DAN SHUMAKER COLLECTION
No. 3587. Stinson SR-9 Reliant (NC89) Civil Aeronautics Administration
Photograph at Juneau, Alaska, USA, ca. 1941, by Keith Petrich,
from Jim Ruotsala collection
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Remarks by Jim Ruotsala: "Burleigh Putname was the chief inspector that flew this plane. He gave both 'Wrong Way' Corrigian and Howard Hughes their instrument ratings. He told me that Howard Hughes was the best natural pilot he ever met." |
Created July 13, 2004