("Jay Honeck" wrote)
[snip]
I'd much rather these guys put their money into re-creating another
National Air Tour -- where millions of common aviation buffs were given
the opportunity to see these grand old aircraft fly again.


www.ameliaflight.com
(2001 flight recreating Earhart's famous 1928 solo US cross-country flight)

http://www.ameliaflight.com/ameliaflight/flightlogs.po
(2001 flight logs and photos from the trip)

(From the link)
Similarly, Hinkler set many aviation records in his Avian and perhaps is
best known for his 11,000-mile solo flight from England to Australia in
1928. Before the Avro Avian 7083 was acquired by vintage aircraft collector
Greg Herrick [ www.goldenwingsmuseum.com ], the airplane had been used to
re-create this famous Hinkler flight. [1998]

(Montblack again)
Then "we" bought that Avro Avian in early 2001 g ...and flew it another
5,000 miles on our recreation of Amelia Earhart's trip across the US (see
very cool link above).

Our Amelia landed wherever the real Amelia landed in 1928. She also ate the
same foods, at the same restaurants, and slept in the same hotels when
possible - and even got picked up by the same car in one town. Landing at
the same airstrips in 2001, as Amelia Earhart used in her 1928 flight,
required special permission in Ohio, as one of the fields was now
Wright-Patterson Air Force base.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?G5442103B
(Our 2001 Amelia Earhardt - from the link above ...wait for it)

BTW, this was the plane I was with for 5 days (under a a big white tent g)
at the MN State Fair last year - 1927 Avro Avian. People asked every day if
it could still fly? Yup, over 17,000 miles since 1998!!! ....we folded back
the wings and trailered it in for the Fair :-)

www.nationalairtour.org
(2003)


Montblack