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- Rear View
- Way in the back --
- Button It Up
- And with an eye on the time ...
- Working in an enclosed ashtray
- Rear View Mirror?
- Tobacco cam
- Basic fact I learned only later in life
- Put a Lid on it!
- Pinstripes in the Tower
- Sound enhancement
- 3438 in '38
- Second Career
- Their days are numbered
- Only the Sensor
- Train control mechanism
- Rarest of the Rare?? & Classy 3400 Class
- Control Mechanism
- Those standpipes
- Wrenches
- International D-40 I believe
- Job prospects
- You had me at Train
- Land of the free
- Broad-Exchange Bldg
- Parking innovation
- The old block
- "Peck turned a sweet propeller"
- National Bank Building
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Hunting Party: 1958
November 1958. "Waterfowl hunting (Nevada) -- Mr. and Mrs. Stanwood Murphy of San Francisco." The man at left is legendary restaurateur "Trader Vic" Bergeron; the DC-3 belongs to Albert Stanwood Murphy (1892-1963), president of Pacific Lumber & Truss. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Shooting: California Waterfowl Hunting; Upland Game Birds in Nevada." View full size.
What's in a name?
I think Albert Stanwood Murphy (1892-1963) is somebody else.
The once president of Pacific Lumber Company and original owner of the Flying M Ranch was Stanwood A. Murphy. I can't find a birth year for him but according to the New York Times, he died in 1972.
Flameless Flameout
From M2's link: "Crashed at Umbogintwini Beach, south of Durban on 28 December 1973 and was subsequently scrapped. The No. 1 engine stopped when the DC-3 was turning onto final approach. The gear was raised. Shortly afterwards, the No. 2 engine also stopped. Fuel valve selectors were switched, but to no avail. The aircraft was turned towards the beach and was ditched successfully."
Well, at least it escaped the dreaded Shorpy fire curse.
Cornered
Back when they still put square windows on airplanes..
No Longer With Us
Douglas DC-3 Registration Number N67000, S/N 1498 eventually went to South Africa, crashed at Umbogintwini Beach in 1973 and was subsequently scrapped:
http://www.dc-3.co.za/dc-3-individual-aircraft-history/cn-1498.html
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