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 Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: Ben Whitfield |
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Any info on the Commander (680 ?) auctioned off April 15th this year at the US Marshall's auction.
Brent
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From: Budplaster(at)aol.com
[quote] Moe,
Yes, it was painted in the Oakland, Los Angeles, Oakland Raiders colors......fuselage was gray with black trim ( very depressing for a San Diego Chargers fan)
While I am sending this with the knowledge that Barry reads all postings I will say that I have all the log books for 50BP from it's beginning. If I am ever needed to consult the logs for a specific bit of information all one needs to do is ask.
Also, I would advise anyone to contact Jack Chappell for information (and parts) about Commanders that have some Southern California history, as well as elsewhere; especially, if they are of the older lineage. And, I have been to Inyokern, Ca. and spent much time attempting to get information on the Commander that appears now to have become a derelict. The first time I saw the machine, probably 15-20 years ago, it was really a neat machine, but had one engine that had leaked some oil. I was unable to get any information about the airplane from the folks at Inyokern, which led me to think it was because Inyokern is located within five hundreds miles of Area 51. Truly, no one would act like there was even airplane parked in the weeds on the south end of the airport.
Buddy
See what's free at AOL.com.
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moe(at)rosspistons.com
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject: Ben Whitfield |
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Several years ago I was at Compton (next airport over from HHR my home base) on a cloudy day with low lying stratus (remember CPM has no instrument approach and is directly beneath the LAX TCA) and suddenly a gray commander popped through the clouds going downwind (maybe he made a sharp right turn at the NDB?) turned short base and landed. A middle aged couple that was all dressed up got out of the plane ahead of the pilot and got into a Jaguar 4 door sedan. I asked the mechanic who was working on my Skymaster what the deal was, and he said that if I ever wanted to fly to Las Vegas in “Cheap Luxury” that I should go over and talk to the pilot. It was “sort of like a charter service, but not really”.
I decided to continue to fly my Skymaster to Las Vegas and land at HHR where there was a localizer approach.
Moe
From: owner-commander-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Budplaster(at)aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:33 AM
To: commander-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: Ben Whitfield
Moe,
Yes, it was painted in the Oakland, Los Angeles, Oakland Raiders colors......fuselage was gray with black trim ( very depressing for a San Diego Chargers fan)
While I am sending this with the knowledge that Barry reads all postings I will say that I have all the log books for 50BP from it's beginning. If I am ever needed to consult the logs for a specific bit of information all one needs to do is ask.
Also, I would advise anyone to contact Jack Chappell for information (and parts) about Commanders that have some Southern California history, as well as elsewhere; especially, if they are of the older lineage. And, I have been to Inyokern, Ca. and spent much time attempting to get information on the Commander that appears now to have become a derelict. The first time I saw the machine, probably 15-20 years ago, it was really a neat machine, but had one engine that had leaked some oil. I was unable to get any information about the airplane from the folks at Inyokern, which led me to think it was because Inyokern is located within five hundreds miles of Area 51. Truly, no one would act like there was even airplane parked in the weeds on the south end of the airport.
Buddy
See what's free at AOL.com.
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andrew.bridget(at)telus.n
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: Ben Whitfield |
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Hi Richard,
That's pretty sad to hear they've gone down the tubes. The book could be doing better but it is hard to do the marketing, hold down a full time plus job, and spend time with the family. On and off I've been writing a sequel... but most of the time I go back and read what I've read and wonder how I could have written such drivel... delete and start again. Had one draft that I thought I liked - 287,000 words - left it for a month, came back to it and... you guessed it, didn't like it. Some parts can be resurrected, so it's not all garbage. I have fun trying to write the sequel, so all is not lost. 
Which photo do you have of the old man's Bonanza? Is it the same one that's on the Matronics Beechcraft gallery? If it's a different one, I'd appreciate a copy of it.
Keep well,
Andrew
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