Some great photo's from long ago

[Grayeagle]

End of the day on the line at George AFB:

Note how 'un-shiny' they were when flown every day all day.
You could always tell when they were out of hydrastic fluid ..they stopped leaking.


They had just changed out number 4 and it needed a test hop, and Bill was the cheif test pilot for Evergreen..

So Bill comes over and asks: 'You want to go up in the '17?'

As If.

Circling Picacho Peak near Tucson a very short time later.

Left waist position ..on a fine summer day very long ago.

First time I ever got into a Mustang ..

Bill told me to take my boots off because they'd scratch the aluminum.

Preflight ritual ..a man communing with his machine with Harry helping




..then .. it's Go Time!



-Frank aka GE

[Grayeagle]

And now for some other images

Retro Hot Rod.. designed, built and flown by a CAD Engineer

Photo taken at the Phoenix Air Races long ago.
Pilot said even with all the modern day aerodynamic 'tricks' ..the plane had to be flown onto the runway
..a wheel landing as it is called ..
due to the maximum flare angle not being anywhere close to the 3 point stance ..she'd snap roll in a blink he said ..
..he demonstrated on one of the many flyby's he did ..just an awesome lil hot rod.

Rare Bear .. just an ultimate piston engine hot rod

Photo taken when wife and I useda 'do' Reno every year ..long ago.

Me climbin into Bertie's Stearman for an hour of fun ..buzzed some radio towers down in the weeds
after flyin up I-5 ..watchin the cars goin faster than we were ..out of Madera, CA, long ago
right after the Warbird Show.

Photo taken at Madera Warbird Show long ago

Somethin you wont see often if at all .. a real 'Murderers Row' of Mustangs

Photo taken at the Madera Warbird show long ago

Hot Rod:

Photo taken at Pima Air Museum long ago

A fast '427'

One of the birds I acually worked on when I was at George AFB long ago.. now it looks about how I feel most days.

Almost looks 'dainty' doesn't it?


..especially compared to:


-Frank aka GE
 (ya ..spent the last coupla days scanning in photo's I took long ago.. most before I even discovered Air Warrior existed)

[Grayeagle]

Just a few more:

Guy asked me what settings I used for the lighting and how many poly's the model is ..
..umm .. I told him .. it's a photograph dood .. taken long ago.

ahhh .. the Nine-o-Nine ..just about as famous as can be.


One answer to 'just how much motor can you stuff into a Mustang:

Taken at Stead Field, long ago

Strega business end


-Frank aka GE

[Grayeagle]

And then there's


Strapped in almost ready to fly!




A very short time later, 8500' AGL over Florida on a fine Sunday afternoon, long ago


Best day on the planet with a machine .. to date.
Worth *ever* penny

www.stallion51.com

-Frank aka GE

[Dimebag]

folkin awesome 

[Hap]

 

[ozrocker]

Great Pics




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[Rino]

     Was the Crazy Horse ride during the 96 AW Con Frank?  I remember being horribly jealous.  
And your Thud has a mouth that was close to the G model one I saw in Georgia, but it had no eyes and was a bit larger.
Very very nice collection of memories there  

     I remember seeing the Gee Bee in Sussex NJ back during the 90s...maybe 94?  If I remember correctly they had to
bolt the canopy closed before takeoff.  You are so lucky to live on the left coast 

[Hajo]

Great Pics GE

[Maverick]

Great shots, thanks!

[TwinBoom]

nice 364th pony pics

[Babalonian]

Nice shots GE, you live near the CAF AZ wing?

[Grayeagle]

I hang out in Phoenix Metro area ..useda get out more is all
You know what's weird ..most of those photo's I took before I discovered Air Warrior.
Been an airplane nut for as long as I can remember.
I remember standing next to a B-52 main landing gear wheel
when I was like ..12 or so .. and watchin a Delta Dagger do the aerobatics that day
long ago at Offut AFB ..the guy got out and my Dad introduced him, bright orange flight/G-suit, white helmet
..he looked like a spaceman.
Was totally hooked.

-Frank

[SKJohn]

IIRC, that F-86 is that one that was at the Champlain Fighter Museum at Falcon Field?  I'm also in the PHX area, in Mesa.

[BERN1]

Nine-O-Nine saw her at the Thunder over Michigan a few years ago,beautiful ol gal