Cole Palen on old game show

[karrart]

Here in the US, late at night, the Game Show Network shows ancient black and white quiz shows from the early Bronze Age ( and before). Last night I happened upon an episode of "I've Got A Secret", hosted by Steve Allen. The premise of the show was that a contestant had a secret and a celebrity panel would try and guess what it was.The first contetstant walks out and it was Cole Palen! Nobody on the panel knew who he was and his secret was that he had flown down from Rhinebeck to NYC in a 1912 airplane! He won. The celebrities never got the answer. Afterward they showed a clip of Cole buzzing around in his Curtiss Pusher, then later wheeled the airplane out on stage and Cole climbed in and demonstrated its controls.
This episide must've been from about '64 as far as I could tell. You just never know what you'll run into when channel surfing late at night.
Robert Karr
OLD BIRDS STAYING ALIVE - THE AVIATION ART OF ROBERT KARR

[airknocker]

Here is the full story on colepalen.com
IveGotASecret

[karrart]

Originally Posted by airknocker

Here is the full story on colepalen.com
IveGotASecret

Wow!
And a Thomas Pusher........neat.
Like I said- ya just never know what you'll find!
Robert Karr
OLD BIRDS STAYING ALIVE - THE AVIATION ART OF ROBERT KARR