Harlingen 1978 photos
Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:36 pm
A few photos from the CAF ramp in 1978 taken by the late John Van Dyke.
Kind cool to see the old paint and sad to see the lost aircraft.
The old girl...
The big girl
Fighters
Red nose?
Navy
White Lightning!
Dive Bomber
Raiders
Sentimental version 1?
Remember
Hot Rod
The Cavanaugh machine!
Another sad memory...
The back lot...same year?
Kind cool to see the old paint and sad to see the lost aircraft.
The old girl...
The big girl
Fighters
Red nose?
Navy
White Lightning!
Dive Bomber
Raiders
Sentimental version 1?
Remember
Hot Rod
The Cavanaugh machine!
Another sad memory...
The back lot...same year?
Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:34 pm
Cool paint scheme on that P-63! Is that the one that's under restoration with the Dixie Wing in Georgia?
Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:13 pm
Those photos bring back memories of our one-and-only trip to Harlingen for Airsho '82--things looked much the same when we were there. The funny thing about our trip was being drawn to "corrrosion corner" and looking at the B-47, C-124 etc. for as long as I did, and wondering what would happen to them.
Scott
Scott
Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:54 pm
Great photos, thanks for sharing.
At an Early Ford swap meet a couple weeks ago, I just happened to find a CAF book from that general era (with the corsair, lightening and P-40 on the cover... for $3!) to replace the one my Dad bought me at my first airshow, which has somehow mysteriously disappeared in the last 10 years. I blame my first wife... in contrast to my wonderful wife now who just last night helped put a bunch of my reenacting photos into a really NICE scrapbook.
But I digress.. 
At an Early Ford swap meet a couple weeks ago, I just happened to find a CAF book from that general era (with the corsair, lightening and P-40 on the cover... for $3!) to replace the one my Dad bought me at my first airshow, which has somehow mysteriously disappeared in the last 10 years. I blame my first wife... in contrast to my wonderful wife now who just last night helped put a bunch of my reenacting photos into a really NICE scrapbook.
But I digress..
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:03 pm
It is sort of interesting to think about the fact that those aircraft were only 30 something years old back then, about the age of many of the B-52s flying in service today.
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:09 pm
Ah, the memories of the annual pilgrimmage to Airsho.
Does anyone know how many of the static's at Harlingen were scrapped after the move to Midland. The only one I know for sure was the C-54. Were any others?
Does anyone know how many of the static's at Harlingen were scrapped after the move to Midland. The only one I know for sure was the C-54. Were any others?
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:10 pm
Yeah, that is interesting. I remember when I was a kid and it was a big deal that the war had been over for 40 years.
Is FiFi NMF in that pic?
Is FiFi NMF in that pic?
Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:59 pm
warbird1 wrote:Ah, the memories of the annual pilgrimmage to Airsho.
Does anyone know how many of the static's at Harlingen were scrapped after the move to Midland. The only one I know for sure was the C-54. Were any others?
The Aair Force took most of the static planes back long before the CAF moved to Midland. I don't know what was scrapped or what was saved though.
Aero
Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:41 am
I was there when those pics were taken. Wow, great memories. Gee the headache from Lone Star beer at the 'O' Club..
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:11 am
what ever happened to the hudson behind white lightning?.