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From: ths@lanl.ARPA
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Subject: re: Cessna Cardinal
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 11:20:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 11:20:10 1985
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> I agree with you about the Cessna Cardinal (RG or not is ok with me).
> Now if only I could find one for less that $20k in any kind of shape! Or
> 

I am surprised that you have been unable to find a "good" Cardinal for
$20K or less.  Because the airplane has had a bit of a "checkered career",
I have seen some very nice examples for 20K.  Remember that you will be
paying about $8,000 for a decent engine overhaul.  Let me see if the one
in Santa Fe is still available.

>>>>>>> BREAK >>>>>>>

Some comments about "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo".  It was written by Capt.
Ted Lawson who piloted the "Ruptured Duck" during the mission. As with most
of the crews, this was Ted's only WWII mission. He lost his leg during the
ditching off the coast of China.

The book is outstanding but the movie which starred Van Johnson and June
Allison was only so so.  Lawson still attends the yearly reunions as I recall,
the last one being in ABQ this spring.

Although the mission itself produced little physical damage to Japan, the
psycological effect on both the American public and the Japanese people was
tremendous.  Col.  Dolittle, who commanded the raid, expected to be
relegated to peeling potatoes on his return to the U.S. because all 16
planes were lost.  He was surprised to find the hero's reception and
Congressional Medal of Honor waiting for him. He was promoted to Brig. General
and given command of the Air Forces in the Mediterranian (13th I think).

The Japanses were forced to retain a rather large "home defense" force
to thwart any further attacks. It would be two more years before American
planes would challenge the Japanese homeland.

Ted Spitzmiller