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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson
. . . My mother and Aunt Evelyn rode the street cars from Sunset and Silverlake Blvds everyday to work on these ungainly, but durable planes. Because of my mother's small stature (she was barely 5') she could fit in the tight quarters in the cockpit and wire the radios in.
Maybe they are both in this picture...
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Looks like maybe the day shift is getting off and the swing shift is coming in... |
Nice aerial shots of the Burbank factory, circa 1940.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8dTWfVpGMg