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Go to Oregon, Bill, and get up close, personal and inside. The Oregon
Ercoupe Erforce meets at the McMinneville Museum from time to time.
NWAAC also has a super antique fly-in there `round mid-August.
Percy
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From: Bill Coons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:34 AM
To: Georgia Trehey
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] off topic - Film "The Aviator"
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Spook,
Good flick. In 1945-46 I was stationed at the Naval Air Station at
Santa Ana Ca. and flew over the (Spruce Goose) several times each week.
It was interesting to watch it take shape. I never did get to see it
close up though.
Georgia Trehey wrote:
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>Hi Folks,
>
>I went to see "The Aviator" this weekend. Personally,
>I thought the film was very good, overall. I heard
>that Scorcese wanted the flying scenes to be as
>realistic as possible so he had 3 large scale, flying
>model aircraft built. I was most anxious to see them,
>especially the H-1, Hughes racer.
>
>I was fortunate enough to meet the builder/pilot of
>the H-1 replica, Jim Wright, at his home airport of
>Cottage Grove, OR - thanks to my friend and Ercoupe
>booster, the late Bob Saville.
>
>The film makers' intentions were to use shots of the
>relica H-1 in the film, but as you probably all know,
>sadly, Jim Wright crashed and died in his H-1 on the
>trip back from Oshkosh in '03.
>
>Anyway, here is the website of the company that
>produced the very impressive models:
>http://www.aerotelemetry.com/
>
>
>And here is the website about Jim Wright's H-1
>replica. Lots of great photos and text about building
>it.
>
>http://www.wrightools.com/hughes/
>
>Cheers,
>Spook
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