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The Travel Air cruises over northern California in 2001. The pilot is wearing a respirator to filter the chemicals being deployed from the air he breathes. The chemical tank resides between the engine and pilot, and doubles as a shock absorber should the aircraft happen to go down.

Hard-working Travel – Travel Airs are about as “stick and rudder” as an aircraft can get

We can hear hardcore antique restorers grinding their teeth the second they see these photos of a Travel Air converted into a duster. And then, as if that isn’t sacrilegious enough, not only was it converted to a duster, it has also been restored as a duster. Rather than taking it back to its original […]

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