Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

Aerodrome Kid · 1 July 2009, 07:52 AM

I think AAC Cadet Leader is the moderator for this thread. Send here a PM, she should be able to sort it out for you.

SteveS · 1 July 2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Javro504k

Trying to mask SN!! on my first post. I am having some problems. Also when I see the # of post I posted it show that I have 0 posts!

AAC Cadet Leader is away on special assignment so it might take a day or so for her to get back to you. The ten post minimum is one way to help keep those pesky spammers at bay. Posts aren’t counted here in No-Man’s Land (off topic), but there are so many other interesting threads here on the Drome so I’m sure you’ll have ten to your credit in no time.

Looking forward to seeing your photos!

Salute,
Steve

Javro504k · 5 July 2009, 03:47 AM

Thanks Clay for your response!! Did you see the photos I have of you & your Mom? I put one up last night of your mom, and in the same photo, there is a picture of Judy holding her young Sarah ( I believe) I not sure if the photo of your mom's pregnancy is you!!!! You were definitely a cutie!

Been up all night and I'm thinking of going to ORA 6:45 AM now and I will try to get up at 9 AM Send my regards to your folks!!!! Jeff

Aerodrome Kid · 5 July 2009, 10:44 AM

Will do Jeff. Great photos, I hadn't seen them yet! I'll have to get mom and dad to take a look. Hard to say about who mom is carrying there. i was born in August of '78, Nate in November of '81.

Jon18 · 16 August 2009, 01:24 PM

Some new videos are up at colepalen.com, including a groundloop compilation and a video of Cole flying the Nieuport 10. There should be another interview with Cole up on the site tomorrow. Just thought you would like to know...

Javro504k · 3 September 2009, 07:48 PM

Thanks, Cole palen Dot Com is a great site. I've been looking online to find some old magazine with articles from ORA. I recently bought some that weren't listed on CP Dot Com. I'm working on sending my photos to the site.

As for this forum, I started a Photo album but I have to start posting more before I can use a URL. You might be able to check my profile to see them but I cannot use the link yet!!

Javro504k · 17 September 2009, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveS

How's this for a "old" pix. I think it came from a advertisment in the NY Times Sunday magazine from the early seventies. I don't remember what the ad was for.

That's a classic ad, It is from 1972, I don't think it is from the NY Times. I believe it's from the New Yorker Magazine or some New York magazine. The Ad is for New York State , Whats written below the drawing is " And you thought you knew New York." I uploaded the whole ad to my photo album and you can read what was written. I was able to upload photos to my album, now I cannot even see my album. I 'm getting a message now that I need to have 3 posts or more to view albums. I've been on other message boards but never had the problems I am having on this forum!!!

Javro504k · 17 September 2009, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveS

Posts aren’t counted here in No-Man’s Land (off topic), but there are so many other interesting threads here on the Drome so I’m sure you’ll have ten to your credit in no time.

Looking forward to seeing your photos!

Salute,
Steve

Thanks Steve,
So is the " Museum Trouble thread" also considered( No man's land) ?

The PIPE · 17 September 2009, 09:45 AM

Dear Fellow ORA Lovers:

The PIPE Here again...as all of us know from ORA's weekend airshows of "days gone by", Good Ol' Cole would come up with some corny plotlines, AND vehicles, to tell those "airshow melodramas" of his that we all loved...

...and one of the most unique of the VEHICLES he came up with was what he called his "Motor Mugwump"...no kidding...

...a piston-engine-spinning-a-pusher-propeller powered SLEIGH, with wheels and axles mounted onto the sleigh's snow runners !!!!

Such vehicles, "for real", but without the wheels (I think) and only using skis for snow instead, have been a LONG time sight in Russia, in its Soviet days, and were known as "aerosans", as defined at Wikipedia's entry on these at Aerosan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

If I remember right, Cole's unique "aerosan"-like vehicle used an Aeronca opposed-twin engine to spin its prop on the back end of the sleigh body to move it along...and I'm just wondering, that's all...

...if ANYONE else remembers Cole's "Motor Mugwump" aerosan-style sleigh, and better yet, might anyone actually have PHOTOS, or even to top a still photo, might someone actually have film OR video of that unique creation of Cole's boundless imagination, from one of his weekend airshows of the past ???

I'd LOOOVE to see photos OR video of it here, or at the "colepalen.com" website...just hoping that SOMEONE besides yours truly remembers it, and has photos/film/video of it "in action" (or just "sitting still") at ORA, from "way back when"...!

Thanks in advance, and Yours Sincerely,

The PIPE....!

Javro504k · 18 September 2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by The PIPE

...and one of the most unique of the VEHICLES he came up with was what he called his "Motor Mugwump"...no kidding...
...a piston-engine-spinning-a-pusher-propeller powered SLEIGH, with wheels and axles mounted onto the sleigh's snow runners !!!!

If I remember right, Cole's unique "aerosan"-like vehicle used an Aeronca opposed-twin engine to spin its prop on the back end of the sleigh body to move it along...and I'm just wondering, that's all...
...if ANYONE else remembers Cole's "Motor Mugwump" aerosan-style sleigh, and better yet, might anyone actually have PHOTOS, or even to top a still photo, might someone actually have film OR video of that unique creation of Cole's boundless imagination, from one of his weekend airshows of the past ???
Thanks in advance, and Yours Sincerely,
The PIPE....!

Wow, who could forget the " Mugwump", I remember it ! It's funny, last week I was thinking about it. I will look to see if I have a photo of it. I have so many "Priceless Memories" of the good old days.