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It almost seems to me that that they looked at some pictures and just did cosmetic changes to whatever they had that was closest to make it seem like a Stratoliner. The first thing I noticed right out of the box was that crown was a bit tapered. That threw up a little red flag. the second thing...

guys, Well, the real 707 could maintain level flight with only one engine... With the gang going to TX, and how fast the Stetson rep got to gtdean, I am going to wait and see how Hatco decides to resolve these issues. I already have a couple of fine original examples of the Strat., I decided to...

The picture is a bit more tan. IMHO, it's not the same kind of Silver Belly you use to get back in the day, but the picture is a bit warmer

Okay gang... here's my new "Strat". some quick pics (note, the bottom of the pin is stamped "707")

Anyone here ever see "Pete Kelly's Blues"? Webb was a Jazz Fanatic and.. well the best thing I can say is see this movie!

... The Department stores in NYC Had pneumatic tubes

Wasn't the Boeing C-137 also known as "Stratoliner"? I'm willing to give a little slack on this (just a little, mind you) That's what I thought this new pin was supposed to look like?

baked goods delivery to the home. When I was a kid, we had Tip-Top and Dugans.

There use to be a Penn-Railroad shop at the Penn Station in Philadelphia that sells reproductions of their old dining car tablewares.

These days, I buy some of the collected volumes of "Popeye", "Dick Tracy" and "Bloom County". Down here in my neck of South West Florida, the local newspaper does a Sunday color comics supplement (printed on heavier newsprint, no less!) but with the exception of "The Piranha Club", most of the...

I think that was the paper that the late Sam Fuller started at. Imagine, the youngest reporter on the police blotter at 17! He would use those experiences in his writing and movies!

Wow!! just... WOW!!

oh yeah, another thing... Subway Tokens!

Lizzie, Even sadder is that I miss the old arc-light projectors!

Then there is the matter of the "Shot heard around the world"....