Through the wonders of technology and the generosity of the owner of the camera I borrowed, I now have the remaining pictures that I took of Connie's place to share with you all. Sorry for the poor quality of some of them. The lighting wasn't the best for picture takin'.......
The Albatross greets you as you come into hangar 1.........
A couple of PBY's........
A Spitfire......
Some ol' Mustang......
A Piaggio (one of four that he has).........
And a TBM Avenger.......
That's pretty much all of the pictures I have of the first hangar. Here are a couple more Piaggios sitting outside, on the way to the other hangars.....
Looking inside hangar 2........
Then there was some ol' two seater thing-a-majiggy
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Walking in to hangar 3, you are greeted by Tex's crop dusters and a couple of old drop tanks.........
Further back in the corner, he's got a couple of T-6 projects, and just a few more 109's.............
And I kept tripping over an old box with some ol' zero time engine in it. Now why on Earth would someone want an old German engine like this?
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Then, of course, there were other boxes of stuff laying around. These had some old props in them that were also zero time (there were something like four or six crates of these)..........
These were sitting outside the first hangar.........
And jpeters, this photo is for you............
Well, there you have it. That's all of the pictures I took of Connie's place. I know some of you would like more detailed shots of some of the airplanes, but I wasn't there long and I'll just have to save that for another trip. I have received many, many requests from everyone asking me to get them in touch with Connie, but unless you're a "Fat Cat" (his words), and want to buy the whole collection, he doesn't wish to discuss the sale of anything. Connie is quite friendly and has more stories than you can imagine. As time goes on, I will see about posting more photos of my future trips to his place, along with sharing some Connie stories.
I hope everyone enjoys the pictures.
Gary
Hi all! I just stumbled across this site. I have been searching for information on grumman goose number B-73 (N322). I got to fly in this goose when I was a little kid with my father. My father loved the goose and I soon became a fan myself. I never forgot about my first flight and how exciting it was taking off and landing in the pacific ocean. I read that N322 belonged to a guy in Big Spring Texas and low and behold I found this site and a photo of the goose I flew in back in 1978. It's the white goose or whats left of the white goose sitting outside the hanger. Man am I happy you took that photo. At least I know that It hasn't been scrapped. It is in horrible shape but it's still here. I wish it weren't outside but hey at least its not in the snow or salty air. Gary if you ever get back there can you take more photos of it please. That aircraft has alot of sentimental value to me as my father passed away almost 20 years ago now and that flight in that plane is one of my dearest memories of him. Thanks for listening and thank you for the photos.
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Thanks for sharing Gary.
