And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Lockheed 10-A Electra. About as close to design perfection as you can come.
is that C.W.'s house below?
ReplyDeleteThe property taxes are murder!
DeleteNeeds paint.
DeleteA thing of beauty is a joy forever.
ReplyDeleteWhen form and function worked hand in hand
ReplyDeleteIs that the same plane the "Sky King" flew???
ReplyDeleteYou're thinking of Amelia Earhart
DeleteThe Songbird started as a Cessna T-50 and was replaced about halfway through the series with a Cessna 310B.
DeleteThe old planes are beautiful and in some ways mechanically superior but it's hard to beat the advantage that modern avionics provide to a pilot.
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