August 16, 20196 yr Here (below) are the other colors of this famous (Travel Air) monoplane, including the Red & Black, I had posted earlier. All total, only five R-Types of Mystery Ships were built. The plane in the 3rd and 4th images below (Texaco - Red & Cream) is the one that's now preserved at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, which I'd a chance to visit. The Exhibit is suspended there, with strings, from the high ceiling, in a tilted fashion, and, on their website, I read today, the following note about this display: "To indicate speed, the Travel Air makes a swift and steep banking turn from above the Coal Mine (btw, the Coal Mine was also an excellent Exhibit, as I recall) into the East Court...". One final R-Type (not imaged here) was built at the request of the Italian Government, subsequently disassembled, then shipped by Boat to Italy, and served as the basis for their Breda Ba.27 fighter. Hope you enjoy these pictures (two images for each livery) of this spirited (little) classic plane, along with the accompanying scenery. For this post, I've gone back to re-visit one of my favorite small airports, Stewart (CZST), BC, a gem of a locale, hidden among the mountains and very scenic! Before sight-seeing around the vicinity, I also got to do some relaxed "paper-reading" outside on the airport bench, amidst the rubble, while daylight still allowed it (please see the 2nd shot)! [All textures by GAS(Mystery Ship)/Orbx(CZST)]
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