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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #30 on: June 27, 2016, 01:46:27 pm »
This is the third 690 made, returning from a fishing trip (probably to Cow Lake).

This is how they used to sell airplanes, back in the day (they probably still do)-- take the customer on a fishing trip to some out of the way place in Canada (or Mexico, or the Bahamas, depending on where you're based)-- they enjoy themselves, and get to see the utility of the airplane in reaching distant places quickly and easily.


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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #31 on: June 27, 2016, 03:21:35 pm »
Here is a photo of N742W in France 1967. 
The original owner had an interesting history and was a WW2 fighter pilot.  He purchased the plane in 1966, fitted it with a 90 gallon ferry tank, and headed to Europe. 

My buddy John, who drives a 560 and is a member in TC Group, came across the photo on the web and I purchased it from overseas. 

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #32 on: June 27, 2016, 03:23:14 pm »
To be clear, I purchased the photo overseas...bought the plane in USA.  :)

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #33 on: June 27, 2016, 03:56:23 pm »
Do you know which Commander is behind it in the photo?

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2016, 04:22:57 pm »
Can't ID the TC behind 742W.  The French source of the photo didn't know the exact location.

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donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2016, 06:23:10 pm »
I like the long wire HF antenna and the radome... first owner (the guy who took it to France?) seems to have loaded up on the avionics options.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #36 on: June 28, 2016, 01:53:50 am »
Painting a... 680?


donv

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #37 on: June 28, 2016, 02:15:25 am »
So N9203N, which I have pictured above, was the first production 690 (the airplanes before it were prototypes, and two of them crashed in the certification program). It was also the demonstrator-- probably why they have the picture of it with all the fish.

Anyway, here is a nice Flying Magazine review of the 690, using N9203N, written by Archie Trammell:

https://books.google.com/books?id=X8fF4FYP9sIC&pg=PA42&dq=690&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgkrPahsrNAhVB6mMKHXGvDCk4ChDoAQgfMAE#v=onepage&q=690&f=false

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #38 on: June 28, 2016, 07:24:39 am »
I guess it is proof I am finally getting older.  I love reading those old magazine articles and the way people spoke back then.  They seemed to be truly excited about what they were speaking about.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #39 on: June 28, 2016, 09:39:37 am »
Oh Glenn.... knowing your getting older is when you read something from 50+ years ago and suddenly remember reading it when it was first published....

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« Reply #40 on: June 28, 2016, 04:29:37 pm »
lol,  I said "Older" not Old :-)

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #41 on: June 29, 2016, 11:27:24 am »
I feel like that article should be required reading for anyone considering a pre-690 Turbo Commander.

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #42 on: July 01, 2016, 01:38:59 pm »
test
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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #43 on: July 01, 2016, 02:00:08 pm »
Boeing Field in the 1950s?


Bruce Byerly

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Re: Vintage photos
« Reply #44 on: July 01, 2016, 05:08:47 pm »
These are great - keep 'em coming!