Hi Otis,
I took the pics just a couple of blocks farther west than where you
describe,
they have some benches there so you can sit and watch the planes.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Otis Wright, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: 1000 f8 pic
> Shot brings back great memories of late sixties when I worked in an office
on
> Imperial west of Supulveda (I think an Embassy Suites sits there now) that
> looked out on LAX runways. Great view then. Will always remember the days
when
> the fog would slowly roll in off the ocean engulfing the airport.
>
> Thanks for sharing the shot with us.
>
> Otis Wright.
>
> Steve Larson wrote:
>
> > Frank Theriault wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah, Doug, I wuz gonna say all that too. Plus, the url to access the
> > > image had the word :"landing" in it! :-)
> > >
> > > Seriously, great shot! I've always loved airports and airplanes.
When I
> > > was a kid (way back in the early 60's), I lived a couple of miles from
> > > Dorval airport in Montreal, and even closer to the airport next to the
> > > Canadair factory (now Bombardier). Canadair had the contract to make
> > > CF-104 Starfighters and Freedom Fighters, among others.
> > >
> > > Planes flying over our house all the time!
> >
> > Hi Frank,
> > Your love affair with airports and planes sounds like mine. When I was
> > a kid (about the same time frame as you, born in 57) I would ride my
> > bike to LAX with a buddy, (about 8 miles) and hang out there all day.
> > We coerced some people in operations to let us go on the planes and
> > sit in the pilot seats, don`t think they would do that today! I still
have
> > some slides of planes landing I took way back then with my dads
> > Argus C3.
> >
> > > Loved your shot.
> >
> > Thanks Frank!
> > > -frank
> >
> > Steve Larson
> > Redondo Beach, California
> >
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