Was I really that young?

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:24 am

I just got a scanner for Christmas, and am going through some of my old photos. I have some warbird ones, and thought you guys might like a look.

B-17G "909" on it's first flight after rebuild at Air Heritage

Me and some friends working on the "Movie belle"

In flight school

My first flight instructor, and great friend

My first Oshkosh. Oshkosh '96. We left for OSH the day after I got my license!

Any one know which A-26 this is?

Me with my first car

C-47 at MAPS

I have some other old stuff if this is interesting to anyone. If not I don't want to bother anyone with it.

TAdan · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:37 am

Very nice shots of 909, that first one is great.

Oh, and *cute* Cougar. :wink:

Django · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:01 pm

Nah, keep posting.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Feel free to bother.

spookythecat · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:45 pm

Keep 'em coming!

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:22 pm

In what is now the CF's "Tondelayo"

The crew I worked with

B-17 "909" prior to getting her new engines.

B-17 "Movie Belle" needing nose art when it came in

After working on the plane, they put my name on the nose. At that time it carried crew position names of different people that had worked on it of flew it, not the real crew names.

Working on the B-17G Texas Raiders

B-17G "909" aftergetting it's new engines. Man sure looks nice without all of those names.

APG85 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:45 pm

Great stuff!

m charters · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:26 pm

I think this has the making of some good photos for all the Wix members to add on to!
Some of us may look at them and go, oh ..I remember you now!

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:29 pm

Feel free guys. Post away of your old pics of yourselves and airplanes. I have more I will post in a bit.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:20 pm

I was never that young!

All of 21 by the ??? Dec 1985 flown by Bob Van Ausdell

Tooling around the Willamette Valley in with Ed in the SNJ-5 around 1980

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:15 pm

mustangdriver wrote:

Feel free guys. Post away of your old pics of yourselves and airplanes. I have more I will post in a bit.

Thanks for sharing pictures of your youth Chris. The first 2 photos of 909 are awesome.

Fouga23 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:04 am

So cool you got your name on that B-17! it's a special feeling knowing there's an airplane flying about with your name on it

Bug_racer · **Joined:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:59 pm **Posts:** 41

nice pics

Airlift48 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 744

mustangdriver wrote:

My first flight instructor, and great friend

Is that Bob Hudak? Love that guy!!

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:33 am

That is the one and only Bob Huddock. Great friend and taught me an amazing amount about flying. The first time I met him, he came up to me ridding a bike, but he was sitting on the handle bars facing backwards and pedaling. He said, "Hey you want to go flying with me?"

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