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Title: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: Shultzie on June 29, 2009, 06:13:10 PM
Here is a an interesting photo from one of Les McD's slide collection of the 74 nats..
Anyone care to name the group of flyers in the first photo?
Also a very interesting Stunt model...(but if you look closely...CHECK OUT THAT HORRIFIC LOOKING STRESS CRACK below the canopy...and it looks like it had been quickly repaired with maybe 5 minute expoxy? Otherwise a truly beautiful model....
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: Tom Niebuhr on June 29, 2009, 07:36:25 PM
Bob,

Has anyone heard from Freddie recently?
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: David Russum on June 29, 2009, 08:08:35 PM
I think the kid on the far left is Joe Musumeci.  I remember him from Junior High school (this would have been fall '73 to spring of '75).  He was 1 year ahead of me, I didn't really know him that well.  I thought I was a bada$$ because I could actually get a Cox PT-19 to fly...at the school there was a glass display case by the front entrance where they would honor distinguished students, honor society, sports, etc...came to school one day and there was a red Gieseke Nobler and the trophy for the Junior National Champion!  I know he was a protege of Bob Gieseke...I have been meaning to ask Bob about him but I never remember to.
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: Randy Powell on June 29, 2009, 09:41:18 PM
I can't believe that AlphaDog was EVER that young.
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: Les McDonald on June 30, 2009, 03:55:39 PM
No little wing on the top deck of that Stiletto 35 is why you guys do not recognize a pre teen Kenny Stevens(red and white striped shirt). How about Dennis Adamisin in the top right with the floppy hat!

                                                                                    Les McDonald
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: Dennis Adamisin on June 30, 2009, 07:59:37 PM
Quote from: Les McDonald on June 30, 2009, 03:55:39 PM
No little wing on the top deck of that Stiletto 35 is why you guys do not recognize a pre teen Kenny Stevens(red and white striped shirt). How about Dennis Adamisin in the top right with the floppy hat!

                                                                                    Les McDonald

Holy C$&^$p!  Even I missed that - about 100 lbs ago and I had forgoten what my hair color usta be! 
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: Shultzie on July 01, 2009, 10:31:47 AM
Quote from: Dennis Adamisin on June 30, 2009, 07:59:37 PM
Holy C$&^$p!  Even I missed that - about 100 lbs ago and I had forgoten what my hair color usta be! 
Wow!
Time flies when we're havin fun....and thanks to youngins' for also posting all the photos from the good ol' daze.
Although our beloved KODACHROME HAS GONE AWAY...it nice to see these scanned ol' shots....thankfully through the latest batch of film scanners that are available.
I just saw some really great photos that Costco reproduced  onto a CD of my neigbhors old photos.
LOL! LL~Glad to see I am not alone to see what ravages time has done to my old "bodytemple!!! H^^
attached is a shot after my first ride in a full sized Biplane. (I got to keep the goggles and helmut.)
Title: Re: A couple more 1974 shots from Les McDonald's care-package
Post by: afml on July 02, 2009, 11:20:21 PM
"Anyone care to name the group of flyers in the first photo?"

Could the young lad on the right possibly be Bobby Peterson from the LA area?!???
Could it be that the reason he is holding his plane in that position is to cover a recent re-attachment of the tail section of his airplane?!??

Just wondering.....     n~

BTW: Nice PAMPA hat Kenny! The first of many!

"Tight Lines!"

Wes