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September 10, 2004 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Transpo -'72: Washington colour surprise #1557082

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T J , between two jobs and a monster project I have undertaken I don’t have a life either. At least your girlfriend affords you the chance to leave the house, I live with mine! LOL!

Martin. You have a reply. We’ve had contact before, in fact you’ve sent me photos for the project I am working on.

Andy, I forgot to thank you for thue warm welcome and that goes for all of you who’ve been so cordial and gracious.

September 10, 2004 at 4:34 pm in reply to: Transpo -'72: Washington colour surprise #1557086

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Andy.

I’ll post selected ones here in the very near future. One of the unfortunate things about the collection I was given is that there are not very many of just the aircraft but that can be overlooked by the fact nearly every member of the squadron (and then some) were included.

September 10, 2004 at 3:58 pm in reply to: Transpo -'72: Washington colour surprise #1557112

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Man what a GREAT PLACE I have stumbled into here! Just 30 minutes after I post the pics and I’m being given info about them? You people are top notch! Between Mark12’s posting his excellent pics and prompting a great nostalgia trip for me then TJ Johansen adding info to pics I’ve had for years you have made my day!

Harlingen is probably a good bet I believe the photos originated from a former 20th. Fighter Group clerk who lived in Texas but as well other images were added by a former 20th.FG pilot from San Antonio and I know both men went to shows there many times.

September 10, 2004 at 3:16 pm in reply to: Transpo -'72: Washington colour surprise #1557117

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Hope I got this right as I have never attempted to post pictures on this board before… Anyway here are three photos from my collection, when and where they were taken I have no idea as they were given to me along with 4 photo albums of WWII vintage photos. As you can see, here’s the P-51 that changed my life along with two others. If you look closely you’ll see several CAF aircraft in the background including “Diamond Lil”. A close look at the photo of N10601 shows the name L. Nolan and three others below it.

September 10, 2004 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Transpo -'72: Washington colour surprise #1557155

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Awsome shots Mark12. 😎 I almost can’t believe they are more than 30 years old.

Wow, like my receeding hairline and expanding waistline aren’t reminder enough of the fact I am getting old now this? 😮 LOL!!! It really is amazing that images from that long ago can conjure up so many emotions and memories.

September 10, 2004 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Transpo -'72: Washington colour surprise #1557177

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WOW! Talk about memories flooding back! Thank you very much for posting these, a photo of the P-51 N10601 graced my bedroom wall for at least four years. For some reason I’ve never connected the fact I have a couple of 8×10’s of that exact aircraft in my collection and the fact it was the warbird that started me down this life-long quest before now. Which B-17 is that I see the tail of in the pic of N10601 and the P-38?

Again, thanks for the walk down memory lane! I am anxious to see whatelse you have coming photowise!

September 10, 2004 at 3:48 am in reply to: The first Warbird you saw fly! #1557576

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Mark 12,

To be honest I do not know what specific airshow the planes I mentioned were going to but, in thinking back, 1972 sounds right. I cut a photo of the P-51 that I saw out of the newspaper and hung above my bed for a very long time.

It was years before I saw my next warbirds, right before me moved out of the area my father took me to the museum at Quantico, Virginia where they had just finished restoring a Wildcat. The plane I remember most from that trip however, was the Corsair they had there. Having just met Col. Greg Boyington a few months prior to seeing it, I stood transfixed in front of the plane for close to an hour just trying to imagine how something so massive could fly, much less be an effective weapon of war. I was 13 at the time and it left a mighty impression upon me.

As for photos of planes that appeared there, yes I would LOVE to see them!

September 9, 2004 at 3:07 pm in reply to: The first Warbird you saw fly! #1558154

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I can’t remember the exact date, or even the year, but it was in the mid-70’s. A P-51 and an Me-109 flew over my neighborhood (a suburb of Washington, D.C.) about a minute apart from each other at about 500 feet. The sound was what hooked me, and it my love for warbirds has not diminished one iota since. In fact it’s grown into what my girlfriend describes as an “obsession” and my “second job.”

September 4, 2004 at 8:36 am in reply to: P39 discovered in Fiji #1563675

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There is a P-39 fuselage and numerous other large parts in Lancaster, OH that, the last I heard, was looking for a new home. I wonder if this might be one of the above mentioned Tallichet Airacobras (as the Invader the group is restoring belongs to him as well)?

Here it is back in 2002:

The group there are restoring a C-45 and several military vehicles, for more info. see here:http://www.historicalaircraftsquadron.com/

August 27, 2004 at 7:51 am in reply to: Historic aviation groups/clubs etc #1603484

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So Crazymainer doesn’t feel all by his lonesome, I’ll chime in for the Yanks as well…

20th. Fighter Group Association (Honorary Member since 1999)
8th. Air Force Historical Society
Former member of the CAF (I totally agree with crazymainer’s comment on the name change)
Former member AOPA (It was a gift from a former employer)

Cheers!
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