Flying, homebuilt airplanes, working with wood, riveted aluminum, welded steel tubing, fabric, dope and common sense. Gunsmithing, amateur radio, astronomy and auto mechanics at the practical level. Roaming the west in an old VW bus. Prospecting, ghost towns and abandoned air fields. Cooking, fishing, camping and raising kids.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Ancient History
Found in a drawer. A box of 35mm slides, mis-labeled. That's me on the right, visiting bureaucrat on the left. Da Nang, RVN, 1967.
Departing Japan, 1965 --->
Thanksgiving, 2008.
Yeah, I know. But if it still works, why throw it away?
Gosh, I had forgotten... that second picture reminded me of the days when stairs ("the boarding ramp"?) were wheeled right up to the aircraft and one could smell the burned fuel, the oil, and the asphalt and hear the other aircraft taxiing or idling. Those were the days -- when commercial flying was still exciting and considered a special event, worthy of a necktie.
They still use boarding ramps/stairs on flights in Bangkok and India (I've experienced this recently). A shuttle bus takes you from the terminal to the plane. You can smell and hear everything. :)
Found in a drawer. A box of 35mm slides, mis-labeled. That's me on the right, visiting bureaucrat on the left. Da Nang, RVN, 1967.
throw it away?
Gosh, I had forgotten... that second picture reminded me of the days when stairs ("the boarding ramp"?) were wheeled right up to the aircraft and one could smell the burned fuel, the oil, and the asphalt and hear the other aircraft taxiing or idling. Those were the days -- when commercial flying was still exciting and considered a special event, worthy of a necktie.
ReplyDeleteThey still use boarding ramps/stairs on flights in Bangkok and India (I've experienced this recently). A shuttle bus takes you from the terminal to the plane. You can smell and hear everything. :)
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