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The Real Thing
597-0-32 ... Pioneer Flight Museum, Kingsbury, Texas, USA www.pioneerflightmuseum.org/
The Original nameplate in the 1917 Thomas-Morse S4C Scout (aka Tommy).
An actual WWI plane restored and flown by Roger Freeman and his "Pioneer Flight Museum" (PFM).
PFM restores rare WWI airplanes and vehicles and builds replicas of WWI airplanes and vehicles if no original is available. Their work is always as true to the original as possible. ... The expert at Pioneer Flight Museum is Roger Freeman, who is well-known in vintage aircraft circles.
Restored and flown by Roger Freeman and his Pioneer Flight Museum (PFM) (formerly Vintage Aviation Historical Foundation (VAHF)) www.vintageaviation.org/.
The Thomas-Morse Scout became the favorite single-seat training airplane for U.S. pilots during World War I. The Scout first appeared with an order for 100 S4Bs in the summer of 1917. The U.S. Army Air Service later purchased nearly 500 of a slightly modified version, the S4C. Dubbed the "Tommy" by its pilots, the plane had a long and varied career.
Tommies flew at practically every pursuit flying school in the United States during 1918. After the war ended, the Air Service sold them as surplus to civilian flying schools, sportsman pilots and ex-Army fliers. Some were still being used in the mid-1930s for WWI aviation movies filmed in Hollywood.
Click on "All sizes" to see larger view.
Photo taken at the 5-26-01 Air Fair at the VAHF facilities.
This is among the first pictures taken with my new (2001) camera. Not set up nor operated correctly.
Camera: Sony CD 1000, 2.1 megapixel (antique)
www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonycd1000/
Photo straight from the camera.
The Real Thing
597-0-32 ... Pioneer Flight Museum, Kingsbury, Texas, USA www.pioneerflightmuseum.org/
The Original nameplate in the 1917 Thomas-Morse S4C Scout (aka Tommy).
An actual WWI plane restored and flown by Roger Freeman and his "Pioneer Flight Museum" (PFM).
PFM restores rare WWI airplanes and vehicles and builds replicas of WWI airplanes and vehicles if no original is available. Their work is always as true to the original as possible. ... The expert at Pioneer Flight Museum is Roger Freeman, who is well-known in vintage aircraft circles.
Restored and flown by Roger Freeman and his Pioneer Flight Museum (PFM) (formerly Vintage Aviation Historical Foundation (VAHF)) www.vintageaviation.org/.
The Thomas-Morse Scout became the favorite single-seat training airplane for U.S. pilots during World War I. The Scout first appeared with an order for 100 S4Bs in the summer of 1917. The U.S. Army Air Service later purchased nearly 500 of a slightly modified version, the S4C. Dubbed the "Tommy" by its pilots, the plane had a long and varied career.
Tommies flew at practically every pursuit flying school in the United States during 1918. After the war ended, the Air Service sold them as surplus to civilian flying schools, sportsman pilots and ex-Army fliers. Some were still being used in the mid-1930s for WWI aviation movies filmed in Hollywood.
Click on "All sizes" to see larger view.
Photo taken at the 5-26-01 Air Fair at the VAHF facilities.
This is among the first pictures taken with my new (2001) camera. Not set up nor operated correctly.
Camera: Sony CD 1000, 2.1 megapixel (antique)
www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonycd1000/
Photo straight from the camera.