Does anyone have an original from Stetson, Stratoliner pin?
Would an original pin look like the artwork from the box? (Which is a Boeing 307 Stratoliner, not a DC-3)
Some years back I met the model designer for Aurora, at an old kit collectors gathering, He showed photos of the not produced prototype Gallows, and Electric Chair, that would have followed the Chamber of Horrors Guillotine.
It seems that parental reaction to the Guillotine was somewhat...
The Aurora plastic model Guillotine, a plastic model that horrified parents back in the 60s. :eek:
Ah! the memories of watching the little plastic head drop in the basket
Link to a built up kit: http://home.comcast.net/~cinorjer/guill.htm
Aurora is back! :D ...
Col H. Franklin Gregory, the first U.S. Air Corps pilot to fly a helicopter.
Frank Gregory was instrumental in getting the U.S. Air Corps to adopt these noisy, vibrating, machines, that would go on to save countless lives.
Col. H.F. Gregory with the Sikorsky XR-5 during W.W. II
There are a number of misconceptions about the Gee Bee racers.
Most of the problems flying the R-1 & R-2 Gee Bee racers were pilots that never should have been in the machines in the first place.
Had they approached the aircraft the way Jimmy Doolittle did, during his successful 1932...
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