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Chuck Gardner
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This picture is from my dad's photo collection. This was obviously taken in Harlingen.
Guess the year and and all of the planes on the line and win a prize!

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Hey Chuckster! What a pic! Ok, this is totally a shot in the dark, but right off the top of my head, (not looking in any CAF coffee table books), I'd say 1968. Alan

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Man, what a classic shot!!!! I'd have to say 1969? Is that the ex Mike Dillon P-40 N1226N? Leftys 38, Scatterbrain Kid, LB-30, man, what a line up! Is that the A-20 at the far left? Man.... Thanks for sharing!!!

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Great photo! Let's see, both Texas Raider and Diamond Lil were purchased in 1967, and the CAF moved to Harlingen in 1968. So it's either 68 or 69 because Texas Raider was painted in the camo scheme in 1970 and Lil was painted in her current scheme in 1971.
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Cool Shot!

I have never seen TR and Lil in these colors. I have heard about it but never seen it.

Thanks for posting it. (Got more? )


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The white car in the middle is a '69 Cadillac Fleetwood, so at least '69...

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I went back and looked at the picture and decided it was a little too yellow with age. So I put it through photoshop to make it look a little newer.

Can anyone name all of the Mustangs and who they belonged to? I believe the white one is Red Nose.

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Hope you don't mind, I went a little further and made the picture brighter and sharper.

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Chuck Gardner wrote:
I went back and looked at the picture and decided it was a little too yellow with age. So I put it through photoshop to make it look a little newer.

Can anyone name all of the Mustangs and who they belonged to? I believe the white one is Red Nose.

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Okay, I'll give it a try. From the left (next to the B-24...)
Burns Byram's N169MD.
CAF's N10601 (or Vandeveer's N835J).
No idea. Possibly N7710C.
Kent Jones N469P.
Bill Ross N2112.

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And here a photo of another CAF warhorse. Even has faded Confederate flag as insignia on fuselage!

http://www.airlinehobby.com/listings/de ... =534187435

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T J Johansen wrote:
And here a photo of another CAF warhorse. Even has faded Confederate flag as insignia on fuselage!

http://www.airlinehobby.com/listings/de ... =534187435

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When scanning this morning, I almost scanned a picture of "Rowdys Raiders". But she was in a lot better shape that the pic in the link! :?

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When scanning this morning, I almost scanned a picture of "Rowdys Raiders". But she was in a lot better shape that the pic in the link! :?


Please, let us see it.

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Elroy 13 wrote:
When scanning this morning, I almost scanned a picture of "Rowdys Raiders". But she was in a lot better shape that the pic in the link! :?


Please, let us see it.

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I will try to scan it again tomorrow. Its a pretty old pic..its that grainy 70's picture paper. So when I scan it..it doesnt look all that great. But I will try again. :)

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Could the black, middle Mustang be Howard Olsen's N5073K?
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Could the black, middle Mustang be Howard Olsen's N5073K?

Hi Vlado. It could I suppose. I'm fairly sure I've seen a photo of a 51 in those colors, but can't remember where I saw it. Now where is that Dick Phillips when you need him... :wink: The photo I have of N5073K is from 1965 at which stage it was white with a thin stripe om the fuselage. But then again they did change paint jobs a lot. My photo is not yet back from the photo lab, but I hope to have it by this weekend. Hope to have it in the mail by Monday!

Elroy. Grainy or not. It is always nice to see photos of the a/c I never had the chance to see "in the flesh".

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