Subject: Re: Silly week submission for my friend Bill Harr if its not too late. THANKS
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Q Mann" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:47:39 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Q Mann 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:31 AM
  Subject: Silly week submission for my friend Bill Harr if its not too late. THANKS

  Gallery Template #02

  Piasecki H-21 'Flying Banana' 

  by Bill Harr
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here

  To keep defense contractors busy during the 1950s the US government approved the sale of various weapons, including aircraft, tanks,etc. to foreign countries. To ensure that the US maintained a technological edge in military development most contractors were required to sell scaled back export versions of their hardware.

  Piesecki was given approval to sell an export version of their H-21 helicopter, commonly called the 'FLYING BANANA'.The H-21EXP proved quite popular among the Banana Republics of Central and South America. Aside from use in military applications  it was frenquently kept on call by many Central and South American dictators in the event a coupe d' etat made a quick getaway necessary.

  The H-21EXP is now a very rare aviation find. The FLYING BANANA  pictured here was acquired by the Delaware Valley Historic Aviation Museum at Willow Grove JRB for static display. 

        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here

  Photos and text © by 'your name goes here'

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