Cole Palen was the founder of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a living museum of the era of flight from the 1900's to 1939. The plane in this episode was retired in 1966, but can be seen on display at the Aerodrome today. The Aerodrome is well worth a visit. Air shows take place Saturday and Sunday from June to October.
I had the pleasure of knowing and helping Cole back around 1967. At that time he had a 1909 Bleriot, a 1919 Nieuport 28 and a Volker Triplane as well as the Cigar shaped airplane from the movie "Those daring Young Men In Their Flying Machines" to name a few. I wonder if these are still at the Aerodrome?
Thanks for putting these up, being that I was not alive when these were on, it's fun to look back at how things were back then. Thanks for allowing this to happen!
6 years after this plane was built my grandfather was in France as a mechanic responsible for maintaining a similar aircraft called a Breguet 14 for the 96th Aero Squadron. Those were a later generation of far better, more up to date and supposedly safer aircraft. According to records, every time the squadron went out to do a bombing run, there was about a 1 chance in 5 they wouldn't come back and not just from being shot down. About every 10th one of those crash landed. That should give some perspective on just how dangerous it was to fly one from six years earlier. Now six years may seem like not much of a difference but if you look at it in terms of the ratio of time, it's the same difference between a car from 1967 and one from today. In 1967 cars didn't have air bags, no computers, no gps, seat belts weren't required and you were lucky if they held together for 60,000 miles, oh and gas was 22 cents a gallon.
Cole Palen was the founder of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a living museum of the era of flight from the 1900's to 1939. The plane in this episode was retired in 1966, but can be seen on display at the Aerodrome today. The Aerodrome is well worth a visit. Air shows take place Saturday and Sunday from June to October.
I had the pleasure of knowing and helping Cole back around 1967. At that time he had a 1909 Bleriot, a 1919 Nieuport 28 and a Volker Triplane as well as the Cigar shaped airplane from the movie "Those daring Young Men In Their Flying Machines" to name a few. I wonder if these are still at the Aerodrome?
I was born the day this episode aired.
Thanks for putting these up, being that I was not alive when these were on, it's fun to look back at how things were back then. Thanks for allowing this to happen!
6 years after this plane was built my grandfather was in France as a mechanic responsible for maintaining a similar aircraft called a Breguet 14 for the 96th Aero Squadron. Those were a later generation of far better, more up to date and supposedly safer aircraft. According to records, every time the squadron went out to do a bombing run, there was about a 1 chance in 5 they wouldn't come back and not just from being shot down. About every 10th one of those crash landed. That should give some perspective on just how dangerous it was to fly one from six years earlier. Now six years may seem like not much of a difference but if you look at it in terms of the ratio of time, it's the same difference between a car from 1967 and one from today. In 1967 cars didn't have air bags, no computers, no gps, seat belts weren't required and you were lucky if they held together for 60,000 miles, oh and gas was 22 cents a gallon.
Wonderful! thank you
Amazing plane!
Henry is such a cutie. Like a big swish teddy bear
I just turn ten, we got three clear tv stations sometimes Buffalo N.Y.. I've never seen these until now. Thankyou
I would have asked who his friend on the wing was.
I guess I knew what the CBS Schedule was back then.
6pm-Superman
7pm-CBS Evening News
8pm-I've Got a Secret
I recognize the host from Whats my line.
That plane could not have been easy to fly for a trip that long-an hour
I liked Garry Moore better