Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

[CFritz7001@aol.com]

    FWIW, I heartily agree with Laurie re the Tiger Moth.  It was definitly a 
British plane of pre-WW2 vintage, used by the RAF as a primary trainer and 
observation plane.  I think that one of them was also the very first airplane 
to be flown solo from England to Australia.  As I recall, the pilot was none 
other than Sir Francis Chichester, the famous sailor.  (Come to think of it, 
his E to A plane May have been a Gypsey Moth (made by the same company as the 
TM), since he named his round-the-world-solo yacht "Gypsey Moth".)  In any 
event, these planes had only the most rudimentary instrumentation !!
Regards, 
Carl Fritz
TC # 6756 (Betsy)
VA # 2009 S  (Abigail)
Gainesville, Florida

///  or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
///  Archives at http://www.team.net/archive