Those were the days, flying my F4 to and from home.....

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(BIG SMILE)

Funny thing about this is I didn't fly planes... Darkroom lab tech. But the F4's flew the aerial photography that I processed. We stage these shots for grip and grins... as we called them....I don't remember who shot this... Just glad I hung on to it.

that hat ~ those glasses, that thing over your lips (that needed to be cut) and that walk. You knew you had that walk and that talk ;) ~ he he

UGLIEST THINGS I've ever worn. Black, thick plastic frames and those coke bottle bottom lenses I had...Yup...sure were the days.........

Yep, gotta love a man in uniform...dated several...married one! :) Best thing I ever did! :) Dennis, this is great. My favorites are the Blackbird and the Valkyrie. I have friends who fly F15s, F16s, A10s, and C21s, plus a Nav who has flown on several big birds. I flew a trainer...once...cool to say I've done it, but I'd have to take stock in Dramamine if I wanted to do it for a living! :) Now that I think of it, I flew the T4 trainer in Oklahoma and also did my survival training up at Ft. Sill! Small world, huh? Anyway, keep posting these, they are really great to see. :)

 

Les

I'd given anything to have flown in one of these... I got to fly in a Mohawk once in Germany and a lot in helicopters while at Ft. Campbell. A lot of fun flying and teaching the Air Cav how to shoot hand held combat photography.. Buzzing the tops of trees, hanging out the back of a Huey... Now those were the really fun days...

Original is B&W, copied with the D2X and 105mm

So exposure date was ...1974, same as the other one? Great character shot and one to hang on to.

Dennis, were the glasses referred to as "RPGs"?

Something like that....really bad plastic frames with my thick lenses.....