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| Visit to the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum Map Saturday, July 15, 2017 45 Members and 2 Guests in Attendance CTV Participants Bob & Cindy Adams
Michelle Aggas
Kevin & Cathy Anthony
Don & Cindy Brown
David & Becky Clark
Jerry & Phyllis Crim
John, Nancy & Jenny Dick
Larry & Janice Dyer
Jack & Karla Gandy
Gary & Gwynne Hanna
Keith Hunten
PJ & Debra Jackson
Doug & Glenda McMahan
Ronnie & Connie McCrary
Craig Murphy & Guest
Mary Pittman & William Nolan
Willie Owens
Bob and Lou Ann Presley
Fred & Margaret Proctor
Mickey & Patricia Rigney
Carol Savage
Tom & Grace Shelhimer
Raley & Jo Anne Smith
William Vanburen
Norman & Ann Walker
Rick & Karen Watson
Photos labeled  provided by Doug McMahan
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| | We met at the Museum
Gary & Gwynne Hanna had made special group arrangements
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 |  | we arrived, most of us in the rain / drizzle
no, Corvettes don't melt! |  |
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| | our visit started off with the movie around CR Smith and American Airlines |  | |
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| | Inside the Museum | |
 | just inside the entrance, you find a memorial to the 9/11 tragedies of 4 high jacked planes two of which took numerous American Airline employee's lives
Flight 11
Flight 77 |  |  |
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| |  | How many of you remember the PINs? | |
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| | The Displays | |
 | The museum has displays representing special airplanes, engines, scale models of aircraft, cut-aways, reenactments of job functions, etc. |  |
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| | The DC-3 - American Airlines Flagship Airline
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 |  | CR Smith had Douglas design & build the DC-3 for their needs which began service with American Airlines in 1936 |  |
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| | 18 more photos of the DC-3 and in the Museum | |
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 | Everyone gathered for a group photo before we left the museum |  |
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| | Time to Head to lunch | |
 | The rain had stopped and the parking lot and roads were drying out |  |
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 | Grabbing our Cruiser Photo for attending this event - did you remember to grab yours? |  |
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 | we caravanned by heading south on 360 to Division, then west over to the restaurant. We had a small delay as we headed down Division; we met a funeral precession and pulled over to pay respect. |  |
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| | Lunch | |
| The group had lunch at the Grease Monkey in Arlington |
 | They had tables reserved for us - they were also having a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen 3-day breast cancer walk |  |
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