Doing some art work on my Sig Curtiss Jenny.....would please like to know what the barnstormers of that time were charging people for rides.
TY Mike
Bi plane rides.. how $$$
Feb 09, 2006
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Jimmy Stewart had "$5" painted on the side of his Jenny in "The Charles Lindberg Story"...
CJ
I saw an authentic sign one time that read, "$3 for 1/2 ride; $5 to return to ground with aeroplane." Ken
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Sometimes they charged flat rates like $5 to $10, but other times they made it more like a carnival atmosphere such as posters proclaiming "Rides - 5¢ a pound!"
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I never could afford one of those, but I sure did calculate and drool....
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