Thank you, Ken. Yes indeed, that is my ride behind me.
To clarify, I was a Naval Flight Officer in the Marine Corps, not a pilot. I served as a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in F-4B Phantom jets and a Bombardier/Navigator (B/N) in A-6A Intruders. The image you saw was from one of the first rolls of film (probably slide film) through my then brand new Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. I had just taken a photo of my pilot, then we changed places and I handed him the camera to take one of me. That would have been taken in Danang, in the summer of 1966. Some other scans from my far eastern tour are located here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Lt Dan - thank you for your sacrifice, service & dedication ! > > I know you flew F4s, is that your ride in the background? > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed > > > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> And Dan, I always thought of you in that movie role... >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I HATE that movie. Cruise is always heavy-handed, but there more than >>>> usual. His character is about the worse pilot one can imagine. Val >>>> Kilmer was much closer to what a pilot should be. The entire movie >>>> was rife with cliches and misinformation about what it takes to make a >>>> good fighter pilot. >>>> >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dan, >>>>> When I read 'Need for Speed' from a former fighter pilot, >>>>> I expect to see a scene from the movie 'Top Gun'. ;-) >>>>> Regards, Bob S. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484084 >>>>>> Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions are invited. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
