Pretty Vultee Colors

[Wheels up]

So long Kodachrome.
Sorry if previously posted.

[Holedigger]

Cool Pic! Is that foreground bird a P-66? Rare Bird!!!

[tom d. friedman]

yup!! wow what a pic!!

[JDK]

Where did you find the photo?

[RyanShort1]

Where did you find the photo?

Looks to be related to CNN or some Turner publication based on the link location.

Ryan

[steve dickey]

Way cool pic , whats the long silver bird in the background
Thanks.

[Holedigger]

Silver one looks like another rare bird, a Vultee A-35 Vengeance if I'm not mistaken. Wish there was a higher res scan of that great pic available. Great piece of history in this pic

[Wheels up]

Where did you find the photo?

The hint is my opening line! Kodak has dropped Kodachrome as a product. A lot of wonderful wonderful history has been recorded with Kodachrome. 70+ years we've relied on Kodachrome for bringing stills to life. Countless of slides , all around the world, every type of interest, Kodachrome has been there. I suspect the younger crowd used to digital do not share that sentiment. It is like losing a friend and an American icon.
So long Kodachrome....some of us will remember you!

Looks to be related to CNN or some Turner publication based on the link location.

Ryan

Yes, here's the article...

http://mutualfundsmag.us/galleries/2009 ... une/4.html

Just look at those wondeful images.

[Chris Brame]

whats the long silver bird in the background

I don't think that's a Vengeance - it looks more like one of the earlier V-11s or YA-19s.

[JDK]

Where did you find the photo?

The hint is my opening line!

Sure, and a direct link (thanks Ryan) is a clue, but it's better as a rule to attribute to source rather than leaving it to potential misunderstanding. The role of Kodachrome is important, and I agree a tip of the hat, but it's not an attribution, it's a medium. Sorry to be picky.

Neat pic, I agree!

The silver aircraft is definitely not a Vengeance. It may be a derivative of the Vultee V-11GB, but that's not a great fit either. Hmmm..

http://ram-home.com/ram-old/vultee-v-11.html

Looks like Chris was ahead of me while I was searching my 'O Bird' listings!

Cheers,

[JBoyle]

The blue on the fuselages looks darker than what we're used to.
Anyone agree?

A friend in Texas painted his BT-13 this darker blue and I thought it was wrong, is it possible he's right (at least somewhat...that two shades were used)?

[JDK]

I'm going for the mystery type at the rear to be the Vultee V-12 Attack Bomber.

http://www.doxaerie.com/doering_brotherstwo.htm

[Nathan]

Silver one looks like another rare bird, a Vultee A-35 Vengeance if I'm not mistaken. Wish there was a higher res scan of that great pic available. Great piece of history in this pic

V-11

[The Inspector]

Yep, KODACHROME will be missed for it's 'I think I could put my hand in that paint' qualities of strong, deep saturating color that made more than one 'ho-hum' photo really pop

Digital is a weak sister substitute, but modern day people want things so boiled down and dumbed down and 'PHD' (push here dummy) that they wouldn't know true inspiration if it ran over their SKETCHERS clad toes.

A good visual comparison? Watch film of a propeller turning and see the 60Hz effect and the prop appear to turn backwards and blur and unblur, watch a digital reproduction of the same propeller turning and watch the blades stop, double up, or shudder because the digital medium cannot compensate and absorb the action the way 24 fps did.

[JDK]

Inspector, I'm sure the monks bewailed how this newfangled printing thing of Caxton's couldn't produce the quality of illuminated letters like in the old days.

I do like Kodachrome, but I'd not swap my digital equipment to go back to it.