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Just thought I would add to this very fine tribute to the good ole days at ORA! My father was a long time childhood friend of Cole's and since its inception we would make our yearly pilgrimage up to the Aerodrome either by car or plane when they would chat about the old days etc before the shows,40yrs worth to me.My 1st biplane ride was with Cole in the Waco 9 Miss Pittsburgh at Stormville Airport at the age of 6 where Cole kept his 1st couple of aeroplanes in the old big hangar with the blessings of Ole' Pete O'Brien,who is still going strong today at age 99 or more if you talk to him!Miss Pittsburgh was owned at that time by a Mr. Horan I believe, 25yrs later I had my 2nd biplane ride with my Hero Cole Palen in his newly restored New Standard!I thought he was a superman!,also have had the pleasure of being flown about the the hudson valley with Mr. King in it as well,who never failed to give you the best ride for your money,always passing close to the Kingston bridge so you had a good look at who was driving around with your wife or buzzing over a passing tanker or freighter/barge to let us wave at the crew!...Thanks for the memories!!....I will try and scan and post some pics from my collection as I can
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