Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Back to Some Airplanes

This is a Gullwing Stinson:


They are a very elegant airplane. A decent flyable one will run you over $100K. But if you want a good cross-country machine that will get lots of other pilots drooling when you taxi up at an FBO, this is almost as good as a Staggerwing.

This one is in American Airlines paint:

Airlines flew them in airmail service to communities that did not have airports.

This is how they did it (click on the image to enlarge it):


All-American Airlines, which operated the service in Pennsylvania and several other neighboring states, is an ancestor of USAir. They ran this service for almost ten years, including World War II.

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