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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Old aircraft...I have a VIN plate from one, melted on one edge. Inherited from my mother. She & Dad had a ranch in Patterson, California many years ago...told me a tale of one of Dad's friends "parking" his airplane on their place. One day, this friend fired up the plane, possibly incorrectly...it burned to the ground! But, the ID plate was salvaged. I have the plate in front of me...I think this plane ran a Ford V-8???
The plate reads:
Arrow aircraft corporation
(below this, a set of wings with an arrow pointing upward between "v-8")
Lincoln, Nebraska
Arrow model F A.T.C. (stamped in the aluminum plate) 613
Serial No. (again stamped) 20
Engine Arrow V-8 Model F
Date of manufacture (again, stamped) 5.14.37
So, anybody here have a pic? Any clues about what this aircraft looked like?
Mom said that Dad and his friend took this craft to Oregon and back...Dad
thinking of the later (1947) family relocation...
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Last edited by pwd72s; 01-14-2008 at 07:03 PM..
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