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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #225 on: December 12, 2022, 12:30:39 am »
Google finds a bunch of 520s with 3-blade props. And looking at it, I think the tail is straight, so I'm going 520.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #226 on: December 12, 2022, 11:51:24 pm »
Sorry about that.  I was born in 1958.  The picture was taken in May of 1956.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #227 on: December 13, 2022, 12:11:07 am »
Looks like a 520. That little tiny scoop behind/above pilots side window I had on mine. And the oil coolers looks that way exactly, too. But the straight 560 can be deceptively similar in front when you don't see the tail.
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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #228 on: April 15, 2023, 04:13:25 pm »
I had dinner with the gentleman on the left a few days ago. Still going strong, and told me about picking up the first production 980 at the factory and flying it home.

Picking up a new 690 in Oklahoma City... I know two of the guys in this picture.
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Bruce Byerly

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #229 on: July 29, 2023, 07:53:20 pm »
Is that Norm? 

On a different subject, I found these films, hoping Adam or someone knows how to digitize them as I’d love to watch each one. A bunch of cassette tapes as well, maybe they go together?


donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #230 on: July 30, 2023, 11:47:31 am »
Bert Zimmerly, Swede, and the gentleman on the right is maybe the national sales manager for Aero Commander?

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #231 on: July 30, 2023, 06:07:26 pm »
Vintage application for a current problem

Bruce Byerly

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« Reply #232 on: July 30, 2023, 08:13:08 pm »
Bert Zimmerly, Swede, and the gentleman on the right is maybe the national sales manager for Aero Commander?

So Bert is alive and well? I didn’t know him, just the name.

donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #233 on: July 30, 2023, 08:31:58 pm »
Yes, Bert is doing fine. He's in his 90s now, I think. He flew actively until his early 80s.

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« Reply #234 on: August 03, 2023, 12:51:32 pm »
Is that Norm? 

On a different subject, I found these films, hoping Adam or someone knows how to digitize them as I’d love to watch each one. A bunch of cassette tapes as well, maybe they go together?

What kind of film is in there? Stills negatives or microfilm archive?
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« Reply #235 on: August 07, 2023, 09:57:00 am »
DonV- if you dont mind me asking, who was the original owner you mentioned having dinner with of the first 980?  Search shows it would have been N980AA deregistered about 10 years ago? 

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« Reply #236 on: August 07, 2023, 12:08:34 pm »
The gentleman I was referring to was Bert Zimmerly, who was the pilot/salesman. I believe the owner was Andy Anderson, a construction guy who owned a bunch of Commanders... and also owned the first 1000. He was a very good customer of Aero Air!

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« Reply #237 on: August 07, 2023, 04:50:41 pm »
Is that Norm? 

On a different subject, I found these films, hoping Adam or someone knows how to digitize them as I’d love to watch each one. A bunch of cassette tapes as well, maybe they go together?

What kind of film is in there? Stills negatives or microfilm archive?

It’s some kind of reel. Seems like it was setup to do sales training in a consumer projector but this kind of stuff is way out of my wheelhouse.  I could send it all to you if you want to check it out and I’ll help pay to transfer it to another medium if it’s worth watching?

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« Reply #238 on: August 09, 2023, 02:12:03 pm »
Thanks DonV, that makes sense for N980AA then :)
Guess there were quite a few more west coast operators than east coast? 
Wallmart/Andy Anderson Construction/840JW, etc to think of a few.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #239 on: August 09, 2023, 02:33:51 pm »
WalMart is in Arkansas, so not really west coast.

I've been trying to convince Dave Amis, who posts a lot of fantastic pictures on FaceBook, to post some here. If all else fails, he told me I could repost some of them.