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, September 13, 2025
Cessna AT-17 Bobcat. In 1941 the RCAF obtained over 800 Bobcats or 'Crane 1' as they were called in Canada.
Maybe Al or Surly can help to identify the following. An American built high wing with single flat engine. Two seats in tandem. The rear seat rotated to face the rear to face a table which swung down from a stowed position. This was used to train navigators.
I want to say late 1930s - early 1940s but am not certain.
Canadian Warplane Heritage has one. The one in the pic has winter fronts fitted to restrict the amount of air cooling the engine. The USA was pulled out of the great depression in 1939 by France, and Britain spending bazillions for airplanes, ammunition and ship repairs in east coast shipyards. Al_in_Ottawa
Word. My dad and his friends struggled to find work until the foreign orders for warplanes came into the USA. He went to work for Vega Aircraft and later Lockheed. He left in 1942 to become a LA City firefighter and wound up being drafted into the Army Air Corps.
The civilian version was the Cessna T 50. Also the first aircraft used by "Sky King."
ReplyDeleteIMDb- There were two "Songbirds" used in the series--the first was a Cessna T-50 Bobcat, the second was a Cessna 310B.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe Al or Surly can help to identify the following.
ReplyDeleteAn American built high wing with single flat engine. Two seats in tandem. The rear seat rotated to face the rear to face a table which swung down from a stowed position. This was used to train navigators.
I want to say late 1930s - early 1940s but am not certain.
Ok then, what were the AT-10 and AT-11?
ReplyDeleteCanadian Warplane Heritage has one. The one in the pic has winter fronts fitted to restrict the amount of air cooling the engine.
ReplyDeleteThe USA was pulled out of the great depression in 1939 by France, and Britain spending bazillions for airplanes, ammunition and ship repairs in east coast shipyards.
Al_in_Ottawa
Word. My dad and his friends struggled to find work until the foreign orders for warplanes came into the USA. He went to work for Vega Aircraft and later Lockheed. He left in 1942 to become a LA City firefighter and wound up being drafted into the Army Air Corps.
DeleteSky King flew a Bobcat, at least in the early part of the show. By the way, episodes of Sky King are up on YouTube.
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