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Posted: 4/16/2016 12:56:41 AM EST
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Pan Am Clipper http://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/255788/86533.JPG PB2Y Coronado - my father often flew right seat on these when he was a squadron maintenance officer for NATS at Pearl Harbor during WWII. These and R5Ds were his favorite aircraft of that time. https://wwiiaircraft.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/consolidated-pb2y-coronados1.jpg R5D http://www.patriotspoint.org/news_events/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Navy-C54.jpg Seaplanes are always sexy. So much flexibility with a useful load. But I suspect all the worst maintenance of both boat and plane  . These guys were trying to do a modernized Grumman G-21 Goose but are sadly defunct.
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Posted: 4/16/2016 1:03:47 AM EST
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Quote HistoryCompression test on a B-25. Lots of plumbing in there. 
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Posted: 4/16/2016 1:33:02 AM EST
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I took these in Normandy on the 70th anniversary of the landings. Not the sexiest bird, but beautiful nonetheless:
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Posted: 4/16/2016 10:26:26 AM EST
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I took these in Normandy on the 70th anniversary of the landings. Not the sexiest bird, but beautiful nonetheless: http://flic.kr/p/ok673e http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k634/citadelgrad871/f87d121cf2ae2679ac4a5cc92b6234b8_zpsqif9tufz.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k634/citadelgrad871/77323ad6aff2749ab81b1d4192ee1656_zpshkbynndq.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k634/citadelgrad871/b7890d7ecff332fe607587f708115e6a_zps3wl4vvsh.jpg Cool! You might have seen these guys jump! I helped get the word out about the event... 
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Posted: 4/16/2016 10:45:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryI really like this picture! Ah, my favorite 
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Posted: 4/16/2016 11:00:38 AM EST
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Ah, my favorite
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Posted: 4/16/2016 11:02:19 AM EST
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More B-24 goodness....
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Posted: 4/16/2016 2:38:10 PM EST
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Posted: 4/16/2016 2:59:20 PM EST
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Posted: 4/16/2016 4:50:24 PM EST
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My dad had one before I was born. Paid $3000 for it in the '50s. Then sold it. Could have been mine if he had kept it.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
My dad had one before I was born. Paid $3000 for it in the '50s. Then sold it. Could have been mine if he had kept it. They were still expensive in the late 80's/early 90's, but They and TBF's were the "Affordable" warbirds, you could find them in good condition and decent time left before MOH for under $50K....over the next then years they just rocketed up in price. |
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Posted: 4/16/2016 5:08:20 PM EST
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Cool! You might have seen these guys jump! I helped get the word out about the event... https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1450/26396463181_dffec0f809_c.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I took these in Normandy on the 70th anniversary of the landings. Not the sexiest bird, but beautiful nonetheless: http://flic.kr/p/ok673e http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k634/citadelgrad871/f87d121cf2ae2679ac4a5cc92b6234b8_zpsqif9tufz.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k634/citadelgrad871/77323ad6aff2749ab81b1d4192ee1656_zpshkbynndq.jpg http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k634/citadelgrad871/b7890d7ecff332fe607587f708115e6a_zps3wl4vvsh.jpg Cool! You might have seen these guys jump! I helped get the word out about the event... https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1450/26396463181_dffec0f809_c.jpg Uh, YEAH i saw them, one set over Pegasus Bridge, another stick near Merville Battery, IIRC Oh, yeah, I took photos 
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Posted: 4/16/2016 5:16:19 PM EST
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Does thick and sexy count? ;)
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Posted: 4/16/2016 5:18:14 PM EST
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Does thick and sexy count? ;) https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1514/26402880461_1b5598b609_b.jpg It most certainly does. |
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Posted: 4/16/2016 7:19:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does thick and sexy count? ;) https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1514/26402880461_1b5598b609_b.jpg Of course.  |
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Posted: 4/16/2016 7:22:48 PM EST
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Hercs are sexiest when doing what they were meant to do.
Craptastic scan from film, LAPES sometime back in the mid 80s...  |
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Posted: 4/16/2016 7:35:19 PM EST
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To me the B17G is the most beautiful aircraft ever made. A few years ago I had the opportunity to fly in the collings foundation's B17 the "909". It was violently expensive, $400 which is well worth a once in a lifetime experience. $400 isnt really bad, the trouble came when my kids wanted to come along. Grandpa severed in WW2 and my kids get the importance of that. What could I say, No? So I din't eat for week, big deal. I'm fat anyway and got to fly in a B17. Who needs food when you can fly. We used to get the collings foundation at the airport I was working at. Over the years I got 2 rides on the B17 and 1 on the B24 for free perks of slinging gas and dumping biz jet shitters
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Posted: 4/16/2016 7:38:10 PM EST
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Compression test on a B-25. Lots of plumbing in there.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12592530_1170655929641487_2466397763245399363_n.jpg?oh=ef0eaa8267c7dc71732539c211fc5d22&oe=57AFD3C0 Quote HistoryQuoted:
Compression test on a B-25. Lots of plumbing in there.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12592530_1170655929641487_2466397763245399363_n.jpg?oh=ef0eaa8267c7dc71732539c211fc5d22&oe=57AFD3C0 F2G.
And.... 
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Posted: 4/16/2016 7:42:49 PM EST
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Does thick and sexy count? ;) https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1514/26402880461_1b5598b609_b.jpg Heck yeah. 
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Posted: 4/16/2016 11:07:08 PM EST
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Posted: 4/16/2016 11:53:23 PM EST
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My great grandpa's 1st cousin jimmy doolittle standing in front of his racer in 1931 or 32. Was the world's fastest man and held a bunch of world records .
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Posted: 4/17/2016 10:30:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryYou are a very good photographer! All of them are very good, but these in particular are great. You had to wait around for just the right time to get the light right on the first one. You use HDR when you can? |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 10:55:48 AM EST
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Has this one been done yet?
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Posted: 4/17/2016 11:32:22 AM EST
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You are a very good photographer! All of them are very good, but these in particular are great. You had to wait around for just the right time to get the light right on the first one. You use HDR when you can? Quote HistoryQuoted:
You are a very good photographer! All of them are very good, but these in particular are great. You had to wait around for just the right time to get the light right on the first one. You use HDR when you can? Thank you. 
Nope, no HDR just Lightroom. Yep, I was up early for the first shot. I was lucky to have been an official photog for the airshow, so I had unlimited ramp access. |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 11:34:47 AM EST
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Interesting. Do you just over-saturate the colors on some of those?
I used to just go JPG and Photoshop, but have found myself switching almost exclusively to RAW and then doing all my initial adjustments in Lightroom. |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 11:36:46 AM EST
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The A-26 "Lady Liberty"...
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Posted: 4/17/2016 11:42:37 AM EST
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Interesting. Do you just over-saturate the colors on some of those? I used to just go JPG and Photoshop, but have found myself switching almost exclusively to RAW and then doing all my initial adjustments in Lightroom. I shoot only in RAW. My workflow varies, lots of time I just simply go off gut feelings when I edit. Almost every photo I edit is an experimentation with various workflows. My basic workflow though, is...import into Lightroom, do some basic editing there, then go into Nik and play around with lighting, texture, details, then back into Lightroom for some final tweaking with dodging, burning, ect, ect. I think this style of editing is what leads people to think I shoot HDR. I get asked that a lot. |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 11:53:56 AM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 2:18:17 PM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 2:48:16 PM EST
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Always thought the Tigercat looked like a narrow A-26 with folding wings.
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Posted: 4/17/2016 2:57:30 PM EST
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Turboprop convert all the things!
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Posted: 4/17/2016 3:23:16 PM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 4:04:30 PM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 4:27:47 PM EST
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Quote HistoryFun facts: About 2 years ago a company in Oshkosh that does turbo conversions on the DC-3/C-47/C-53 airframes was looking in their backlot for parts on some of their donor airfames and noticed something. One of their donor airframes was the first C-47 over Normandy on D-Day - "That's All...Brother". They ran a big fundraising campaign and are currently restoring her with the intent of flying her in the next "Daks over Normandy" flyover for the 75th anniversary of D-day. The PA-48 Enforcer was the last version of the Mustang to be developed with the intent of bidding for a military contract. It was a strengthened P-51 airframe with a turbo conversion with the intent of being used as a COIN and infantry support aircraft. The military passed on it and eventually bought OV-10's and ultimately the A-10 to fulfill similar roles. If I remember correctly, they actually used Civilian-converted Cavalier Mustangs as the donors (hence the wingtip tanks), versus using MilSpec D/K models.
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Posted: 4/17/2016 4:49:28 PM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 4:50:17 PM EST
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Fun facts: About 2 years ago a company in Oshkosh that does turbo conversions on the DC-3/C-47/C-53 airframes was looking in their backlot for parts on some of their donor airfames and noticed something. One of their donor airframes was the first C-47 over Normandy on D-Day - "That's All...Brother". They ran a big fundraising campaign and are currently restoring her with the intent of flying her in the next "Daks over Normandy" flyover for the 75th anniversary of D-day. Now THAT will be something to see! |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 5:27:12 PM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 5:33:32 PM EST
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Posted: 4/17/2016 6:02:58 PM EST
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My Dad was the Chief Flight Engineer on the L-1649A project at the Skunk Works. Eddie Rickenbacker released him from Eastern when Howard Hughes demanded and Lockheed asked for him. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lockheed L-1649 Constellation: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Lockheed_L-1649_Constellation_TWA.jpg My Dad flew home on one, coming from Korea. My Dad was the Chief Flight Engineer on the L-1649A project at the Skunk Works. Eddie Rickenbacker released him from Eastern when Howard Hughes demanded and Lockheed asked for him. Damn!!! talk about name dropping!
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Posted: 4/17/2016 6:44:10 PM EST
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Now THAT will be something to see! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fun facts: About 2 years ago a company in Oshkosh that does turbo conversions on the DC-3/C-47/C-53 airframes was looking in their backlot for parts on some of their donor airfames and noticed something. One of their donor airframes was the first C-47 over Normandy on D-Day - "That's All...Brother". They ran a big fundraising campaign and are currently restoring her with the intent of flying her in the next "Daks over Normandy" flyover for the 75th anniversary of D-day. Now THAT will be something to see! Yep. True story. They are working on it. It has been a while since I looked into it, so I am unsure where they are at with it. |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 6:45:32 PM EST
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Some pics I took a couple years ago:
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Posted: 4/17/2016 7:07:04 PM EST
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Always thought the Tigercat looked like a narrow A-26 with folding wings. That's like saying Audrey Hepburn looks like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, only skinnier. |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 7:13:53 PM EST
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Let me know if I start repeating images. I loose track of what I've posted and where I posted it when we get these photo threads going....LOL!
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Posted: 4/17/2016 7:27:06 PM EST
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view from the cockpit 
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Posted: 4/17/2016 7:30:48 PM EST
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Yep. True story. They are working on it. It has been a while since I looked into it, so I am unsure where they are at with it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fun facts: About 2 years ago a company in Oshkosh that does turbo conversions on the DC-3/C-47/C-53 airframes was looking in their backlot for parts on some of their donor airfames and noticed something. One of their donor airframes was the first C-47 over Normandy on D-Day - "That's All...Brother". They ran a big fundraising campaign and are currently restoring her with the intent of flying her in the next "Daks over Normandy" flyover for the 75th anniversary of D-day. Now THAT will be something to see! Yep. True story. They are working on it. It has been a while since I looked into it, so I am unsure where they are at with it. They should show what they've got at the Oshkosh airshow. |
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Posted: 4/17/2016 7:44:45 PM EST
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I'm a bit biased, Howard DGA 15. Belongs to mom and dad. Won a Lindy last year at Oshkosh.
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Posted: 4/17/2016 8:03:06 PM EST
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I'm a bit biased, Howard DGA 15. Belongs to mom and dad. Won a Lindy last year at Oshkosh. http://www.howardaircraft.org/images/slideshows/howardflyins/2014/Howard%20Fly-in%202014%20(15%20of%2034).jpg http://www.howardaircraft.org/images/slideshows/howardflyins/2014/Howard%20Fly-in%202014%20(13%20of%2034).jpg Nice bird! |
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Posted: 4/18/2016 6:31:43 AM EST
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Keeping with the Howard theme...
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Posted: 4/18/2016 8:24:13 AM EST
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Keep'em coming gents
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Posted: 4/18/2016 7:15:00 PM EST
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Lockheed L-1649 Constellation: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Lockheed_L-1649_Constellation_TWA.jpg My Dad flew home on one, coming from Korea. My Dad was the Chief Flight Engineer on the L-1649A project at the Skunk Works. Eddie Rickenbacker released him from Eastern when Howard Hughes demanded and Lockheed asked for him. Damn!!! talk about name dropping! If we were talking jets {C-140 JetStar, C-141, C-5)... I would have brought up Dad, Elvis, Jackie Cochran & Chuck Yeager, Leo Sullivan (Dad called him an empty suit in front of the Burbank & Marietta VPs in the latter 1960s. Most of the Burbank VPs remembered my Dad from the Skunk Works with Kelly Johnson)... Dad is still walking, talking and does his best to make every 1st Tuesday of the Month Lockheed Flight Engineering Frat Breakfast at the Marietta Diner. Jim Campbell, Eddie Rickenbacker's last personal Flight Engineer, usually makes sure that Dad gets there and back. Dad will be 97 on 18OCT16. BTW, he was the B-29 Chief Flight Engineer Instructor at Alamogordo. He became best friends with Lt. Col. Otto Mueller, CO of the School. Dad said that Otto would purchase two cheap JUGS of red wine on Sunday, sign for two M1 carbines and they would go shoot rattlesnakes. Again, his favorite aircraft of all time: L-1649A. |
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