Zane has been trying to help me with loading an avater. This is a test to see if it is working. Does an avatar show up on this post? If it does what is it? I have tried several times with different ones but I couldn't see it after I thought it was loaded.

tcj wrote:Zane has been trying to help me with loading an avater. This is a test to see if it is working. Does an avatar show up on this post? If it does what is it? I have tried several times with different ones but I couldn't see it after I thought it was loaded.

Looks good to me tcj! The avatar shows a metal taildragger with yellow trim.

Okay, thanks skystryder. It still doesn't show up on my computer. Thats oky though because i know its there now. Its a Kitfox. Bed sheets and broom sticks.

Got it painted silver? Is that a USAF marking on the fuselage? Looks nice!

What browser are you using, tcj?

Zane, I'm using Internet explorer.

Skystrider, yes, one coat of silver Poly Tone over the Poly Spray. The emblem is the 14th Airforce, the Flying Tigers.

My uncle was a staff sargent in the Army Air Core in the China Burma India theater. You may know the history but in a nut shell, when the US officially entered the war they were split off and becam the US Airforce. The American Volunteer Group, (AVG) Flying Tigers...I won't discuss any politics of it...were replaced by the 14th Airforce. My uncles unit flew the C46's over the hump carring supplies to the Chineese.

Being the only flyer in the family, I inherrited my uncles flying tiger keepsakes. Uniform, lots of CBI and Flying Tiger (14th Airforce) patches, an evasion kit, even a Blood Chit. So I dressed up the Kitfox in his honor.

Anyone interested in more, here's a start
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/MONGELL/newphotos.html
http://community-2.webtv.net/HaobooHao/CHINABURMAINDIA/

tcj, I think it is really great that you have honored your uncle in that manner.

It looks like an airplane hiding behind a couple of trees.

skybobb wrote:It looks like an airplane hiding behind a couple of trees.

Update for Zane. I can see everyone elses Avatar but I still don't see mine. It doesn't bother me but thought you might want to know. Wierd.