John Wayne's old Cessna 180 was sitting at a tiedown at SMQ (Somerset, NJ)
for years, just slowly rotting away. The owner figured it was worth
something because of the celebrity tiein, and just kept it there, abandoned.
Really sad. Finally, about a year ago, someone bought it and hauled it (or
ferried it - I didn't see it leave) away. I hope someone's fixing it up.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:34:10 -0400, "Mr. Smith"
wrote:
:
:The DVD for this movie just came out, I rented it from Netflix. I am not
a
:big John Wayne fan, but this is one of the best aviation movies I've seen
the recent "The Aviator" is up there too).

Just a tiny piece of trivia. John's son, Ethan, is a private pilot
that flies out of SNA - John Wayne Airport.