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Montana_mountains_Ronan_MT_horses

Scenic America, Ronan, MT 5-17, I love those horses!

Cessna_120_airplane_picture

Cessna 120 G-JOLY, with added rear window, British regis, 5-83 (slide) The Brits come up with some interesting registrations!

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Cessna 120 N1797V (1) at Homer, AK 7-04. The 120 did not have flaps or a window behind the door, and an electrical system was optional. It was "bare bones."

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Cessna 120 N3161N (1) seaplane, at Vette-Blust floatplane Base, Oshkosh, WI 8-10

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Cessna 120 N3161N (2) checking the oil and pumping the floats

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Cessna 120 N3161N (3) taxiing out

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Cessna 120 N3161N (4) heading home

Cessna_120_factory_photo

Cessna 140 N89000, a traveling salesman and his new airplane - factory photo NC89000

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Cessna 140 N89174 and others ready for delivery - factory photo NC89174

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Cessna 140 N89372, let's picnic, second one behind - factory photo NC89372.

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Dwane Wallace, leader of Cessna Aircraft Company from mid 1930's to mid 1980's, with a 1948 Cessna 140 with winter covers on the front.

Cessna_120_airplane_picture

Cessna 120 N2132V arriving Lee Bottom Flying Field, Hanover, IN, 9-07

Covered_bridge_in_Jackson_NH

Scenic America, a beautiful covered bridge, guess where, 9-06

P&W_R-4360_aircraft_engine_cut-away

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 cut-away (2). I just looove this shot.

P&W_R-4360_aircraft_engine

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 cut-away (1), 4-rows, 28-cylinders, around 3500-HP, at Bridgewater Airpark, VA 9-17

Luscombe_in_aircraft_boneyard

Luscombes and Twin Beechs at Duff Aircraft boneyard, Denver, CO, 8-13

Navy_N3N_in_aircraft_boneyard

Navy N3N, WW-II Navy trainer and then a sprayer, with friends at Duff Aircaft boneyard, Denver, CO 5-13

Vintage_Studebaker_tow_truck_photo

Studebaker boom truck at Duff Aircraft boneyard, Denver, CO 5-13. Tell us more about it!

Stinson_V-77_airplane_picture

Stinson V-77 N69128 (1), '44, and a Stearman at Mifflin County Airport, Reedsville, PA pancake breakfast, 9-13

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Stinson V-77 N69128 airplane (2) instrument panel, 1944.

Vintage_GMC_3500_boom_truck_photo

GMC 3500 Boom truck (2), looking sorta tired at Marana, AZ 5-18. What year is it?

Vintage_GMC_3500_boom_truck_picture

GMC 3500 Boom truck (1), awaiting orders at Marana, AZ 4-16. Note the Douglas DC-4's and Beechcraft Starships behind.

Piper_J-3_Cub_Photo_Stoltzfus

Piper J-3 Cub N51533, the airplane Brian soloed in on June 2, 1979, and DC-3 N467KS, the airplane he died in on Jan. 21, 2019. We miss him so much.

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Cessna 195 N9MT floatplane, (3) '49, at Lake Hood, ANC AK 6-13

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Cessna 195 N9MT floatplane, (2) '49, at Lake Hood, ANC AK 6-13. What a beauty!Cessna 195 N9MT floatplane, (2) '49, at Lake Hood, ANC AK 6-13. What a beauty!

Cessna_195_seaplane_aircraft_photo

Cessna 195 N9MT floatplane, (1) '49, has turbocharged Jacobs R-755-S, 350-HP engine, at Lake Hood, ANC AK 6-13

Old_Ford_pickup_truck_picture

Ford Pickup soaking in some sunshine on a winter day in Ronan, MT 12-18. It looks cold. What year is it?

1940's_Ford_Pickup_Truck_Photo

A cool old Ford Pickup parked out behind a car dealership at Ronan, MT, 5-17. It needs a gas cap. What a scene this is!

Vintage_Ford_pickup_photos

Closeup of the hood on a vintage Ford Pickup at Ronan, MT, 5-17

Antique_Ford_pickup_truck_picture

A cool 1940's Ford Pickup at Ronan, MT, the grille needs a little work, 12-18. What year is it?

Aircraft_Boneyard_Duff_Aircraft_Denver

This former ag airplane is reflecting on things at the Duff Aircraft boneyard, Denver, CO just after a thunderstorm, 9-13

Cessna_195_airplane_picture

Cessna 195 N195KR, '48 at Shenandoah Valley Airport, VA 9-10. Belongs to my friend Richard Kiser.

Cessna_195_aircraft_boneyard_photo

Cessna 195 N8063E at Duff Aircraft boneyard in Denver, CO, 8-13 It needs some work!

Cessna_195_aircraft_photo_Alaska

Cessna 195 N4306N, '48 at Fairbanks, AK 5-10. It's itching to get going.

Army_Dodge_Power_Wagon_photo

Army Dodge Power Wagon snowplow, and friend, at Ronan, MT 5-17

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A 1940's Ford pickup peeking out from behind the Army Dodge Power Wagon snowplow at Ronan, MT, 12-18. What years would they be?

Vintage_Army_Dodge_Power_Wagon_Photo

This old U.S. Army Dodge Power Wagon at Ronan, MT, still shows its serial number 5-17. Its apparently been retired but has probably earned some loving care.

Sunset_photo_over_DC-3_airplane_wing

Sunset over the wing of DC-3 N467KS, 10-12. This airplane and its main pilot Brian, my son, served God well until the sun set on both of them. We trust God in all that!

Beach_City_OH_Father's_Day_Pancake_Breakfast

Beach City Ohio Father's Day Fly-In 2016 (1)

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Beach City Ohio Father's Day Fly-In 2016 (3). Yup, pankcakes it is!

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Beach City Ohio Father's Day Fly-In 2016 (2) 'Hey, where's MY pancakes?

Pancake_Breakfast_Aircraft_Flyin

Beach City Ohio Father's Day Fly-In 2016 (4). Lots of wonderful airplanes.

Stearman_Coatesville_PA_Stoltzfus

Stearman, USAF government surplus at Stoltzfus Airfield, Coatesville, PA, 1940's. Father bought 12 of them for a few hundred dollars each. That's the tail of a Vultee BT-13.

Stearman_sprayer_air-tankers_Stoltzfus

Stearman Air Tankers of the Stoltzfus family fleet, and pilots, at Coatesville, spring of 1961. We contracted with the State of PA for fire-fighting, and also used them for forest spraying.

450_Stearman_aircraft_photo_Kidron_OH

Stearman N122Q (2) at Stoltzfus Airfield, Kidron, OH 9-06. My father bought it in 1952-53 and we used it as a sprayer. My sons restored it in 2005. Built with 220-HP, it now has 450-HP!

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1943 Stearman N122Q (2) at Stoltzfus Airfield, 9-12 with the 1947 Chevy street rod restored by brother-in-law Glenn Leaman. Both were previously owned by our fathers.

Grumman_TBM_Avenger_Airplane_picture

Grumman TBM Avenger spray tank with wind-driven spray pump, Chris D. Stoltzfus family, Coatesville, PA. 1959

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Grumman TBM Avenger N7027C, our family had three TBM sprayers based at Coatesville, PA. 1959

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Grumman TBM Avenger N7025C of the Chris D. Stoltzfus fleet, with Swift N2361B owned by one of our pilots, at Coatesville, PA 5-60

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Grumman TBM Avenger N7025C air tanker of the Chris D. Stoltzfus fleet, Coatesville, PA, 5-64

1957_Pontiac_Chieftain_photo

1957 Pontiac Chieftain and 1957 Beech E-18S at Bridgewater Airpart, VA, both belonging to my twin Karl. We shared a Pontiac just like that as high school seniors, and both flew the Twin Beech - - he much more than I.

1967_Ford_Mustang_convertible_photo

1967 Ford Mustang Convertible with a North American T-6G, and Pres. Eisenhower's Columbine II, the first aircraft called 'Air Force One', at Bridgewater, VA 9-17. Part of my brother Karl's museum collection.

North_American_F-86_Saber_Sabrejet_photo

North American F-86 of the Water Soplata Collection, catching some rays, 6-20

Douglas_DC-3_airplane_picture

Douglas DC-3, C-47 N96H at Duff Aircraft bonyard, Denver, 9-13 (1), loading on Dynamic Aviation's rig for shipment to Bridgewater, VA

Douglas_DC-3_Cockpit_Instrument_Panel

Douglas DC-3, C-47 N96H at Duff Aircraft, Denver, 9-13 (2), instrument panel

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Douglas DC-3, C-47 N96H at Duff Aircraft, Denver, 9-13 (4), Dynamic Aviation's rig ready to head to Bridgewater, VA

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Douglas DC-3, C-47 N96H at Duff Aircraft, Denver, 9-13 (3), with yours truly on the EZGO as we were filling the fuselage with other parts that my twin Karl bought.

Douglas_DC-3_Kidron_Ohio_Preferred

Douglas DC-3, C-47 Aircraft awaiting conversion to Preferred Turbine-3 turboprops, at Stoltzfus Airfield, Kidron, OH. All are now stored inside.

Cessna 185 N9676H, '78 at Lake Hood, ANC, AK, with a boom truck used to lift it for installing and removing floats, 5-12

Cessna_185_floats_Fairbanks_photo

Cessna 185 N27532, (1) '79 at Fairbanks, AK 6-13. A spectacular scene.

Cessna_185_floatplane_Alaska_photo

Cessna 185 N27532, (2) 'The Good Life' at Fairbanks, AK 6-13

Cessna_180_Lake_Hood_AK_photo

Cessna 180 N2730X (2) at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK 5-12. This is one way to move them for servicing.

Cessna_180_airplane_picture_Alaska

Cessna 180 N2730X (1) on shore at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK 5-10

Cessna_180_Stoltzfus_Kidron_OH

Cessna 180 N5243D, '58, at Stoltzfus Airfield, Kidron, OH 10-12. Its been a member of the family for over 40-years.

Cessna_180_floatplane_photo_Alaska

Cessna 180 N5189E, '59, in the Fireweed at Lake Hood, ANC, AK 7-04

Dynamic_Aviation_DC-3_photo

Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (1), 'Miss Virginia', at Stoltzfus Airfield, Kidron, OH 9-15. My brother Karl's, and one of the finest in the world.

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Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (2), 'Miss Virginia', at Stoltzfus Airfield, Kidron, OH 9-15. She's a class act!

DC-3_Miss_Virginia_photo

Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (3), 'Miss Virginia', at Stoltzfus Airfield, Kidron, OH 9-15. The DC-3 is a 1937 design, and the Chevy is a '37

DC-3_Miss_Virginia_picture

Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (4), 'Miss Virginia', early morning at Bridgewater Airpark, VA, 8-10. That day was the last time I flew a DC-3, after having become captain-qualified in 1964

Dynamic_Aviation_Miss_Virginia_photo

Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (5), Dynamic Aviaiton's 'Miss Virginia', approaching Bridgewater Airpark, VA, 8-10

Photo_of_the_Shenandoah_Valley_from_a_DC-3

Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (6), offering a view of Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, 9-10. Elaine and I and our three sons lived there,, 1967-74.

DC-3_aircraft_JAARS_Waxhaw_NC

Douglas DC-3, C-47B N47E (7), 'Miss Virginia', head on at Bridgewater Airpark, VA, 9-10. She was USAAF, USAF, and then JAARS in South America. My twin Karl bought it and we sprayed with it before he restored it to a like-new corporate aircraft.

DC-3_Jim_Hankins_Flying_Service_Jackson

Douglas DC-3, C-47's of the former Jim Hankins fleet in Jackson, MS, 10-15. My sons bought them. They flew two home and trucked one. Guess which one.

C-47_Davis_Monthan_AFB_Tucson_photo

Douglas DC-3, C-47 N1074A, at PIMA Air Museum, Tucson, AZ 4-16 (2)

Douglas_C-47_Tucson_Airplane_Picture

Douglas DC-3, C-47 N1074A, at PIMA Air Museum, Tucson, AZ 4-16 (1). It was trucked home to become a Preferred Turbine-3 aircraft someday

Rural_Virginia_Pictures

Scenic America, Rural Virginia, west of Harrisonburg on Rt. 33, 11-12 (2) Stores like this were the backbone of rural America for much of our life.

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Scenic America, Rural Virginia, west of Harrisonburg on Rt. 33, 11-12 (1)

International_R200_dump_truck_photo

International R200 Dump Truck, near Ronan, MT 12-18. What year is it?

Cessna_180_Moosehead_Lake_Maine_photo

Cessna 180 N51R, '65, and N1550C at Moosehead Lake, Greenville, ME 9-06. It was a quiet morning.

Boeing_B-17_EAA_Aluminum_Overcast_photo

Boeing B-17G N5017N (2) as EAA's 'Aluminum Overcast' at Akron Municipal Airport, 8-06

Boeing_B-17G_N5017N_Stoltzfus_Coatesville_PA

Boeing B-17G N5017N (1) at Stoltzfus Airfield, Coatesville, PA, 1964. Our family bought it from Aero Service Corp. for $10,000, and Father when down and flew it home, to our 2700' grass strip. He was quite an aviator!

Beech_18_Duff_Aircraft_Boneyard_photo

Beech 18 N1800E at Duff Aircraft boneyard, Denver, CO, 8-13. It was a 1952 C-45H, USAF 52-10838, formerly N9908Z. May it rest in peace - - although it's certainly been made into pop cans by now.

Crashed_Aero_Commander_aircraft_photo

Aero Commander remains at Duff Aircraft boneyard, Denver, CO 8-13. It had a bad day.

Aero_Commander_690B_aircraft_photo

Aero Commander 690B N999FG (2), '79, State of Alaska turboprop, sleek, fast looking, at Palmer AK 5-10

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Aero Commander 690B N999FG (1), '79, alongside a piston-powered 500S. Two spectacular birds of the State of Alaska, at Palmer AK 5-10

Aero_Commander_500S_airplane_picture

Aero Commander 500S N909AK, (2) '75 at Palmer AK 5-10, note the side window for observing downward. I never flew an Aero Commander but always thot they were a cool ride.

Aero_Commander_500S_aircraft_photo

Aero Commander 500S N909AK, (1) '75, piston-powered beauty at Palmer AK 5-10