kaufjm(at)aol.com Guest
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: More on Sky King.... |
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That's a neat story Don, thanks for sharing. I remember seeing the
Songbird at Oshkosh too, I wish I could have seen Penny, that would
have been cool.
If any one has saved old copies of aviation magazines like I do, I
saved a Private Pilot magazine from June of 1998. It has a good article
about the Sky King show. My wife always wanted to throw it away but I
kept it just for the Sky King article. Any way, a disturbing thing in
this article that shocked me was (get your Kleenex out, boys) Kirby
Grant Hoon jr.(Sky King) wasn't a licensed pilot. Didn't even like
flying.
I am real sorry about that guys, but according to the article he was an
actor in "B" movies and comedies and a few musicals. His stage name
then was Robert Stanton. He also was considered a child prodigy on the
violin. I think that's enough for now.
I've got all the information on the Songbirds. If you are interested
I'll write that up too. Let me know.
Jon Kaufmann
IV 1200 N153JK
Bettendorf IA.
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