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Subject: Re: Off topic - Out on a wing.....

From: "zogher" <fazeka@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-08-14

Hi all,

I will be riding in a 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker this Sunday. Ex-InterIsland Airways plane, now restored and back at the company as it is known today, Hawaiian Airlines. It is the only CH-300 in flying condition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanca_CH-300

Should be fun.

Chris

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> Attached, for those who can see it. Are a few photos of a Wright Model B.
> It is real and was built by Ken Hyde (see "Wright Experience"). Ken's shop
> is near where I live and I watched him build this airplane and also a real
> 1903 Wright Flyer. He actually duplicated the entire Wright development
> history. Everything in this airplane is real, right down to duplicating the
> muslin that covers the wings (same material and thread count). Even the props
> were of the same wood and hand carved. The motor is the 2nd motor the
> Wrights built to power a Model B.