Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-04 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 3, 2023, at 11:06 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > >> On 03/08/2023 22:52 Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >>> Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the >>> tail. >>> Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 03/08/2023 22:52 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > mike wilson wrote: > > >Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. > > > >Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe > >on the 27, which does seem to be the case. There is

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 04/08/2023 05:50 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:25 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the > > tail. Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the > > jet pipe on the 27, which does

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:25 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. > Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe on > the 27, which does seem to be the case. There is also a slight difference in

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Steve Cottrell
Yout took the words straight outa my mouth Roberts. RIP Dan. Cot > On 3 Aug 2023, at 23:49, Mark Roberts wrote: > > BTW, regarding the original set of photographs (nice stuff) that > started this thread: I will never be able to look at an F4 Phantom > without thinking of Dan Matyola. --

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
BTW, regarding the original set of photographs (nice stuff) that started this thread: I will never be able to look at an F4 Phantom without thinking of Dan Matyola. (Also, I think the F100 Super Saber has to be the ugliest jet fighter ever.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 3, 2023, at 2:52 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > mike wilson wrote: > >> Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. >> >> Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe >> on the 27, which does seem to be the case. There

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. >Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe >on the 27, which does seem to be the case. There is also a slight difference >in the air intakes, not discernable

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe on the 27, which does seem to be the case. There is also a slight difference in the air intakes, not discernable here. Otherwise, they are

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks a bunch Paul. BTW, here is the website for the March Air Museum https://www.marchfield.org/ > On Aug 3, 2023, at 8:08 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > Larry - Mike already identified 614, so here goes on the rest.. > > 715 - North American T-28 > 441 - Beechcraft T-34 > 979 - Another T-34

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:25 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > 614 is a Mig 27 Thanks, someone else ID'd it as a 23. How to tell the diff? Other than going back and getting better photos next time... > > The rest seem likely to be trainers, including the twin engined one. >> On 03/08/2023 08:53

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
I did wonder if that was a Skyraider. It just looks so petite in the picture. > On 03/08/2023 16:08 Paul Sorenson wrote: > > > Larry - Mike already identified 614, so here goes on the rest.. > > 715 - North American T-28 > 441 - Beechcraft T-34 > 979 - Another T-34 > 077 - Douglas A-1

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Alan C
Thanks, Larry. Enjoyed that lot even although most are unfamiliar to me. Alan C On 03-Aug-23 05:08 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Larry - Mike already identified 614, so here goes on the rest.. 715 - North American T-28 441 - Beechcraft T-34 979 - Another T-34 077 - Douglas A-1 Skyraider 523 -

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Larry - Mike already identified 614, so here goes on the rest.. 715 - North American T-28 441 - Beechcraft T-34 979 - Another T-34 077 - Douglas A-1 Skyraider 523 - Beechcraft 18 (commonly called a Twin Beech) Enjoyed the airplane pix.   -p On 8/3/2023 2:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Last

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:25 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > 614 is a Mig 27 Thanks, it's actually parked next to an aeroflot an2r, so that makes sense. > > The rest seem likely to be trainers, including the twin engined one. >> On 03/08/2023 08:53 Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> Last weekend my

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
614 is a Mig 27 The rest seem likely to be trainers, including the twin engined one. > On 03/08/2023 08:53 Larry Colen wrote: > > > Last weekend my friend Candice and visited the museum at March Air Base. > Since it's only a few miles away, I treated it as a recon run and tried to > get a

GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
Last weekend my friend Candice and visited the museum at March Air Base. Since it's only a few miles away, I treated it as a recon run and tried to get a couple photos of each plane, just to catalog them for my reference. It turns out that there are a lot of airplanes there. This album is