Some great news out of Indiana!

Zachary · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:09 pm

http://www.courierpress.com/news/local- ... e_17958831

This was made possible in no small part by the good folks at the Freedom Heritage Museum in Evansville.

Flying Pencil · **Joined:** Sun May 04, 2008 11:31 am **Posts:** 161

SOOO,

What about the other 49 states, PR, VI, and W.DC??

Well, W.DC should be the Gyrocopter with USPS Logo!! :drink3:

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

Pointless and meaningless political rhetoric.

Flying Pencil · **Joined:** Sun May 04, 2008 11:31 am **Posts:** 161

Mike wrote:

Pointless and meaningless political rhetoric.

Isn't that the definition of politics?

Zachary · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:17 pm

Mike wrote:

Pointless and meaningless political rhetoric.

Piss in someone else's Wheaties.

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

That's pretty neat.

Chappie

K5DH · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:18 am

It may be political rhetoric to some, but I think it's pretty cool.

ryguy135 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:41 am **Posts:** 67

Alright let's make this a game. Name the state your in and what your states plane should be and why.

I'm in Kansas. Between Boeing Wichita, Stearman, Cessna, Beechcraft and Learjet I have some thinking to do....

k5083 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:07 am

Flying Pencil wrote:

SOOO,

What about the other 49 states, PR, VI, and W.DC??

Well, W.DC should be the Gyrocopter with USPS Logo!! :drink3:

The Connecticut state aircraft is the F4U Corsair.

The Pennsylvania state aircraft is the Piper J-3.

The New Mexico state aircraft is the hot air balloon.

The Texas state air force is the Commemorative Air Force.

This is all official, I'm not making it up. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/categories/ship-boat.

August

4RG.I.'S · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:36 am

I think it's great that they are honoring the heritage and keeping the history alive.

Wisconsin has Gulfstream, American Champ and Basler. Along with that, many manufacturing companies that made components to go in or on the aircraft the big companies made like props and magnetos.

seabee1526 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:18 pm **Posts:** 459

Michigan

Stinson, Ford Trimotor, Liberator

Dan K · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:05 am

4RG.I.'S wrote:

I think it's great that they are honoring the heritage and keeping the history alive.

Wisconsin has Gulfstream, American Champ and Basler. Along with that, many manufacturing companies that made components to go in or on the aircraft the big companies made like props and magnetos.

While all this is very true, there is one part of Wisconsin aviation history that stands out from the rest:

The entire American (and some would say world) airliner industry began with the Lawson Airline Company of South Milwaukee.

Nathan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:19 am

Pennsylvania's state aircraft should be the Piasecki HUP Retriever. :wink:

But really it probably should go to Piper. Built in good ol' Pa. :drink3:

So was the:

SON Seagull
PBN Catalina
OS2N Kingfisher
N3N
TBY Seawolf
F3A Corsair
*(I think)SB2A Buccaneer.
All the Kaiser-Fleetwings aircraft Corp.
All the Piasecki HRP, HUP, H-21, etc

Not too bad........ :drink3:

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 1:18 pm

Noooo....................The Texas State bird should be the Howard 500!

maxum96 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:18 pm

California would be tough one. Look at this quick list of WWII era planes designed and built there

P-51
B-25
B-24
PBY
DC-3
P-38

and on and on.

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