Warbird Information Exchange

Anybody know of some WW2 footage of Stinson L-1s? Found this:

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675 ... pack-train

but looking for more-



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It's pretty scarce...

Ryan

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The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Nice- don't forget the Norseman at 1:33.

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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.

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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

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There's some footage of one (Mantz's?) in the movie High Barbaree being flown into a strong wind and almost hovering.

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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.

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.

Plenty of L-5 footage available.

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

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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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.