Thank you cliff. I like the feedback whether it's good or bad or if I tagged an aircraft wrong. Photos can't do that aircraft justice! In person, whoever did the restoration did a stunning job!
When a mail carrier named Blackhawk ran out of ORD in the 70s and early 80s, they useds B-18s. We lived about 40 mi N.W. (on their route to JVL) just below the highest hilltop in the area. Sometimes they flew in pairs and were just above our house. 4 radial engines all at once....sounded similar to a B-17...what a sound!
Will never forget flying from STL to TBN in 1969. FT Leonard Wood Airlines. We skimmed the tree tops the whole way. Due to Passenger crowding I had to sit in the copilot seat in the B18. On approach the pilot turned to me and said, "as soon as we touchdown, I need you to pop your door open and brace it against the wind, our brakes aren't working....". Now I was a very young naive enlistee, but I did as instructed. Today I imagine the pilot was having his fun with me....but??
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