The Stearman Smile By Steven Coonts / AOPA Pilot
I have Doug DeVries to thank. He is making a movie called The Stearman Spirit, and he remembered my book, The Cannibal Queen. So he called me
and told me about his project. “If I find your old airplane,” he asked, “and the owners are agreeable, would you let me film a reunion?”
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Famous Author Reunites with Legendary Stearman Biplane (Philadelphia, April 2008)
Best Selling Adventure Author Steven Coonts visits the legendary Cannibal Queen, a vintage 1942 open-cockpit Stearman Biplane that was the subject of his book.
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A view from ABOVE By Michael T. Burkhart / Courier-Post
"Whether it’s memory lane or the local landscape, rides in vintage aircraft offer passengers a unique perspective.
It had been 60 years since Glen Jacobson was in the cockpit of a Stearman, but as the biplane cruised high above South Jersey, the trip had a feeling of familiarity." |
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A view from the top By Anthony Roberts / Main Line Life
"Biplane Rides Over Philadelphia offers customers a ride of their lives.
As an area that gleans its very name from the railroads, The Main Line was built one section of track at a time. While a ride along the R5 still take passengers through vibrant downtowns, the preferred way to view the highlights of the area is now often in a car." |
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It can still take off! By Kerry O’Connor / Times Newspapers
"The Cannibal Queen, a 1942 open-cockpit Stearman biplane, hit the sky over Northeast Philadelphia.
On a beautiful day in Northeast Philadelphia, a blue, cloudless sky stretched in every direction, and the yellow sun was the brightest object in sight." |
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Philly by Land, Air & Sea By Tina Peng / Bucks County Courier Times
"Air: See the region by biplane
Glen Jacobson was bemused when his family brought him to Northeast Philadelphia Airport instead of a nice restaurant this Father’s Day.
Then, “I saw the two yellow wings sticking out from inside the hangar, and I thought, uh oh, this is going to be exciting,” said the Haddonfield, N.J., resident. “And it was.” " |
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