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N5584V St. Thomas - Cessna 180 on floats in background
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Charlie Freehling
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Aero Digest / Sept. 1939 ad
Eclipse Aviation's engine accessories.
American Export Airlines where Charlie Blair was Chief Pilot.
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1968 - Christiansted, St. Croix - The PBY landed in STX, and while taxing hit the large drainage pipe flange in the harbor and damaged the hull. This was before the AAB ramp and terminal was completed,
so a crane was brought in to lift the aircraft for repairs.
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