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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.
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Great stuff.

So little's changed, eh? :D

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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

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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.

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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!

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Cool! I love it!

Great to see the old photos!

Thanks for sharing those.

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I think these were taken at Humble airport. Too long a go to remember for sure.
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...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?
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I see Lefty was flying the "high show" in these photos! 8)

Great stuff, keep 'em coming!

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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! :snakeman:

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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?
:D :D :D

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.

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