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Hi, Here is a link to an article about Jim in his hometown newspaper: http://www.cgsentinel.com/articles/2003/08/06/news/news1.txt Also, here is the web page to Wright's Tool Company: http://www.wrightools.com/ and to his H-1 Racer page: http://www.wrightools.com/hughes/ It's really worth taking a look at his racer page if you've never seen it before, or even if you have. It starts with a memorial statement and then goes on to links about the plane and has numerous fabulous photos, one even taken from Jimmy Leeward's P-51. (Some of you might have heard of him from Reno.) I hope some of you did have a chance to visit Wright's home airport, Cottage Grove, Oregon. It is the neatest little airport. Wright's Tool company is next to the airport and he also had a race car that he sometimes parked in front of his business. I noticed that Oregon in general in INTO avaition history, and Cottage Grove is no exception. (The Oregon Avaition History Association, or some such group, did a PBS show about WASPS and they interviewed one of our local celebrities, a WASP. The Oregon TV group did a better job of honoring our WASP than the locals did!) There is a wonderful avaition history display there, in a building that might belong to EAA? Not sure about that. Anyway, it is well worth reading up on the development and the building of the H-1. What a project. First homebuilt, indeed! Spook ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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