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EricDapp

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Vintage photos
« on: November 17, 2015, 12:23:17 am »
Anyone have vintage photos of twin commanders from the glory days?  60's, 70's and 80's pics are so fun to look at.

I really like looking up N numbers from old photos to see where they are today. I'm still trying to find out the N number of the turbo commander I flew on when I was a kid. It was when the Teton dam let lose. Spring of 76.
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ghancock

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2015, 07:03:38 am »
I don't have any pictures but sounds like an awesome idea for a thread. :-)

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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2015, 12:27:10 pm »
Commander had some awesome ads back in the day-- google "Shrike Commander ads" and you can come up with some really fun stuff.

Speaking of old tail numbers, I noticed N57077 in one of the 690A ads. I flew that airplane for a bit in the late 1980s, and then we changed the number to N400N for some reason that I no longer recall. Anyway, we rented it to a company whose 690 was getting some major work done, and they flew it into a hill near Kelso WA at night... really unfortunate. One person survived. Pilot was a great guy, seemed really sharp...

Sorry for being a downer... go find some cool pictures!
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EricDapp

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2015, 12:42:26 am »
Dave Loomis pilot of Brand S twin commander.
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EricDapp

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2015, 12:48:11 am »
Found this picture of the only commander I've ever been in. Owned by Brand S corporation in the mid seventies.

Can anyone identify what model it might be? Have you ever seen this plane Don?

The stripes are different in the two pictures. Definitely two different planes.

It looks like a Rockwell emblem on top of the tail.
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EricDapp

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2015, 12:51:45 am »
Hoover and I Reno early 90's
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EricDapp

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2015, 12:53:34 am »
You all know this plane.
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Adam Frisch

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2015, 12:53:51 am »
I Need A Shrike - That's either a 680W or a 681. The way you can tell is of course smaller wing/smaller props, but the eyebrow window and landing lights. The 680T and 680V came without eyebrow windows and had landing light in nose. The 680W and 681 had the landing lights under the wing and they popped out.
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2015, 01:43:42 am »
They are different airplanes, for sure. The second one is, as Adam says, either a 680 or 681. I think the first one is a 690, but I'm not certain. I'm guessing that, in part, because of the black painted windshield frame.

Funny to see that picture of Dave-- he looks a lot younger than when I knew him!
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2015, 01:47:52 am »
This is my favorite vintage Commander ad!

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2015, 07:04:13 am »
THE ABOVE SHOULD GET REPRINTED IN TODAY'S MEDIA!!!!!  I LIKE IT
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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2015, 06:51:25 pm »
Here is a similar one...
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2015, 06:57:43 pm »
And for the 680W fans out there...
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EricDapp

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2015, 10:40:47 pm »
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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2016, 01:29:43 am »
Photo on Craigslist. 4 bladed props.
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