tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post7092182919661635747..comments2024-03-28T15:49:46.260-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Classic Skyway Views, April 1962Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-76179045209871492622010-02-03T07:56:39.232-08:002010-02-03T07:56:39.232-08:00I miss the Skyway. Even though the buckets always ...I miss the Skyway. Even though the buckets always used to creep me out.Karen M. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972093977468313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8145831523473515992010-02-01T22:59:26.658-08:002010-02-01T22:59:26.658-08:00CoxPilot, I do hope that you preserve your spiel i...CoxPilot, I do hope that you preserve your spiel in some way, even if you don't do it here! You might be the only person who knows it.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-64301258524091444142010-02-01T22:30:32.808-08:002010-02-01T22:30:32.808-08:00Please continue your spiel CoxPilot! It would be a...Please continue your spiel CoxPilot! It would be a treat to know the whole bit. Lost audio is so hard to find - and your memory is the next best thing. Thanks!<br /><br />Great pics, Major.outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-9161119216470448982010-02-01T19:36:18.180-08:002010-02-01T19:36:18.180-08:00Thanks CoxPilot, that is so cool. What a great mem...Thanks CoxPilot, that is so cool. What a great memory you have. :) 20,000 rpm! That's fast enough to shave Sasquatch heheChiana_Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329208224763179478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-57072313497695673262010-02-01T17:16:53.249-08:002010-02-01T17:16:53.249-08:00so cool, CoxPilot! youre so lucky to have those g...so cool, CoxPilot! youre so lucky to have those great early DL memories. i am envious for sure...<br /><br />i was going to say also that is the first time i have ever noticed that third wire between the Skyway cables. we got lots of interesting info today..thanks to all!<br /><br />as for Monorail Blue....oh so beautiful! looks like it was indeed a sunny and busy day at the ParkNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-65413731851122729662010-02-01T14:46:51.455-08:002010-02-01T14:46:51.455-08:00The center cable was an electrical line for the mi...The center cable was an electrical line for the mini lights along it. It really really was a nice effect when riding the buckets at night.<br /><br />Chiana: "Welcome to the Thimble Drome. This flight demonstration is presented by the L. M. Cox Manufacturing Company of Santa Ana, California, the worlds largest maker of ready to fly model planes. The first plane you see in flight is our smallest, the Little Stinker, powered by the tiniest internal combustion engine in the industry. This small engine is only .020 cubic inches of displacement, and turns at over 20,000 revolutions per minute. All the engines are fueled by a mixture of nitro-methane, alcohol and castor oil.<br /><br />The next flight is one of our favorites, of the 1911 Curtis Pusher and . . . "<br /><br />Oh well, I won't go on. I can still recall every word.CoxPilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284076551547506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50755880638185173802010-02-01T14:32:50.607-08:002010-02-01T14:32:50.607-08:00I've never noticed the lights on top of the ol...I've never noticed the lights on top of the old Skyway buckets either! Could it have been considered a kind of aircraft warning light? Or maybe they just looked cool. <br /><br />I can't imagine climbing down a ladder from the Skyway's higher elevations... yikes!<br /><br />And for David Meek... thanks for the information about the trains. It looks like that train is about 2/3 longer than the station, could they load and unload the back cars, or did the train have to move up a bit?Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-56891775514135994182010-02-01T14:22:49.965-08:002010-02-01T14:22:49.965-08:00Wow, I've never noticed the lights on top! Th...Wow, I've never noticed the lights on top! The fiberglass gondolas that replaced these didn't have the lights, did they? Maybe those lights were battery powered. I wondered if the extra cable could have been for stablizing/securing the gondolas for mid-air rescues. I remember one incident in the '70's where the fire department had to come in and get everyone out of the gondolas one at a time using the fire engine ladder. There was a photo of the rescue in the L.A. Times. I used it at school for "sharing/current events."TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-55099811829143455642010-02-01T13:03:34.478-08:002010-02-01T13:03:34.478-08:00Great question TokyopMagic, of course I don't ...Great question TokyopMagic, of course I don't have the answer.... But I wonder if it has something to do with the red light on some of the buckets, what are those lights for and how do they get power?Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-44755184915128344682010-02-01T12:36:59.394-08:002010-02-01T12:36:59.394-08:00I have wondered something, but never asked...what ...I have wondered something, but never asked...what was the purpose of the "center" cable on the Skyway?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-30152887161299114202010-02-01T08:33:34.815-08:002010-02-01T08:33:34.815-08:00The original "Retlaw 1" passenger train ...The original "Retlaw 1" passenger train had 6 cars: one combine care, four coaches and one observation car, the "Grand Canyon" which is now the Lilly Belle car. It did take a long time to load and unload. That fact, along with the period authentic small size of its windows led to the train's eventual replacement by the excursion and 'Holiday' trains we see at the park today.Dave Meekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06955737281413114162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69145689418954822372010-02-01T06:50:01.424-08:002010-02-01T06:50:01.424-08:00Those early Skyway bucket colors are great - also ...Those early Skyway bucket colors are great - also I dig the old "curve" in the monorail beam near the Yacht Bar. <br /><br />Man that's one LONG train in the second photo, does it have 7 cars attached??? People must have been entering/exiting in the dirt!Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-87634776489009376332010-02-01T00:38:45.578-08:002010-02-01T00:38:45.578-08:00I'm makin' a round-trip - comin' back ...I'm makin' a round-trip - comin' back to belly-up to The Yacht Bar. Get a snack and a (real!) Coke as the flags flap above and the "alpine" waterfalls of the Matterhorn sound to our right. That little engine sound to our left could be our CoxPilot at the flight circle. As it usually is, it's a nice day at Disneyland.<br /><br />Gosh that is a long train when you see it from this angle.Chiana_Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329208224763179478noreply@blogger.com