Alexandru Dudu Frim, All about him

Well Mariana Dragescu is almost 90...
I quess we can forgive her

It's not her age. The story, as told by Ms. Dragescu, was published before in Modelism, too.

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on November 10, 2005 09:47 pm

Frim with friends in front of a mountain cabin.
(second from the right).
First from the left (sitting) Sorin Tulea.

This post has been edited by C-2 on November 12, 2005 10:11 pm

I still cannot find the date if death of Dudu Frim.
Nobody knows.
I tried everywhere.
The last way to find out is a friend in the police.

Some new material about Frim from Dicesare.
Acording to him ,sometimes before WW2,Frim and another pilot,buit an airplane in order to break some record.
They flew from Romania to West Europa.
They landed in Budapest,party all night,and the next day,cont.their jurney.
Over the Austrian Alps,the weather took a dramatic change and a storm started.
The eangine stopped and visibility was 0.
Frim bailed out,but the other guy was too drunk ,and chrashed with the plane.
Any more details are welcomed.

I believe this is the incident you're referring to:

31-Dec-34 I.A.R. 24+ YR-? ing.pil. Alex. “Dudu” Frim, navigator + Padurea Neagra (Germ.) acc. (Vezi 1935 ian. 1). Av. prabusit ceata, pil. sarit, pasager mort

Can you find out the name of the dead crewman and confirm the civilian registration of the airplane (was it YR-ACI)?

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on November 13, 2005 08:12 pm

The name of the pilot yes.
I'll call Dicesare tomorrow.
The other details ,no.

The passenger name is Dumitrescu.
He wasn't a pilot but a lawyer ( a rich one).
He paid for the plane and the expedition.
Dicesare said they participated in Budapest in a big Silvester party (or something like this).
Dumitrescu was dead drunk,and even the eforts of Frim to wake him up were good for nothing.
Even if he'd wake up,he wouldn't be able to open his para. anyway.

I called also Mariana Dragescu.
She did remember the accident,but cannot tell details about the registration of the plane.
She had the Ideea to check in old newpapers at "Biblioteca Nationala" or "Biblioteca Academiei".

IAR Brasov.
From left:
-Chifulescu.
-Nicu Forescu who defected to Turkey in a Savoia bomber together with the IAR director Viziru(after 23 AUg 44).
-Manicatide.
-Frim

Can it be this one?
photo:Serban Dutescu.

M.D is actualy 93....

GUys,
I need some help!
I cannot find the date (even the year of death of Frim).
Even friends cannot tell.
Dicezare showed me the street he lived ,and I have a relative who lives nearby.
He cannot tell neither.
I made a lot of phones to all veterans with no result.
I went to the nearby police station,buy at the early 80,there were no computers,and it may take a lot of time finding out....
All I need is an old phone book from Buc. not older then 1983.
Can you look in your basemant/garage/balcony/grandmothers etc for such a thing?
I need the exact adress where he lived.

Frim's Jaguar SS 100 was one of only 314 exemp.made between 1936-1939.
A splendid blue metal col. Olny two ere buil with a 3.5 liter.
After Frim bought the car in 15/6/44,many problems were due to the shortage of spares.
Even IAR couldn't manufacture all the spare parts...
The diferential ,for example,kept on breahing his teaths very shortly after each repair.
In 1963,Frim sold the car to a lawyer from Cluj (who was working as a taxi driver-we know why).
When the car was for sale again,in 1972,a young guy-Radu Portocala bought the rusty 36 years old car at the price higher then a new Dacia.
On the way to Bucharest,the car who had tires and brakes from 1948,lost 11 liters of oil in 600km.
The first person who saw the car was Dudu Frim,who got tears in his eyes.
In 1980,RP succeded smugling the car out of the country and in 1991 he finished a complete restauration.

I know this may be not a definitive source, but Ultimatecarpage.com claims that no less than 118 cars with a 3.5 litre engine were produced. Were you referring to something else when mentioning the "only two" cars with a 3.5 litre engine?