Theres nowt wrong with a good rant every now and again.

It’s almost
as If I have a coke burning stove and your trying to sell me central heating!

Well if you need some I know a man who can 🙂

My point was every picture published in the press these days has been manipulated. Most of them quite considerably. Now I’m not saying I agree with it, just that its a fact of life.

There is still a place for film, but sadly most of todays retailers disagree.

The comparison is unfair, Charles E Brown was the best aviation photographer ever. Period. Full Stop.

Digital manipulation is a fact, get used to it. I can honestly say that apart from the removal of dust spots and a minor bit of sharpening (nothing more than would have been done in a processing lab with film) I have only ever digitally altered one photo that I have posted on here. Getting the shot right first time is much more fun.

Has anyone ever painted a Corsair as one of Pappy Boyingtons aircraft?

Kermit Weeks’ Lysander at Lakeland Airport in May 2003. Apologies for the quality, it was dark in the hangar and very bright outside and the door was open as it was being worked on.

Can anyone let me know if this has been transferred to the US Civil Register please.

I think I know that John was aiming his comments to those that had ‘a dig’ at a certain individual in recent times

Forgot about that. Its open season on that. Sorry.

You got any pictures you care to share?

At home somewhere, I will dig them out this evening (note these are NOT a historical record 🙂 )

Possibly, it used to be pre 1950.