Dad's Ryan

Cz10 Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:50 pm

Cz10 wrote:One of the things on my to do list is scan the photos of my dad standing next to his. You can read the words "Flying Service" that are etched into the aluminum on the fuselage from the removed lettering that betrays the previous owners use as a crop duster. He is wearing said helmet. The Kinner turns about 1800 RPM as I recall, with a distinctive pop-pop to the exhaust out the top cylinder, with the other four into a common exhaust that exits below.

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The etched name on the side is Patterson Flying Service

That is the truck from the TV shop he owned. In the second one, that is a predecessor to he Beech 18 in the background. These were shot at Hayward (CA) Airport less then a month before I was born.

PV Pilot Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:42 am

FWIW, E-Flite is releasing a arf Staggerwing designed by Nick Ziroli Sr.

My first CL plane in 40+ years

Dad's Ryan

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