In a message dated 1/7/99 1:45:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< It turns out the guy who showed them the parachutes was Charles Lindbergh,
which brings me to the reason this story came to mind here on the
Preservationeers maillist. Lindbergh's plane was shipped back to New York in
1927 in a crate made of English pine. The crate was saved by the captian of
the ship and hauled to his farm in New Hampshire. It was remodeled into a
cottage and lived in by various summer visitors, forestry transients, and
hippy back-to-the-landers until 1990 when it was moved to Canaan, Maine and
preserved by its current owner Larry Ross.
John Leeke
www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
>>
Way cool
I wonder what kind of joints were used in that crate?