[AT] voyage of the boxes.

[Dean Vinson]

Alan Nadeau wrote:

> Who remembers the long voyage of "The Boxes" that so many of us were 
> involved with. For those who don't know the story here's a short version.
> Spencer had a JD "M" that he was going to restore. A bunch of us came 
> up with the idea of getting a set of manuals for it and circulating 
> them as far as possible, by face-to-face meetings between members. 
> Seems like there were four manuals and they each took a different 
> trip. Each carrier signed the book before passing it on. I met some 
> nice folks while I was involved with the box. If I remember right we 
> managed to keep it secret and I think the box, with the manuals back 
> together (only three, seems like one disappeared enroute to/from So. 
> Africa) were given to Spencer at the Portland show. That goes back a 
> ways, seems like it was 1997 or '98 we did that.

Hi Al--yes, it was 1998.  I have a few pictures of the boxes at:
http://www.vinsonfarm.net/portland98_atis.html
http://www.vinsonfarm.net/atisbox.html

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net