[AT] voyage of the boxes.

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Tue Jul 10 04:31:30 PDT 2007


Here is an image of Bob Brooks (on the right) and me exchanging "the 
box" at Wayne Smith's business. I cannot recall who was giving the box 
to whom or where it came from nor where it went. But at least I have the 
picture. :-)

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Mike

Dean Vinson wrote:
> 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
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