"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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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

The new board wanted to close Rhinebeck and sell the land, the planes and
anything else worth a nickel. Not sure what changed their minds. Could be
Cole came back for a 'visit' and set them straight.


"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.