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billtate
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:55 am 
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I am still digitizing my pictures from the past fifty years. Here are a few that I took at NAS Willow Grove between October 1973 and 1976. Enjoy.
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Groovy stuff! I'm especially diggin' that Gunfighter... and one can never have enough shots of VX-4's Bicentennial jet...

Thanks for posting these!


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jwc50
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:17 am 
Some GREAT shots there, Bill. Thanks for sharing. I love the Neptunes, the F-8 and the C-117D especially. Definitely a different era. By the time the Seventies were over and definitely by the mid-eighties, a lot of interesting classic and colorful aircraft were gone from the inventory.
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John Kerr
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Real good stuff Mr. Bill, keep them coming.
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Robbie Stuart
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Keep em coming Bill. Good stuff. 8)

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The Quantico T-28 looks a lot like the one that's on display at NAS Wildwood (NJ) Museum.

EDIT: Just checked my photos. Not the same aircraft. Rats.

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That one Neptune (145915) is the one owned by MAAM so it still lives, at least on the ramp.
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Clifford Bossie
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There are some great shots there!

I do not know what is cooler; the EB-66, DP-2, C-117D, et al. Great stuff!

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Man I love those Neptunes. They are such cool looking airplanes. Would love to see one of the fire fighters returned back to its original configuration, especially if it was painted in the overall sea blue.

I'll have to check the BuNo on the F-8. Wonder if its a MiG Killer?


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billtate
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Thanks guys I am working on some more uploads from NAS Jax
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Cubs
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I really like color vintage photos.
EB-66 and F-8 8) 8)
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The Neptune takes me back to Floyd Bennett Field and the VP squadrons based there in the late 60s ,early 70's, Warbirds in Brooklyn,(sigh),the F-8 is just pure awesome,pure awesome.
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bit of a long shot but any idea on the serial number of that second canadian tutor jet?

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