Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Tandem A-10 Takeoff
Monday, November 02, 2009
Family Heirlooms
This drawing done by Dad is simply called "Fatigue." This has always been a favorite image of mine. It is quite haunting in its look.
The F6F on deck of a carrier.My Aunt Grace said my Dad was never encourage by my Grandfather on his art. His artistic skills were looked upon as wasted effort. We are fortunate to have these wonderful creations in our family of an excellent artist and a man who we called our Dad.
DM
Sunday, October 25, 2009
A-10 Fall Sorties
The "Battle Creek" has been painted over and the MI has been added.
Coast Guard hanger under wing with door open on the west ramp.
Must have been chilly because the pilot closed the canopy while passing by the fire station.
October has been a busy month for flights of A-10s at Selfridge. With new hires in the fire station we have been out on the A-10s getting them used to the aircraft. I am putting the finishing touches on the PowerPoint presentation for our egress training on them. It should be complete by the end of this week. In all there are many images of the aircraft I have taken. This past week I had some nice sunset shots of the A-10 as they taxied back from the de-arming area. I was hoping for better light and color from the sun, but in all the shots are pretty good. This morning had an excellent sunrise, but I was unable to get out and photograph the ramp with the sun coming up over the birds.
In one of the photos above you can see a C-130 an and DHS EC-120 helicopter. The C-130 is going to be displayed at the Selfridge Air Museum sometime in the near future. The C-130 flying squadron has been deactivated at Selfridge. They are now the 171st Air Refueling Squadron. Lately the A-10s have been doing a lot of flying. I sure like them over the F-16s, for they were so noisey.
Dan
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