First plane ride for Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins

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Author	Topic: First plane ride for Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins
collocation Member Posts: 383 From: McLean, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2004	posted 07-22-2009 02:01 PM I would like to know what type of plane Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins rode in for their first plane ride? I believe Armstrong rode in a Ford Tri Motor as a youngster but I could be wrong.
RMH Member Posts: 577 From: Ohio Registered: Mar 2001	posted 07-23-2009 02:19 PM Funny you bring up this topic as I just learned, today, about a special marker commemorating where Armstrong took his first airplane ride at age 6. Unfortunately I don't know the specific aircraft.
golddog Member Posts: 210 From: australia Registered: Feb 2008	posted 07-23-2009 03:05 PM I believe that Michael Collins first aircraft ride was as a child in a Grumman amphibian - a Widgeon I think, but a check of "Carrying the Fire" would confirm that.
machbusterman Member Posts: 1778 From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Registered: May 2004	posted 07-26-2009 04:21 AM Wasn't Aldrin's first flight in his Father's Beechcraft "Staggerwing" (which is on display at NASM)?

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