US Army Air Corp Bike
05-24-13, 10:01 AM
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US Army Air Corp Bike
Thought this was pretty cool!
My son's class took a field trip to the Warhawk Air Museum in Boise.
He saw this bike and said he thought about me and took a picture of it for me
My son's class took a field trip to the Warhawk Air Museum in Boise.
He saw this bike and said he thought about me and took a picture of it for me
05-24-13, 06:09 PM
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Very cool. 
My dad was in the Army Air Corp, and served during the Korean War/police action. I dunno if he got to ride one of those though. 
My dad was in the Army Air Corp, and served during the Korean War/police action. I dunno if he got to ride one of those though.
05-24-13, 07:32 PM
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It looks like a bike that might be used for running errands at an air base.
I was foolishly somewhat expecting some kind of paratrooper's bike.
I sometimes rode bikes like this during my years at Moffett field, but most weren't camo or even green iir.
I was foolishly somewhat expecting some kind of paratrooper's bike.
I sometimes rode bikes like this during my years at Moffett field, but most weren't camo or even green iir.
05-24-13, 07:52 PM
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They had one just like that on display at the outlet mall back home on Long Island when I was there in April. Looks heavy.
05-24-13, 08:47 PM
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Pretty cool bike, those curved top tubes are pretty distinctive, I wonder who made it?
Tangentially related story: When I was in the USAF (in the mid-80's, well after this Air Corps bike was made,) there was a bike/motorcycle shed in front of each barracks building where most of the enlisted troops stored our gear. I remember ours being crammed full of bikes that had been there for years, long after their owners had received new assignments or left the service. I got a free Honda CL-350 that the previous owner had lost interest in, but I didn't pay much attention to the bicycles unfortunately, and when I bought a new Cannondale, I stored it in my room in the barracks.
Tangentially related story: When I was in the USAF (in the mid-80's, well after this Air Corps bike was made,) there was a bike/motorcycle shed in front of each barracks building where most of the enlisted troops stored our gear. I remember ours being crammed full of bikes that had been there for years, long after their owners had received new assignments or left the service. I got a free Honda CL-350 that the previous owner had lost interest in, but I didn't pay much attention to the bicycles unfortunately, and when I bought a new Cannondale, I stored it in my room in the barracks.
05-25-13, 07:29 AM
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05-25-13, 08:57 AM
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Bikes were very commonly used at allied airbases during WW2. No gas required. It gave crewmen something to ride to the remote areas of the base sometimes a mile away - think how planes would be spread out to avoid being a concentrated 'target' for attack. Also they provided independent transportation if one was fortunate enough to get leave.
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This type bike was my first big one to ride in the first grade - In 1960 my Dad brought one home from point Magoo to fix its flats and ride back and forth from Oxnard till he could fix the alternator on the Ford - It was Navy Grey and marked Flight Line...
I had to lean over all the way to touch the pedals with the seat and post removed - I remember blasting through some headges and being ejected into the air - My first thoughts upon getting up was worry that I had damaged Dads ride...
I had to lean over all the way to touch the pedals with the seat and post removed - I remember blasting through some headges and being ejected into the air - My first thoughts upon getting up was worry that I had damaged Dads ride...
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05-25-13, 03:42 PM
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Very cool! Too bad you don't have pics of it!
Thinking back to my first "real bike" I wish I had taken pics of it and all my bikes since. There is always a great story we can tell with photos.
Thinking back to my first "real bike" I wish I had taken pics of it and all my bikes since. There is always a great story we can tell with photos.
