On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 05:07:41 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:


This is wonderful. Can either of you or anybody point me to more
information about this service?

I realize there are only 12 issues of Geographic a year, but it would
help if I could narrow it down.


I remember the same photo and I'm pretty sure it's a mid-'60s issue,
probably from 1965-1967.

The photo shows somebody either putting mail in or pulling mail out of
a bucket hanging on a rope, and you can see the aircraft that's
dropping the bucket flying at altitude in the background.

I did a lookup on NGS' pubs website at
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pu...s/explore.html
and got some possibilities:

keyword "Amazon" - Oct 1972 "Amazon--The River Sea"
Aug 1970 - "Colombia, from Amazon to Spanish
Main"
May 1964 - "Indians of the Amazon Darkness"
March 1959 - "Children of the Sun and Moon"
keyword "Colombia" May 1966 "Capturing Strange Creatures in Colombia"
Aug 1970 "Colombia, from Amazon to Spanish Main"
Feb 1966 "Flamboyant Is the Word for Bolivia"

There are many possibilities - try different keywords for various SA
countries and narrow down the results by date.

John Hairell )