Corsairs to the Desert

Edd Weninger of Overgaard, AZ

My dad leading his squadron of Corsairs to retirement at Davis-Monthan.

Scanned from my dad's stuff, reduced to 96dpi.

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The Discovery

Stephen Blust of Arlington, VA

KGAI, 1970 Leica IIIc, Kodachrome 64. My sister and I behind our flight instructor grandfather in his brand-new C-172.

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Somewhere in the Pacific

David Thomas of Lebec, CA

This photo is one of about 24 that were contained on a roll of 35mm negitives that was left to me by my father. They were taken in 1944 or 1945 while he served on the USS Roi, CVE 105. (One, of a full flight deck, was previously submitted.) This photo is my father on the flight deck next to, I believe, a Curtis SB2C Helldiver, with another CVE in the background. The Roi was serving as a replacement carrier for the main "fast carriers" in the fleet. The Roi would send replacement aircraft and crews to the carriers on the front lines.

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Low Approach

Gary L. Jones of Clovis, NM

American Airlines 727 pilot training at GSW in March 1965. That's Highway 183 at the bottom of the photo.

Old photo orange tint digitally removed. Taken with a borrowed 35mm camera.

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My Father and His First Airplane

Eut Tileston of Carmichael, CA

On the ranch in Colorado.

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Old Timers

Carl B. Jordan of Port Charlotte, FL

Carl G. Jordan (l.) and Stephen Darius (r.) in front of their jointly-owned Pheasant H-10 in 1928. Darius was killed in a plane crash in Germany in 1935 while attempting a non-stop flight from New York to Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Fokker F.VIIb/3a

Fred Bain Pukekohe, AK (New Zealand)

Fokker Trimotor VH-ULM in Hamilton, New Zealand in 1932. Photo taken by my mother (then aged 15) after going for a ten-minute flight with Charles Kingsford-Smith. Kingsford-Smith flew this aircraft from England to Australia, then to New Zealand in 1928. He flew it to NZ again in 1932. The aircraft was known as the Southern Cross.

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65 Years Ago ...

Gary Hockensmith of Mustang, OK

My Dad, Chet Hockensmith, in 1947 with his C-120. Liberal, Kansas.

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Hurricane

George Mock of Windsor, ON (Canada)

I took this in August of 1941, 71 years ago, at the Toronto Exhibition. The Hurricane was on display, and we were free to even climb in the cockpit.

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My Dad in Navy Flight Training

Jack Textor of Des Moines, IA

My dad in Navy flight training.

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Grandpa's Taylorcraft, Cumberland, Wisconsin (Circa 1940s)

Jim Tradup of Oakdale, MN

George "Burt" Warner with his Army surplus Taylorcraft, NC47391. Interested to know if it's still around.

Scanned photo; no manipulations.

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Catching a Breeze

Karl Schneider of Wagoner, OK

Taking a visitor for a ride in my PT22 at 1H6 Tulsa (Harvey Young Airport) around 1967.

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P-51 Damn Yankee at Oshkosh, 1986

Mark Baty of Novi, MI

Picture scanned from a 4x6 print taken in 1986 at Oshkosh Air Show.

Shot with a Minolta XG1 35mm camera.

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Flying Circus

Rick Martin of Palmyra, WI

I believe the lady pictured is none other than the famous aerialist Mickey King, who lived nearby in Bloomington, Illinois.

Ed. Note: Rick sent us another incredible poster that we're saving for a rainy day. Watch for it in a future edition!

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1946 J3 Cub — Photo from 1952 in Youngstown, Ohio

Stan Gatewood of Ft. Mohave, AZ

My family has owned this Cub, N2180M, since 1961. This old photo was found in Texas in an antique store. If anyone knows anything about it, I'd be very interested.

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The Flight Crew Circa 1954

Vince Calio of Oxford, CT

Black & white print scanned and cropped. Taken at LaGuardia Airport, 1954.

Yashica-Mat 3.5.

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EA-1A Skyraider Landing on USS Intrepid

William G. Fuller of Marion, IL

This photo was scanned from a 35mm color slide. I took this photo in 1968 in Viet Nam on board the Intrepid. The Skyraider was one from my squadron, VAQ-33.

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