HOUSTON AIR SHOW 1967
Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:11 am
Just got a new slide and negative scanner. It works great, so I'm scanning all of my old slides taken over 40 years ago. Hope you like them.
Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:25 am
Great stuff.
So little's changed, eh?
So little's changed, eh?
Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:45 am
Is it just me or did they look GREAT back then too!
Did the CAF get the now Texas Raiders in 1967 ? Did they have Ol 927 at the same time ?
Thanks for the Photos
Did the CAF get the now Texas Raiders in 1967 ? Did they have Ol 927 at the same time ?
Thanks for the Photos
Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:20 am
Think that was at Sugarland's Hull Airport. Dr. Col Don Hull was a big CAFer. The Bearcat and Mustang were owned and flown by Bill and Corky Fornoff.
The Ryan was a local fixture, it was being flown by a couple of Cols much later when they rolled it low and stalled it into the ground. They were at a flyin at Covey Trails. They ended up in the big commercial nursery that is next to the airfield.
The Ryan was a local fixture, it was being flown by a couple of Cols much later when they rolled it low and stalled it into the ground. They were at a flyin at Covey Trails. They ended up in the big commercial nursery that is next to the airfield.
Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:21 am
Glen, the CAF purchased Texas Raiders in September of '67, and the B-24 was acquired sometime the same year.
Great photos, jotomp. More pictures that would look good in the "CAF History In Photos" book that I think should be compiled. Thanks for scanning and posting them!
Scott
Great photos, jotomp. More pictures that would look good in the "CAF History In Photos" book that I think should be compiled. Thanks for scanning and posting them!
Scott
Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:43 am
Cool! I love it!
Great to see the old photos!
Thanks for sharing those.
Great to see the old photos!
Thanks for sharing those.
MORE HOUSTON AIR SHOW PHOTOS
Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:08 pm
I think these were taken at Humble airport. Too long a go to remember for sure.
Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:56 pm
...and people today whine about 'inaccurate' paint schemes on warbirds!
Again neat stuff brought out of the shoebox for all to share in-Thanks so much for sharing with the group-
Is that the 'Save a Connie' in some of the pix? And who's DC-6?
Again neat stuff brought out of the shoebox for all to share in-Thanks so much for sharing with the group-
Is that the 'Save a Connie' in some of the pix? And who's DC-6?
Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:01 pm
I see Lefty was flying the "high show" in these photos! 
Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
Scott
Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
Scott
Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:34 pm
Rick H visited the Hangar this weekend and said N7227C (TEXAS RAIDERS) was 6 degrees out of trim with that cargo door cut in her side.
I don't think these were at Hull Field (Sugarland) because there is TOO MUCH undulation in the topography!
I don't think these were at Hull Field (Sugarland) because there is TOO MUCH undulation in the topography!
Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:00 pm
The Inspector wrote:...and people today whine about 'inaccurate' paint schemes on warbirds!
Again neat stuff brought out of the shoebox for all to share in-Thanks so much for sharing with the group-
Is that the 'Save a Connie' in some of the pix? And who's DC-6?
Not the Save A Connie a/c (N6837C). That one was still working for Airlift Intl. at the time. This is ex- TWA L-749A N6021C while being used by Discover America Corp., a travel club out of Houston. Later cought on a drug run (36000 lbs of dope) it was sold to the Dominican Republic where it did sterling service as a freighter until dbr on the ground. Later scrapped.
T J