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Oh NO ... here come the Harvards again 53 and 57 , authentic fonts or , but boy that fuselage 65 .. aye yi yi

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 9 2008, 02:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh NO ... here come the Harvards again 53 and 57 , authentic fonts or , but boy that fuselage 65 .. aye yi yi

Ian I think some of my attempts at colouring in old aircraft must cause you actual, physical, pain
But look what I managed to cobble together while wandering around the Warbirds hanger!



Now where's that ALPHA Harvard...

Congratulations again Gavin on a fine photoset.
Where did you manage to find a bit of diffuse light I wonder?
On the day, the midday sun burnt my pics to a washout/pitch black contrast.
You even managed to make the Miles look sexy!

Can someone please put me out of my misery - the half-a-Stearman 853 is a what??

Yeah, once again wonderful shots Gavin and thanks for sharing....Hard for me to pick a favourite though, too much choice.

Charl wrote:

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Can someone please put me out of my misery - the half-a-Stearman 853 is a what??

Its a Ryan PT-22 with a Kinner Radial engine - there is another Ryan PT-22 (an STM model) at Ardmore with an inline Menasco egine but I think it is currently under rebuild after a forced landing. They were used by the USAAF during 30's & 40s for primary training.

Great photos Gavin!

Naki wrote:

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Its a Ryan PT-22 with a Kinner Radial engine - there is another Ryan PT-22 (an STM model) at Ardmore with an inline Menasco egine but I think it is currently under rebuild after a forced landing. They were used by the USAAF during 30's & 40s for primary training.

Thanks Paul - assume it was this one, although I didn't see it fly.

Correct - although the inline model was known as a Ryan STM (not a PT-22 STM as I mentioned above)

I believe changes from the PT-22 was that the wing of the STM was moved to allow for the shift in the CG and there were some other obvious changes such as the wheel spats.

Looks like the STM is ready to fly again

Nice shots of the Harvards.

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ Dec 9 2008, 08:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think some of my attempts at colouring in old aircraft must cause you actual, physical, pain
But look what I managed to cobble together while wandering around the Warbirds hanger!

Now where's that ALPHA Harvard...

Now where's that ALPHA Harvard... ... attempts at colouring in old aircraft must cause you actual, physical, pain ......................AARRR me back me back , now what hanger was i supose to be in ? ... hehe theirs me spray can .... hmm hmm .. click rattle rattle YELLOW ! ..

all these Harvards , guess id better do something

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 9 2008, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

... hehe theirs me spray can .... hmm hmm .. click rattle rattle YELLOW ! ..
all these Harvards , guess id better do something

I love reading and re-reading the "Wingman" posts...
Too right you'd better do something, otherwise all the paint will get used up by the Amateurs!
Or worse still, congeal in the can! Damn ball stuck in the bottom corner...click

Just to answer a few questions, the Harvards, Citabria, and Messenger were photographed late Saturday afternoon.

I took the photos of the Citabria from the Messenger and Andrew flew the Messenger for me however I did get some hands on while waiting for the Harvards to arrive on the scene so that was nice,.

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ Dec 9 2008, 08:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

..........You even managed to make the Miles look sexy!...........

Can Miles and sexy even be used in a sentence?

I think the Messenger is a great looker as well.
Havent seen one looking quite like this before.
A few control inputs are needed by both aircraft to get this angle and the photographer needs to get out in the breeze a bit but its worth it.
Have practiced it a few times lately and the results seem to be worth it.