"Lemmie see your war face..." aka

[Sean McEntee]

Kind of hijacking Shug's thread a bit...

If you have a picture of you flying "back in the day", go ahead and post it

[Shug Emery]

Same plane.....SIG Akrobat. My "smile and attack" war face. Oh, That sweet mullett))))
Shug




And my SIG Banshee...1991

[Mike Keville]

OK, here's one:  Mile Square Park, Fountain Valley, CA, 1979.  Note shirt, hat, "birth control" glasses frames.

The Waco (Earl Stahl plan) took 5th, Flightmasters Annual.

[Dan McEntee]

   Hey Mike;
     You look like quite the man there! Is that a Lucky Strike hangin' out the corner of your mouth? And winding to max turns WITHOUT the benefit of a blast tube!! OUSTANDING!

   I'll have to dig for some of Sean since he started this. I don't know if I have any of me younger than 21. That's one of my winter projects, digging out, going through and sorting photos.
   Type at you later,
     Dan McEntee

[Mike Keville]

Dan:

Nope, that was an L&M filter, and yes, there was a blast tube inside the Waco fuse' (fortunately not needed, that flight).

In addition to the Waco's 5th place in Rubber Scale, my Whitman Cougar (Peck kit) won Peanut Scale that day.

Never did live down the goofy hat, though.

[Dan McEntee]

   I got the Stahl plan forf the Waco, and actually started on a few pieces years ago. One of my favorite airplanes. And to be honest, I actually kind of like the hat!
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[Bob Reeves]

Here ya go.. 1974 or 75. Shortly after the picture was taken the Ringmaster was destroyed trying to fly inverted for the first time.

[Bob Reeves]

And early 80's from my RC days.

[john e. holliday]

Bob you have not changed a bit from the pictures.  Still handsome as ever.   Glad I can't find any of mine when I was a skinny kid back in the 60's and 70's.

[Will Hinton]

Ya conned me into it.  These are from 1959 and were taken at NATC Memphis at the Navy Memphis Tailhooks club site on the base.  The first is my buddy Ken Gurganis and myself (I'm on the left) and the other is me tweaking the greenhead on my Whatzit.

[Juan Valentin]

        Here is mine from 1970, My slow combat F8F Bearcat with an OS.35 combat special that I flew while I was stationed at Macdill AFB as an aircraft mechanic. the paint job I copied from Rabe`s beautiful F8F Bearcat Stunter.
                                                                                                                  Juan

[Jeff Traxler]

Ya conned me into it.  These are from 1959


I was months old back then..........

[EddyR]

All American Sr. This may have been at Binghamton or Ithaca NY contest 1956-57. Note wire landing gear at leading edge of wing  
 People use to ask me if I was Buddy Holly.

[Avaiojet]

Flite Streak. Fox .35, silk, shortened fuse, half ribs and flaps. 1959.

[Bob Hunt]

Not much of a war face, but at least there was still hair on top! This photo was taken in 1967 at my parent's home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. The model is a "Simonized" Nobler. Bill Simons had a whole list of things to modify on a stock Green Box Nobler, and I followed his directions to the letter. In fact, the only thing used from the kit were the wing ribs!

This ship was eventually crashed by Red Reinhardt... but that's okay; I later crashed his BSA Victor 441 and he laughed and said we were then even!

Later - Bob Hunt

[Howard Rush]

Not much of a war face, but at least there was still hair on top! This photo was taken in 1967 at my parent's home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. The model is a "Simonized" Nobler. Bill Simons had a whole list of things to modify on a stock Green Box Nobler, and I followed his directions to the letter. In fact, the only thing used from the kit were the wing ribs!

This ship was eventually crashed by Red Reinhardt... but that's okay; I later crashed his BSA Victor 441 and he laughed and said we were then even!

Later - Bob Hunt

There's a guy here in town who looks just like that.

[Michael Palm]

1978 Modified Nobler OS 35 S

[Steven Kientz]

Here I am in 1964 or'65 with my fleet of combat planes. Yes I was the shortest combat flier @ any meet. I was truly raised on balsa dust and crepe paper streamers.