tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186496102131210739.post2572987345340451979..comments2023-03-18T01:23:45.819-07:00Comments on Ivan P. Wheaton, Early Aviator.: Aviator portraits at the Curtiss School, 1916.KPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747159276797747615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186496102131210739.post-66870791606874174532012-04-13T23:02:08.869-07:002012-04-13T23:02:08.869-07:00You are absolutely right! In looking back over th...You are absolutely right! In looking back over the photos of the Twin JN, the cockpits are a mile apart! I may have a clue in another photograph as to what it was, but give a bit to find it. And thanks for the diligence... I'll get this corrected.KPWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747159276797747615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186496102131210739.post-13999104041096055182012-04-13T22:49:09.540-07:002012-04-13T22:49:09.540-07:00Looking through your great work of publishing your...Looking through your great work of publishing your grandfathers notebooks (scrapbooks) I noticed just for accuracy that the picture of Walter Lees and Howard Wehrle could not be taken from a Curtiss Twin Jenny. One of the handicaps of this type was 'crew efficiency was greatly handicapped by the wide separation between the pilot's cockpit aft of the wing and the observer in the nose'. The quote is from the book of Peter M. Bowers (1979) - Curtiss aircraft 1907-1947, page 165.<br />It would take some time to identify in what machine the two were actually sitting.Varese2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229827195110498255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186496102131210739.post-27783399325250371692012-04-01T09:54:12.757-07:002012-04-01T09:54:12.757-07:00Thank you Mike G! I had no idea how much fun it wa...Thank you Mike G! I had no idea how much fun it was going to be learning all that I have about my grandfather's flying days. I'm glad folks are enjoying the collection.KPWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747159276797747615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186496102131210739.post-39008737633800145062012-03-31T18:36:46.934-07:002012-03-31T18:36:46.934-07:00Very nice early aviation photo collection and comm...Very nice early aviation photo collection and comments. Fantastic that you have them and are sharing them.Mike Gnoreply@blogger.com