bad day

[Robert Clark]

A coworker of mine found this photo in a box of junk he bought at a yard
sales.
Anyone have any ideas of what it might have been? or the hapless pilot?

[John Meyer]

In article >,
John Smith > wrote:

> In article >,
> Robert Clark > wrote:
>
> > A coworker of mine found this photo in a box of junk he bought at a yard
> > sales.
> > Anyone have any ideas of what it might have been? or the hapless pilot?
>
>
> Observation car and a dirigible, circa WWI.

No, that is the wreckage of an airplane. In the foreground is the tail
with the horizontal stabilizer to the left. I have no clue how that poor
man ended up where he did. It might be possible to get a rough idea of
the age of the photo by learning when that style of photo paper (with
the scalloped edges) came in to use.

[Mike Mackenzie]

John Meyer > wrote (in part):

>In article >,
> John Smith > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Robert Clark > wrote:
>>
>> > A coworker of mine found this photo in a box of junk he bought at a yard
>> > sales.
>> > Anyone have any ideas of what it might have been? or the hapless pilot?
>>
>>
>> Observation car and a dirigible, circa WWI.
>
>No, that is the wreckage of an airplane. In the foreground is the tail
>with the horizontal stabilizer to the left. I have no clue how that poor
>man ended up where he did. It might be possible to get a rough idea of
>the age of the photo by learning when that style of photo paper (with
>the scalloped edges) came in to use.

The guy in the leather helmet (presumably the pilot) doesn't look too
bad, particularly if you flip the pic thro' 180 deg ;-) Bit hard to
see where he is, let alone how he got there.

--
Mike Mackenzie (AVCOM Services)
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
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