The old days at Rhinebeck when the Cole Palen crowd were there are
remembered by many who frequented the place. The nostalgia of that operation
during those days ranks right up there with Pancho's out at Edwards. Both
places bring back some of the finest "just hanging out" moments in aviation
history in the United States.
I seem to remember some trouble going on there a few years back concerning
the running of the operation by a new board of directors at the museum but I
don't have a real handle on what it was all about.
Propping a Le' Rhone might have been a job for Arnold Swartzenegger at that
:-)))
Dudley

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:

Are you kidding George?

A saw some guys try to start a Camel once at Rhinebeck. They went through
the rigamarole of pulling it through and then Hercules (we'll call him)
started flipping the prop. It wouldn't even backfire. The poor guy rocked
that prop through about 20 times or so.

When he was worn out, another fellow came up to try his luck. He rocked up
on one leg and whipped the prop down and the engine fired right up.
Hercules was ready to beat the guy to death!

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.