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Andy Gelston commented on Bill Skinner's photo

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"This old gal is now cared for by member Ernie Knudsen, so she’s still in Texas. The picture on Ernie’s page shows she still sports the same, all-red paint scheme. Thank you, Bill!"

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Steve Ahrens commented on Bill Skinner's blog post Sport Flying - 1975, Vol 1, Iss 2 - Porterfield Article

"Awesome! Thank you so much for Sharing Bill!"

Mar 12

Andy Gelston commented on Bill Skinner's blog post Sport Flying - 1975, Vol 1, Iss 2 - Porterfield Article

"Great article on the history of the Porterfields, Bill! Thank you!"

Mar 7

Bill Skinner posted a blog post

Sport Flying - 1975, Vol 1, Iss 2 - Porterfield Article

Sport-Flying-Article-1975-Vol-1-Iss-2.pdfI was cleaning some shelves in a closet and found an issue of Sport Flying that my dad saved. It has an article on the Porterfield Aircraft Company in it.I remember there being much discussion around the article at our house. I think that the author of the article, Don Pratt, may have contacted my dad about the history of…See More

Mar 6

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Mar 5

Bill Skinner replied to Andy Gelston's discussion Porterfield Club newsletters from fifty years ago, available here

"I have been corresponding with another local Skinny Bird owner, I got to wondering.... "Did my dad ever fly that ship?". I reviewed one of his logbooks and... nope, he didn't fly it. But I counted 33 that he did fly.…"

May 1, 2021

Andy Andraka replied to Bill Skinner's discussion American Eaglet

"Price update: $12.5K, if you're interested give me a call at 401-seven nine three-6451. I'm still plugging away on it, but I also just picked up a Bellanca 14-9 that's taking a lot of my free time, space, and money. Most people…"

May 1, 2021

Bill Skinner posted a discussion

American Eaglet

I saw an American Eaglet posted on Facebook. Interesting pictures....NC597Y$15KLocation: San Antoniohttps://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/431538011276012/?ref=share_attachmentSeller's description1931 American Eaglet B-31 · Driven NaN miles New Price! Complete project with paperwork, a large stock of Szekely engines (including multiples of the very hard to find components), factory drawings, and…See More

Mar 21, 2021

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Jan 15, 2021

Bill Skinner commented on Bill Skinner's blog post Porterfield Club Newsletters

"I have finally taken the time to get a few on the old newsletters scanned in and uploaded. you should be able to open these and read through or search them for information. Google Drive…"

Jan 15, 2021

Bill Skinner commented on Victor Briley's blog post need fairleads for 1940 Collegiate

"Just FYI. The box of spruce rib materials I had (mentioned in this thread) has been donated to a local EAA chapter. They hold classes and youth demos for homebuilders and will use this material in those classes and to complete a static display they…"

Oct 3, 2020

Bill Skinner commented on Bill Skinner's photo

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"Andy, you are probably correctly that this is set up as an instrument trainer. i had not really studied the photo, but that does look like a blackout curtain. I have seen something about "options" somewhere in the paperwork, but I…"

Sep 1, 2020

Andy Gelston commented on Bill Skinner's photo