Dan, I suspected you were a RIO, but don't know my planes well enough. Nice pictures from a difficult and dangerous time. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry; I screwed up the link to the folder. The other far eastern > images are here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=398541 > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 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. -- 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.
