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DocThrock
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A fellow named Neil Aird has a web page with very nice pictures of Davis-Monthan circa 1968. I got an email from my FAC buddy with the link, and I thought I'd share it with you.

http://www.dhc-2.com/Monthan_Memories.html
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Wow, thanks for the link. Some real "gems" there...

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Great stuff!

It's amazing how many people I run into at airshows or museums who believe that there are still rows and rows of B-17s and other WWII warbirds parked out in the desert. Of course, 99% had been turned into aluminum siding and pots and pans by 1950.

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Incredible.

Imagine the stories those aircraft could have told.
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It reminds me of my first visit in 1976...a lot of those planes were still there.

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Man that's great stuff. Too bad most of those are gone now. Thanks for sharing that. :shock:

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Thanks for the link, awesome stuff. Neat to see so many of the Pima birds in their last offical markings too...

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Lots of day glo! Gives me goosebumbs looking at all those pics! I am been collecting some day glo photos off of ebay. I got a cool shot of a B-47 all day glowed up. I'll post later.

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WOW.., awesome site.

Thanks!!!

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Steve Nelson wrote:
Great stuff!

It's amazing how many people I run into at airshows or museums who believe that there are still rows and rows of B-17s and other WWII warbirds parked out in the desert. Of course, 99% had been turned into aluminum siding and pots and pans by 1950.

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It doesn't happen every weekend, but visitors often ask about that at the museum.

Don't forget to click on all the other photo collections on that website. A HUGE collection of how it once was.

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A step back in time!

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I wonder if Doc Brown made a DeLorean big enough to bring back a Connie and a B-47 for me to play with...

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Wow. Quite the visual. The images look timeless. What a wonderful post.

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As usual, I'm awed by the wrong stuff. I got the hugest kick out of the shots taken through the 66-70's-era Ford/Chevrolet/Chrysler sedan windshield with tinted upper section over the mile-wide dash. Talk about 'the birds what brung me'!

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