March 22, 2017, 02:31 AM
EchtermetzgerDon't let me burn, Waldo
man, this movie has so many sad moments.
The scene with Mary Beth. heartbreaking.
March 22, 2017, 06:01 AM
RinehartYep, I like that movie also. It's a look at a different time.
When I was a kid I used to carry gas cans in a little wagon for fish spotters. (Menhaden). They would land on the island on a back road and refuel.
One of the spotters was probably in his late 60's and flew a Piper Cub. No pilot's license. Had been flying for years and years. He had the experience-
Bought his Cub out of a barn and put it back together. Different world now.
March 22, 2017, 09:57 PM
EchtermetzgerYeah, airplanes were sort of like the opening of a new frontier, but instead of cowboys on the open plains, there were pilots and surplus bi-planes