Section 7: Up, Up, and Away!Shooting Air-to-Air

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Stinson Reliant SR-9F over the Golden Gate Bridge | Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec

The email chimed, signaling that the latest batch had reached my Inbox. I started to glance at them when one caught my immediate attention. The subject: the 1937 Stinson Reliant SR-9F. The sender was unknown to me, but he included two photos of this spectacular aircraft, which instantly had me hooked. This rare bird is simply one you don’t see every day, and the romance connected to it made it an easy sell to any magazine. The end of the email said, “Your photos are beautiful. We want to share the story of our special ...

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