A Martin 404 and a romantic evening near Paris...

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Paris, Texas, that is...

We took our daughter to college orientation up near Dallas last week. While the kids stayed in the dorms, the parents had some time for romantic activities. So I took my wife to Paris. It was very romantic--soft lights, gel (red!), the moon and the stars. We even took pictures (click on the thumbnail to make it bigger--don't have a high res photo in this computer unfortunately):



This is a Martin 404 that belonged to a guy by the name of Junior Burchinal. Junior used to have a bunch of warbirds at this field. Back in the 60' through the early 80's, you could go up there and get checked out in (and rent!) a T-6, P-51, B-25 and several others. He sounds like he was quite a character. Unfortunately he ran into money problems and had to sell the planes in the 80's.

Here are some pictures of this same airplane in happier days:
http://www.southernairways.org/one_martins_fate.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/5017275621/