Reading it or just looking at the cool photos of high performance jet aircraft, I know he'll be glad to hear that you enjoyed it. He has authored and/or edited several books on Naval Aviation. He also has a style of shooting pictures of aircraft in flight which many others have emulated over the years. He had 30+ years in the Navy shooting air-to-air photographs then another 20 as editor of The Hook magazine which allowed him to keep flying. With that much experience one should be able to develop their own style of work. :-) -- Brian
On Oct 13, 2008, at 8:24 AM, John D wrote: > Your father published a book on Naval Aviation. I have to admit > though, I have a tendency to look at things rather than read them. > (My wife hates that.) No matter how far I think I've moved myself > away from the military it surprises me how I'm still attracted to > the images produced. Even news photos, anything. Last night Sixty > minutes had a segment about using Predators over Sadr City to hunt > down the bad guys and to the Dear One's chagrin I insisted on > watching it. Last weekend was Fleet Week in San Francisco and they > had acrobatic jet fly overs and I turned my eyes skyward. Hearing > that rolling thunder streaking overhead warmed something in me. I > hate the --killing things-- aspect of it but find myself > nevertheless fascinated by the look and the action of it and stirred > by the gear, the heroic, the costume, all the c**p surrounding it. > > I just had a happy surprise myself along these lines. In searching > for information about my ancestors I stumble upon something > worthwhile every now and again. Since I was a little kid I've known > about a great grandfather who fought in the Civil War. A couple > weeks ago I discovered some of his writings have been published. So > I ordered the book and just got it yesterday. Now this guy was in > the Army so not much here in the way of pictures. But I can tell you > that your grandchildren will get a special kind of thrill to > discover books your father has written. I haven't read my > grandfather's book yet but I've got this "speaking to me from deep > in the past" kind of feeling about it. Yeah, I'm sure it's going to > be all military matters, but what I will get out of it is beside > that. I'm looking to hear his voice, so to speak. Oh, s**t. I don't > know how to explain it. All I can say is that your father's books > will speak louder and longer than either you or he can. I'm going to > go find my cane now and shake it at someone. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to StrataList-OT@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
