Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: PewterC5 on January 26, 2010, 10:01:03 PM
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The pictures are not spectacular by any means as there was no flash photography allowed so these are all low light, high ISO, hand held shots.
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I may post more later when I go through them. It was a cool museum. Hope you enjoyed. Sorry for the big pics.
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Great shots, thanks. I wonder how they were able to get a portrait quality pic on his plane in WW2. I have no idea what they would have done other than gluing it on and that doesn't seem like a very durable option.
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This is actually a restored p38L painted like Bong's P38J. His actual one was crashed on a weather reconnaissance flight by another pilot while bong was on leave. I am sure the picture quality wasn't near what this plane has on it.
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cool pic's :aok
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sweet! :cheers:
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Great shots, thanks. I wonder how they were able to get a portrait quality pic on his plane in WW2. I have no idea what they would have done other than gluing it on and that doesn't seem like a very durable option.
My photo teacher when in High School did a photo exposure on the side of a van. What he did was they projected the negative exposure onto the side of the van much like you would prep for making a print in a photo lab. Sized, focused and got set. When ready and in complete darkness he applied what amounted to a brush on piece of photo paper that went on as a liquid and dried. When it was ready he exposed the image, treated it with the same (I presume) chemicals you'd do for a regular print, fixer and voila...photographic image on a van.
That's how I'd do it. With a clear coat on top you could I imagine expect reasonable durability as well as long as you kept the image out of the propeller arc.
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:aok Great pics.
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absolutely awesome pics...my fellow bucs fan !! thanks
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Hey, I used to live there, Poplar, WI. One of those towns where if you blink, you'd have passed it before your eyelids closed. Literally. That P-38 was on static display outside the front door of the elementary school there. The Museum used to be 1 little room in the school next to the principals office with a glass enclosed bookshelf of his artifacts. (Richard Ira Bong) Matter of fact his grave is somewhere along there I think, along the Tri-County corridor. (Either that or it's a memorial site) When I left they had just set up plans to revamp the museum. The 38 was going to be enclosed in a glass pyramid and the museum was going to get it's own structure. They were beginning to raise the money. Glad to see that they came thru with it. Bong was a hell of a pilot. It was said that his gunnery sucked so bad, he'd have to get right on his targets (think "public relations", Top Gun close). Matter of fact, he actually collided with 1 target's 6, ripping it's tail off. He counted that as a probable kill. He had, I believe, over 40 confirmed kills in a 38. Next time your there, go to the Amnicon River house (or Grill, Saloon, something). Try the Amnicon Philly. As you're headed back to Superior on Hwy 2 it's on the right hand side about a mile or 2 after you pass the Wentworth Lumber Co. (Used to live down that road). Also, just as a favor, there's a dry dock ship museum in Superior. It's an old whaleback. I've been trying to remember the name of it, can ya tell me what it is? (I was telling my nephews about the haunted ship tours they did every Halloween)
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Great pics man. I always love close up detail shots.
As for the Marge noseart... According to Bill Yenne's book "Aces High", Bong had a copy of Marge's high school graduation picture which he blow up to 20"x24" and glued to his 38J.
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Hey, I used to live there, Poplar, WI. One of those towns where if you blink, you'd have passed it before your eyelids closed. Literally. That P-38 was on static display outside the front door of the elementary school there. The Museum used to be 1 little room in the school next to the principals office with a glass enclosed bookshelf of his artifacts. (Richard Ira Bong) Matter of fact his grave is somewhere along there I think, along the Tri-County corridor. (Either that or it's a memorial site) When I left they had just set up plans to revamp the museum. The 38 was going to be enclosed in a glass pyramid and the museum was going to get it's own structure. They were beginning to raise the money. Glad to see that they came thru with it. Bong was a hell of a pilot. It was said that his gunnery sucked so bad, he'd have to get right on his targets (think "public relations", Top Gun close). Matter of fact, he actually collided with 1 target's 6, ripping it's tail off. He counted that as a probable kill. He had, I believe, over 40 confirmed kills in a 38. Next time your there, go to the Amnicon River house (or Grill, Saloon, something). Try the Amnicon Philly. As you're headed back to Superior on Hwy 2 it's on the right hand side about a mile or 2 after you pass the Wentworth Lumber Co. (Used to live down that road). Also, just as a favor, there's a dry dock ship museum in Superior. It's an old whaleback. I've been trying to remember the name of it, can ya tell me what it is? (I was telling my nephews about the haunted ship tours they did every Halloween)
This museum is actually now in Superior. I believe the vessel you are referring to is the William A. Irvin. It is pretty much right next to the Bong museum. http://duluthhauntedship.com/ Hope this helps :salute.
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Why on earth would they not allow flash photography? I've been using flash photography in flight museums for years, this is the first I've heard that it is not allow????
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Why on earth would they not allow flash photography? I've been using flash photography in flight museums for years, this is the first I've heard that it is not allow????
I was wondering the exact same thing, especially since I was literally the only person in the museum at the time. I believe I could have gotten much better looking pictures with my flash unit. Oh well. It was still cool to see a P38 up close in person.
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Two more quick ones while sitting at the airport.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4310160202_9bdc1ccd1e_o.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4310160294_7cab3395d3_o.jpg)
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Prop close up.
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This museum is actually now in Superior. I believe the vessel you are referring to is the William A. Irvin. It is pretty much right next to the Bong museum. http://duluthhauntedship.com/ Hope this helps :salute.
Uh-oh. I bet Poplar's pissed now. That was they're claim to fame. (Poplar was his hometown) I am glad to see this hero get a setup like that tho. It is well deserved and proper. I only hope that more of the kids today realize what sacrifices we're made by the kids of yesterday.
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Great pics, but ugly plane.
JK
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Great pics, but ugly plane.
JK
*SLAP*
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A couple new desktops there--Thanks!!
I'm not use to seeing in them one piece on these forums! :salute
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Awesome stuff :aok :salute
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Great pics of a great plane. I'll have to put that museum on my "one day I'm gonna go..." list
Thanks for sharing.
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A true beauty nice pics! :aok
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Great pics of a great plane. I'll have to put that museum on my "one day I'm gonna go..." list
Thanks for sharing.
Yea, I'm gonna have to head back that way again. That museum is light years away from what was originally there. I'm serious, that museum used to be a glass trophy case, the CMOH in a shadow box on the wall, and some pictures hanging up. (Read the little plaque in the picture of the medal) That was it. I'm glad they came through with it. I'm beginning to think that aint the same plane tho. I was looking at some pictures from that time and the plane had yellow marings, and no vertical supports in the intakes. If ya go BluTrain, go in the summer time and head to Lake Nebagomon for a day. Great walleye fishing.
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Yea, I'm gonna have to head back that way again. That museum is light years away from what was originally there. I'm serious, that museum used to be a glass trophy case, the CMOH in a shadow box on the wall, and some pictures hanging up. (Read the little plaque in the picture of the medal) That was it. I'm glad they came through with it. I'm beginning to think that aint the same plane tho. I was looking at some pictures from that time and the plane had yellow marings, and no vertical supports in the intakes. If ya go BluTrain, go in the summer time and head to Lake Nebagomon for a day. Great walleye fishing.
It is the same plane. They have a nice folder of the tear down and restoring process of the plane. It took them 7 years to restore it. They did a great job on it. Thanks for the compliments guys.