Was I really that young?

[mustangdriver]

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]

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


Oh, and *cute* Cougar.

[Django]

Nah, keep posting.

[bdk]

Feel free to bother.

[spookythecat]

Keep 'em coming!

[mustangdriver]

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]

Great stuff!

[m charters]

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]

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

[Jack Cook]

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]

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]

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]

nice pics

[Airlift48]

My first flight instructor, and great friend

Is that Bob Hudak? Love that guy!!

[mustangdriver]

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?"