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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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Don Martin
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Rob,
#1 is a Northrop XFT-1, and nice job of blotting out the tail designation! :wink: #2 you've lost me on.
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Is it another of those bloody Curtiss Job's :? . :ouch:
Model E, US Naval A-1(later AH-1), A-2(OWL) E-1(AX-1) :lol: :roll: .
Pilot possibly L.T. Theodore G.Ellyson, Naval Aviator No.1. :wink:
Where who know's :shock: , The shore of Lake Keuka maybe :roll: .
What they are doing :? , Tow launch experiment's or waiting for a very strong wind :lol: .
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Ah-ha, Col. Rohr, didn't take long for # 11 to come :wink:

I reckon the first one could be an XFT-2
& the second one is a Curtiss AH-1


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Have'nt a clue on number 1
Number 2 Curtis A-1, Lt Ellyson the first naval aviator preparing to rehearse the first catapult launch from a ship. The location, Hammondsport?
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I'm not doing so good at these , need to brush up on my US Navy Aviation heritage info :wink:

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Now, Now Rob, YOU KNOW I Wouldn't do something like that. It was the camara in my left armpit :wink: . Didn't you think it was funny I kept waving my arm up and down? 8)
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sheesh, is this a Maine conspiracy to win all of the quizzes??
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TNZ,
Just so you know, Rob wont even tell me the answers to the ones I DON'T KNOW until all of you battle it out here on the field, The Rat! :angry: :wink:
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Yup, he ain't here to make the quizzes easy !!!

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:shock: But it's still great fun for me to get some brain cell's a cranking :rolleyes: , Rob is alway's so sincere and Gent like when we guess wrong :wink: :finga: .
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Yep, Rob will definitely expand your historical aviation knowledge,OR, make you wish you had settled for making daisy chains as your primary hobby! :rolleyes:
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Perhaps the consumption of Moxie (as per the other thread) will enhance my US Navy classic aircraft knowledge..... :partyman:

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It will expand your mental capacity for naval aviation exponentially, or at least cure your seasickness! :vom: :vom:
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