeigh Maineigh... At 01:54 PM 10/10/2011, up148 wrote: > > >If we're talking aircraft, Stinson was the 20's and Nord didn't come >along until the 40's. > >Butch > >--- In <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], >"trainsjeep88" <trainsjeep88@...> wrote: > > > > Anyone[maybe Rollie] know if Stinson was before Nord? Same > products? Time frames? Thanks very much. > > Stan > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6531 (20111010) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6531 (20111010) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
