Warbird Information Exchange

Awesome pic's of The Spirit of St. Louis. Cole Palen always wanted one at Rhinebeck. Nice to see his dream is closer to reality. Thanks for posting!

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There is a long sad story behind the Spirit of St. Louis replica and the board of directors since the passing of Cole&Rita Palen. It has been a hot topic on the Aerodrome Forum for several years. http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/old-r ... ouble.html

A group which has attempted to correct the situation at ORA: http://www.oldrhinebeckaerodrome.org/ We wish them well.

For more history of ORA and Cole&Rita Palen; http://www.colepalen.com/

Airknocker,

thanks for the links. Some very interesting reading. It is very sad to read some of the posts about ORA and what the future may hold. It is such a fantastic place that Cole created. I flew with Cole Palen back in 1987 and is one of the highlights of my life.

Eric

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The air resounds from the Rolls-Royce roar!
To an enemy the warning is dire: here only eagles soar,
and the last thing he'll see is a mirrored Spitfire!