WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 1946 Elise & I at Lee and Bill's for dinner. Roast beef & strawberry shortcake. At a Directors Meeting on Oct 25. it was voted to buy a Beechcraft plane. 5 passenger + 2 pilots that had been used 400 hours in the air, and which wold be completely over hauled for $37000- and spend about $5000 more to upholster and make sound proof. It has a cruising speed of 190 miles an hour. Also to build a hangar 60'x100' total expenditure for plane & hangar about $82000-. Deere & Co has also bought an Avion plane for about 7000. a one passenger + pilot 150 MPH. It has not been delivered yet.

Creator

• Brown, Theophilus

Language

• English

Identifier

• 1946_2_126
• MS02.01.26.342

Keyword

• diary

Year

• 1946

Date created

• 1946-10-23

Related url

•  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/qv33s1060

Resource type

• Image

Source

• MS02.01.26.342.380

Last modified

• 2023-09-05