Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:22 pm
lmritger wrote:*** swoons ***
These are nothing short of GORGEOUS, Rich. Would you have any more shots of that F9F-5P that the fellow is leaning on? Those things are rare as hen's teeth...
Lynn
I'll have my Uncle go through his slides for more Panther shots, but there's nothing more in the bunches that I've scanned in the past few months. Here's some more general stuff:
Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:25 pm
BK wrote:richkolasa wrote:I've got a good 30 more or so. I'll have him fill in details. The Skyraider was a victim of "carrier quals" at I think GTMO. The approach to the runway was at the edge of a steep cliff, so they'd have an LSO out there teaching carrier approaches.
Rich
Do you happen to know which carrier is in the shot?
BK
Most likely the Hornet. He's got a few shots of it at anchor.
Rich
Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:26 pm
Here's a couple SNJ shots:
Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:34 pm
Here's a Panther shot that needs a lot more clean-up, but for now:
Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:39 pm
Another two shots...it'll never fly.
Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:45 pm
Oh, and those demo team guys...
Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:57 pm
Awsome pics! Thanks for posting.
Oh, man..that was how I got my start. My dad picked up an old Argus Brick when he was in the army in the '50s, and he passed it along to me when I was a teenager. When I first started out, I shot slides because they were cheaper to have processed than prints (and both took a week!) I shot tons of pics with the old thing, until somebody stole it from my glovebox in 1985.
SN
All Kodachrome 64 I believe, taken with an Argus C3.
Oh, man..that was how I got my start. My dad picked up an old Argus Brick when he was in the army in the '50s, and he passed it along to me when I was a teenager. When I first started out, I shot slides because they were cheaper to have processed than prints (and both took a week!) I shot tons of pics with the old thing, until somebody stole it from my glovebox in 1985.
SN
Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:10 am
Excellent images Rich. Say hello to Mike for me. We will miss you guys at Geneseo this year.
Eric
Eric
Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:11 pm
Great pictures Rich, thanks for sharing them with us. Anyone know what the modification to the TBF/TBM is? That is the first picture I have seen of one with the turret removed and a canopy installed in it's place.
Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:23 pm
Connery wrote:Great pictures Rich, thanks for sharing them with us. Anyone know what the modification to the TBF/TBM is? That is the first picture I have seen of one with the turret removed and a canopy installed in it's place.
Gotta' be COD (pretty common post-war conversion, actually).
Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:26 pm
Dan K wrote:Connery wrote:Great pictures Rich, thanks for sharing them with us. Anyone know what the modification to the TBF/TBM is? That is the first picture I have seen of one with the turret removed and a canopy installed in it's place.
Gotta' be COD (pretty common post-war conversion, actually).
It's a TBM-3U being used for target towing. Note the guy in back facing rearwards. The TBM-3R COD was similar in appearance, but it had bunches of seats inside.
Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:29 pm
WOW!
Are you sure those SNJ shots are 50+ years old!?!?
GREAT STUFF!
Z
Are you sure those SNJ shots are 50+ years old!?!?
GREAT STUFF!
Z
Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:01 pm
Very good stuff Rich. Thanks for putting those up, & please thank your uncle for his service & for sharing those great pictures. 
Robbie
Robbie
Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:08 am
Ztex wrote:WOW!
Are you sure those SNJ shots are 50+ years old!?!?
Z
Yes, and as a side note, Ray Stutsman used my uncle's shots to accurately mark his SNJ upon rebuild after it had suffered an engine failure around Oshkosh-time, I'd say around 1983 or so.
Rich
Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:52 pm
Here's a couple of more shots:
The last being an approach to GTMO from the blimp Types on the ramp include:
PBM, F6F, F7F (early round tail), TBM, JRB
The last being an approach to GTMO from the blimp Types on the ramp include:
PBM, F6F, F7F (early round tail), TBM, JRB