Can you tell me what color the St. Louis Cardinal was painted? Some good folks out in the wilds of California are restoring one, and they'd like to know, and so would I. If you will color copy a color picture and send it to the address below via conventional mail, I will be happy to reimburse your costs, and I will forward it to the talented restorers and keep a copy for AeroKnow.  Our address is at the bottom of this page....
August 12 -- Recent photographs (a Dutchess and a Shrike) from SPI's First Class Air
August 11 -- indexes of recent Air & Space, Journal AAHS, Scale Aviation Modeller International and Skyways
August 10 -- Revised and separate web pages for listing surplus books magazines model airplanes postcards...
August 15 - 1935 -- Humorist Will Rogers, who never met a man he didn't like and
         friend/pilot Wiley Post, who never met a plane he couldn't fly well,
        died in the crash of a modified Lockheed Orion fitted with floats attempting
        takeoff from Pt. Barrow, Alaska.
August 16 - 1944  -- The rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me-163, world's only
        rocket-powered aircraft to see widespread service use, made its combat debut,
        flying with JG 400.
August 17 - 1940 -- Pilot Officer William Fiske, a fighter pilot with the RAF, died from
        injuries suffered in combat on August 16, 1940. Fiske was the first US pilot serving
        legitimately in a combat unit to die from combat injuries. He was based at
        RAF Tangmere.
August 18 - 1932 -- The first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from east to west
was flown by UJ.A. Mollinson in a DeHavilland Puss Moth.
August 19 -  1942 -- The North American Mustang made its first air kill in combat,    
        flown by RAF Pilot Officer Hollis H. Hills of Pasadena, California. The downed
        aircraft was a Focke-Wulf FW-190.
August 20 -  1969 -- The first prototype of the Argentine FMA IA-58 Pucara, a
        twin-turboprop, two seat attack aircraft, destined to earn worldwide infamy
        in the Falklands (Malvinas if you hable espanol), flew for the first time.
August 21 - 1965 -- Gemini 5 was launched, crewed by Charles Conrad and Gordon
Cooper. Before landing August 29, it had established five world records,
        including 129 revolutions around earth.

A team of three RIAT members is taking Patsy to Naples to raise money for the Paul Bowen FSD Memorial Scholarship
"Ice Cold in Naples" is the name of the RIAT team (Robert Windsor, David Walton and Richard Arquati) and "Patsy" the name of their car! The race - "Staples 2 Naples" - is only for cars costing less than £100, and starts at the Calais ferry terminal at 1000 (local time) on 1 October. "Patsy" and her drivers permitting, our gallant hereos hope to finish in Naples sometime on Monday 4 October!
To give you some idea of the madness of this task, they are taking a 19 year old VW Passat ("Patsy") across a dozen countries and 1749 miles - but all in a good cause as they hope to raise as much money as they can for the Paul Bowen FSD Memorial Scholarship. So please dig deep into your pockets and wish them bon voyage!
For background details of the race please visit www.staples2naples.com
To donate money to the team for the Paul Bowen FSD Memorial Scholarship you can contact them by:
Email icecoldinnaples@hotmail.com
Telephone 01285 713300 Extn 5444
Facsimile 01285 712911
 

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