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Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:20 am
Anybody know of some WW2 footage of Stinson L-1s? Found this:
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... pack-trainbut looking for more-
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:36 pm
It's pretty scarce...
Ryan
Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:19 pm
Nice- don't forget the Norseman at 1:33.
Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:48 pm
In a related issue...I'm sure there is footage of Frank Tallman flying his L-1 from various TV shows of the 60-70s.
Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:59 pm
Not an L-1 but how about an L-5, big difference in type your looking for but interesting clip nevertheless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vAWEgw6cc
Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:16 pm
There's some footage of one (Mantz's?) in the movie High Barbaree being flown into a strong wind and almost hovering.
Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:51 pm
L-1s were used as glider tugs, so you may be able to find something with them in the supporting role.
Search TG-2, TG-3, TG-4a, TG-5, TG-6, TG-7, TG-8 and you may be able to find a few.
Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:14 pm
Plenty of L-5 footage available.
Ryan
Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:48 pm
What I don't understand is why the L-1's are so rare? They made a few hundred of them, and many of them stayed in North America. I think there are more B-23's and J2F Ducks that have survived than the L-1.
There might even be more CG-4 gliders that survived even though they had no civilan utilization.
Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:39 pm
marine air wrote:What I don't understand is why the L-1's are so rare? They made a few hundred of them, and many of them stayed in North America. I think there are more B-23's and J2F Ducks that have survived than the L-1.
There might even be more CG-4 gliders that survived even though they had no civilan utilization.
Because it's big and thirsty, only seats 3 awkwardly and can't be easily converted to a duster.
The Duck has a niche, and the Dragon could be successfully converted to an executive ship, but the only advantage it would have over a Cub Cruiser is it's rarity, which wasn't really a big enough plus in 1946 to justify keeping it.
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