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ASA timetables, National Lodestar, Flagship Detroit

10/16/2018

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Hello there! It's been a busy couple of weeks. The collectibles show in Atlanta on October 6th was a lot of fun. I shared a table with Dale Hartsfield, the man who is largely responsible for convincing the city of Atlanta to retain "Hartsfield" as part of the airport name. (I highly recommend his book What's In A Name?.) It was great to see old friends and to meet many of you in person for the first time. Your support, enthusiasm and suggestions for the website are much appreciated. Also picked up several dozen photos and slides which will find their way to the site in coming weeks. Here's a really cool panorama of the show that was sent through facebook. Our table was in the corner just to the left of the DC-9 tail. Not sure of the photographer's name.
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NEW ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK: A dozen complete Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) timetables from 1979 - 1984. This is part of an ongoing effort to digitize my entire Georgia and Florida-based commuter airline timetable collection for easy reference and posterity. One never knows when that random flash flood or falling tree will wipe out 50+ years worth of history. It will be nice to have them online.
NATIONAL AIRLINES LODESTAR AT VALDOSTA, GA
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Robert Winter III sent in this fantastic photo of a National Airlines Lockheed Lodestar at Valdosta, Georgia. National served Valdosta during the 1940s and early 50s as one of many stops between Jacksonville and New Orleans.

Robert wrote, "We are digitizing about 23,000 images from slides and negatives made by the Lucian Holtzendorff and Robert Winter photographers.  This picture by Major L.C. Holtzendorff in the US Army Dental Corps shows his wife, Ruth Holtzendorff at left, and sons Lewis, 4 and Lucian III, 9, and grandmother Lilla Holtzendorff."
FLAGSHIP DETROIT AT COLLEGEDALE, TENNESSEE, OCTOBER 7, 2018
We were very excited to finally ride aboard the world's oldest flying DC-3, Flagship Detroit, which was delivered to American Airlines in 1937. Here are a few photos...
Flagship Detroit DC-3 at Collegedale
Flagship Detroit DC-3 at Collegedale
Flagship Detroit DC-3 at Collegedale
Flagship Detroit DC-3 at Collegedale
Flagship Detroit DC-3 at Collegedale
The DC-3 still seems so modern that we had to "age" this in Photoshop to make the point that this aircraft is EIGHTY ONE years old!
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