# I took these photos Swiftly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047 "2016-07-16T14:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/1 "2016-07-16T14:40:30Z")
[A set of four](http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/llaaksonen/Four%20Swifts.jpg) [Another one](http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/llaaksonen/Another%20Swift.jpg) [Hah? Hah?](http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/llaaksonen/Yagetit.jpg)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/2 "2016-07-16T15:15:03Z")
I was driving from the Canadian border to Orange, CA. I got to Cottage Grove, OR and thought I might buy some fuel and get a nosh. Instead of going to the obvious place just off of the freeway, I decided to make a left and see what was down the road. I found a Chevron station and a Taco Bell. You’re not allowed to fill your own tank in Oregon, and after 400 miles in the driver’s seat I needed to stretch my legs. I wandered toward the back of the gas station and there was the chain link fence with airplanes behind it. Apparently the runway is farther back, over the little hill in the background. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/3 "2016-07-16T15:30:02Z")
One does not “nosh” at Taco Bell. - B. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/4 "2016-07-16T15:31:47Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > One does not “nosh” at Taco Bell. - B. I pulled over for a nosh. I _got_ Taco Bell. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/5 "2016-07-16T17:54:52Z")
You got gas _ **and** _ gas. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/6 "2016-07-17T21:42:21Z")
Best Swift I ever saw was at the Palo Alto (CA) airport. It belonged to the owner of the avionics (radio) shop. What made this on special was the graphics on the tail - [Mighty Mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Mouse). What made it even more remarkable: This predated the Internet. The artwork was all done by hand. Maybe some newly-minted Billionaire will take a liking to it and put it back into production. Palo Alto\* is “Ground Zero” for “Silicon Valley” - it is next to Stanford. - it’s High Schoolers are killing themselves (literally) over the pressure to “Live Up To” that model. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/7 "2016-07-18T16:28:37Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Best Swift I ever saw was at the Palo Alto (CA) airport. It belonged to the owner of the avionics (radio) shop. > What made this on special was the graphics on the tail - [Mighty Mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Mouse). In the late-'70s or early-'80s there was a Swift based at WJF. It was painted grey, and painted in a line below the windows were flags from all the countries it had been too. IIRC, there was something about ‘World Record’ painted on it too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/8 "2016-07-19T15:27:53Z")
Didn’t someone here used to own a Swift? **GusNSpot** , maybe? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/9 "2016-07-19T15:47:00Z")
I made a Strombecker model of one. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/10 "2016-07-19T21:28:28Z")
Yeah, I have [Owned two](https://picasaweb.google.com/109890283948725443096/Flying02#) N80743 was a 1946, 85 HP, Ser No # 143 : Had a [Beech Roby](https://www.google.com/#newwindow=1&q=beech+roby+propeller) adjustable prop. N2420B was a 1949, 145 HP, Ser. No #2550 ( I think ) and the only higher number I have ever seen was on the two seat fore - aft Buckaroos built in the 50’s for trying to get a military contract IIRC. Then flying down in the Grand Canyon back when you could still do that legally. Then one of the C-182’s Dad had. Then a Danish friend and his plane. Can you guess what his plane is? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/11 "2016-07-21T18:35:42Z")
[Here’s one](http://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/1415803/1946-swift-gc-1b) with a 210 hp Continental IO-360, and glass panel. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/12 "2016-07-22T21:55:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Here’s one](http://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/1415803/1946-swift-gc-1b) with a 210 hp Continental IO-360, and glass panel. Very nice. Up draft cooling sucks rocks. Old style GC-1A airframe and with that ser # it must be an very early 1B if it is even a B, Cowling is B 125 or 145 version with mods. Down draft cowls look better and work very much better than this old style. Lots easier maintenance also. Wish I had silly $$$ so I could play again…Did you see a picture of the panel anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/13 "2016-07-22T22:56:49Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Did you see a picture of the panel anywhere? In the row of thumbnails under the photo, two clicks on the right arrow brings you to the panel. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/14 "2016-07-23T19:54:51Z")
Thanks, I did not go that far. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/15 "2016-07-23T20:17:18Z")
I thought I had put this up someplace but anywho, if not, here are the two Swifts I owned. [Swifts](https://goo.gl/photos/7tmkoFpAUvXZ3jwy8) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-these-photos-swiftly/760047/16 "2016-07-23T22:18:36Z")
Pretty!