Hello All, Before I tear what's left of my hair out... I've decided I'm going to build an airplane model, and It's going to be the Frisco's DC-3 in as close to N-scale as I can manage (there are inexpensive 1:144 models of DC-3s. There aren't any inexpensive near n-scale models of the later Gulfstream 1). Getting ready for this project, I'm looking for photos. I found one in Morning Sun's Burlington Northern in Color Volume 3 by Jim Boyd, but I'm pretty sure I have seen other photos of the plane, I just can't remember where. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Paul
Just to keep all the aircraft related info together, There is an article in the September, 1989 All Aboard about the Frisco's airplanes. https://www.condrenrails.com/Frisco/Frisco-Museum-All-Aboards/AA1989.9.v4.4.pdf There is a picture of the Gulfstream-1 here, along with a picture of a Beachcraft, but none of the DC-3
Interesting, the cover of that issue misidentifies the aircraft. The cover picture is an Aero Commander, rather than a Beechcraft. The article on page 2 indicates the Aero Commander was the first Frisco aircraft (leased) in 1963; they then purchased a larger 5 passenger twin (Beechcraft - possibly a King Air which would have been larger than the Aero Commander) before moving on to the DC-3 and G-1. The Frisco aircraft on the cover (N6191X) was destroyed in a crash after takeoff from Van Nuys, CA, in 1973.
btw, there are pictures of the Gulfstream-1 here: http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/the-february-puzzler.1923/#post-11559 There were some additional photos on e-bay a few weeks ago, but I didn't win them, and I didn't save them from the auction. The coonskin next to the door is a nice touch.
