Dudley Henriques wrote in news:2007061217045650073-
dhenriques@rcncom:

On 2007-06-12 16:39:31 -0400, Bob Moore said:

Dudley Henriques wrote
Do you remember Bill Whitsell from over at Flying W

Yes...Bill wanted to buy his son an airplane and asked me to
demonstrate the Yankee to him. Unfortunately, it was fully
fueled. The stall warning started at liftoff and continued
until the wheels were back on the ground 5-10 min. later. To
say that Bill was somewhat large is a gross understatement.
He immediately decided not to buy a Yankee.

Bob Moore

Yup. That sounds like Bill...flowing white mane and all. He was quite a
salesman too. I remember one day I had a P51 over at Flying W sitting
around next to the pool shooting the bull with Milo Ticheck (one of
Bill's instructors at the time) when in flew Bob Cummings (the actor)
in a beautiful D18 Beech. Before dinner was over, Bill had bought the
D18, sold Cummings an Aztec and if I remember right, an interest in the
airport as well.
You just HAVE to admire that caliber of talent :-)

Yes, that's right. Bob had a share in flying W. I only ever saw it from the
air, long closed. It's airplane shaped swimming pool a Hollywood Boulevard
style ghost of aviation as it once had been..


Bertie