Vintage shots from days gone by!

drat! R.i.p. Men!!!

 

What he sed

 

RE B-24 on fire: God Bless them one and all....

The lost crew members were:

1st Lt. Kenneth A. Whiting - pilot (KIA) Salt Lake City, Utah

1st Lt. Alvin W. Moore - copilot (KIA) McMinnville, Oregon

2nd Lt. Francis J. Bednarek - navigator (KIA) Ashley, Pennsylvania

2nd Lt. Edward S. Waneski - bombardier (KIA) Brooklyn, New York

Sgt. Peter Breda - top turret gunner (KIA) Lima, Ohio

Sgt. Harry V. Bates - ball turret gunner (KIA) Reinholds, Pennsylvania

Sgt. Joseph Garbacz - right waist gunner (KIA) Detroit, Michigan

S/Sgt. Milton R. Nitsch - left waist gunner (KIA) Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Sgt. Elmer J. Anderson - nose turret gunner (KIA) Los Angeles, California

Sgt. Oscar W. Bateman - tail turret gunner (KIA) Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

The B-24 had hydralically-powered flight controls, linked to a hydralic fluid tank at the top of the fuselage aft of the wings. A hit on the tank usually doomed the plane as it easily caught fire, as seen in this tragic photo....

 

C-47 Dakota towing off a glider at the Laurinburg-Maxton Airbase in North Carolina. Yes the same place that the East Coast Timing Association used to hold its events.



Airborne soldiers and a Jeep exit a CG-4A glider. Again at Maxton.

 

Two Willys Aeros? What are the odds?

 

For all you head over heel guy's. This one is for you.
Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkH-KQgDokA

 

I dunno about that - a nice hairdoo and makeup ... and a big paper bag

 

Vintagem British Columbia, Canada.

 

The one in the swim suit is a dead ringer for Susan Oliver man!

 

This is an informal photograph of Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937. She is seated between two women on a parade float in Atchison, Kansas. The two women may be Barbara and Lorraine Hellener, daughters of the City Manager, Earl Hellener. Also visible are the float's driver, spectators, and parked automobiles along the city street. A native of Atchison, Earhart spoke at Memorial Hall to a crowd of 3,500 people during her visit. The parade was June 7, 1935.

 

Atchison, Kansas

 

Atchison again, in 1964.

 

Lots of "Hairy" stories of WW2 gliders too!!

 

NAH!----Top one is a 1951 Ford 2dr.hardtop.

 

OK,----How many noticed the minature revolver she was holding????

 

Is that Maria Thomas?
dang I think I went to high school with her!!

 

Denise Diplock's aunt?

 

More BC shots.

 

You know what? You're right! That was a stupid thing for me to say. Sorry.

 

Vintage BC

 

More.

 

A few more.

 

When you guys load up 4 or 5 pages of pictures over the weekend can you please call my boss on Mon morning and explain why I'm late.....

Great pics as always...

 

Apparently the multi-talented Maria Grazia Bucella was also a go-kart racer....

 

All I got was a restored video of Nat King Cole in Italy.

 

My father "John" and three uncles. A true life band of brothers. All four spent 20+ years each in the service. They are all gone now.



This is the Jicarilla ATF-104. My grandmother was asked to sponsor it in honor of her son's service records.

 

Well, she has the 'aerodynamics' for it!!

Doc.

 

It'd be a bit tricky driving that gokart with both legs on one side of the wheel. The young fella in the background doesn't seem too distracted by the competition. Maybe next year...

 

From Star Trek? ....but sans the green skin?