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donv

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Richard L. Collins, RIP
« on: May 01, 2018, 12:52:25 am »
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Bruce Byerly

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2018, 10:56:41 pm »
Awesome Don!  I love the $50k premium for pro-line with Gold Crown in the middle.  Everyone I grew up around had predisposed ill will towards microline.  ;).  And at over $400k for the birds at the end was real money. 

Dick Collins was a gentleman, an aviator, and a real artist who contributed so much to Aviaton .  RIP.  I was lucky enough to fly with him in one of Renaissance planes.  I have some reprints of that article.  I think they used a 980 for the cover.
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Big Pistons Forever

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2018, 11:28:04 pm »
Google books has 50 years of Flying magazine. The January 1970 issue has a very neat  write up by Dick on the Aero Commander 680E and 500 models
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Bruce Byerly

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2018, 11:34:03 pm »
I read that Shrike article again Don posted in full.  Great stuff from a great age in aviation.  Of course, I wouldn’t want to have to find my way around the sky in one of those birds - not even a KNS80 in them let alone Loran.
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Bruce Byerly

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2018, 11:58:24 pm »
Btw - I believe the Shrike in the article is the LAST shrike built sn 3323. Now in Australia.
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donv

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2018, 01:05:48 am »
Quote from: Big Pistons Forever on May 01, 2018, 11:28:04 pm
Google books has 50 years of Flying magazine. The January 1970 issue has a very neat  write up by Dick on the Aero Commander 680E and 500 models

The annoying thing is that the ONLY issue they are missing is the one with the 980 on the cover!
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JMA

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2018, 04:00:04 pm »
Still searching Don!
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Bruce Byerly

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2018, 07:34:47 pm »
Quote from: JMA on May 02, 2018, 04:00:04 pm
Still searching Don!

I think it was in 2000?
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donv

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2018, 12:29:21 am »
The one I'm thinking of is from 1979, I believe. It's when they did the first flight test report on the 980.
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donv

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2018, 10:55:31 am »
He also did a fly-off between a 690A and a 421. I know I posted that somewhere... it was pretty interesting.

I get the sense he liked Commanders...
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donv

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Re: Richard L. Collins, RIP
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2018, 01:55:35 am »
Interesting side note that Ron Spangler, who founded SpanAir (the Commander distributor selling the final Shrikes) also died very recently...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-ron-spangler-obit-20180412-story.html
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