I recently noticed a BCP user had uploaded a great photo of him camped out with his plane in what looked like the 1970's. It was of course shot on film, and the fashion and tent technology were period-accurate. In the spirit of the currently popular "throwback thursday," I think it would be fun to assemble our own collection of vintage photos, taken by you or of you, shot on film. I know for sure that Gump has some good ones.

If you provide some good context or captioning for each one, it may find its way into a photo article.

Whatcha got? Probably the best I can do is 1996.

Hard to see my epaulettes - but this was taken the day I made captain - 6 months later I was on the moon

On the helipad at the Naches Ranger Station with 43 FOX. Aug. 1973. Me on the far left.


Lexington, OR 1986.


Hellroaring Fire, yellowstone 1988


John Day, OR, 1989

Zzz wrote: the fashion and tent technology were period-accurate.

You call this "fashion"?



Me on the left, my brother on the right.

1974, The old Marquette Mi. Airport (no longer there)

A bunch more here: https://picasaweb.google.com/1130749462 ... ripPhotos#

Good looking pics!

Can't begin to tell you guys the countless number of times I'd be flogging along the Arctic coast, along a river, or out on the tundra and just ache because I didn't have a camera with me to try and capture what I was seeing. My head is still full of the incredible....

I've got pics packed away in boxes somewhere. Gotta do some digging.

Gump

1962: Taking my sister back to Venus. We all know men are from Mars, women are from Venus. I left her there.

Great thread! Looking forward to seeing everyone's stuff. I will dig, but I don't have much prior to 2002.

Here's me in 1975 with my first airplane -- a Goldberg Falcon 56:

my dad about 1948 on the farm.


my mother's uncle on the left. His company help sponsor a non-stop trip across the US in an Aeronca Sedan.

my buddy Bill Tracy back when he was a wee lad and his dad's cub.


one of my neighbors after soloing on his 16th birthday.


my hero - Ralph Charles when he was young - (and my Vimeo avitar)


the same Ralph Charles when he was 102, and the world's oldest active pilot next to his Aeronca Defender.

GumpAir wrote:Can't begin to tell you guys the countless number of times I'd be flogging along the Arctic coast, along a river, or out on the tundra and just ache because I didn't have a camera with me to try and capture what I was seeing. My head is still full of the incredible....

I've got pics packed away in boxes somewhere. Gotta do some digging.

Gump

Yup, I feel yer pain.

Anybody ever find a decent way to scan prints to digital? Negatives went away a long time ago.

MTV

My all time favorite airplane.

MTV

mtv wrote:Anybody ever find a decent way to scan prints to digital? Negatives went away a long time ago.

Slide scanners do a pretty good job if you have slides, and you can get them done at a local shop usually. Slide film was the superior format back in the day, but most of us only have the prints remaining from negatives long gone, like you said.

Your options are pretty much limited to a flatbed scanner. A lot of these cheap all-in-one printers nowadays have them built in, and work pretty well. It's figuring out the capture software that can be challenging, but like anything, you might need a little dual. I may be able to help. Or just snail mail me photos and I will do it.

That pic with the Beaver is great!

I grew up with a kid whose dad was a B24 pilot and stayed in aviation as a pilot. His part time job was working for Paul Mantz. Here is Jim Bissel on the cover of Post



Air to air pic. He was quite the stick

Tim

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Summer of 1963:



Staking down the P-51 after the tornado passed. That's the cell it came from in the background. No damage...




The Cub wasn't so lucky. This was my first solo ride. If you check the registration, you will see it's still active out in the PNW I believe. Takes more than a tornado to stop a J-3 permanently.


The PA-12's tiedowns held but she took some heavy flack from the hailstones. Over 100 holes and dings. My buddy Cliff (on ladder) and I were impervious to the paint stripper poison in that red gallon can. We had built up immunity when we stripped 8-10 layers of different colored paint off that T-6 in the background to get to the bare metal that we then polished to a high gloss. All of this was before any child labor laws were on the books. I loved every minute of it and besides... all that stuff - Gunk engine cleaner, nitrate dope, paint thinner, etc, was a great substitute for drugs and alcohol.


Let's see...
*JFK was still POTUS
*telephones were still attached to the wall by wires
*Gas stations had a rubber hose that rang a bell when you drove over it. Then a guy would put gas in your tank and give you some steak knives or S&H Green stamps
*Every gas station had a pay phone WITH a telephone directory
*I had never met a kid with peanut allergy

YB

Zzz wrote:

mtv wrote:Anybody ever find a decent way to scan prints to digital? Negatives went away a long time ago.

Slide scanners do a pretty good job if you have slides, and you can get them done at a local shop usually. Slide film was the superior format back in the day, but most of us only have the prints remaining from negatives long gone, like you said.

Your options are pretty much limited to a flatbed scanner. A lot of these cheap all-in-one printers nowadays have them built in, and work pretty well. It's figuring out the capture software that can be challenging, but like anything, you might need a little dual. I may be able to help. Or just snail mail me photos and I will do it.

That pic with the Beaver is great!

I just take a picture of the prints with my digital camera. Most of my old photos are slides though and my slide scanner broke a long time ago. A professional photographer friend of mine built a box out of white foam board with a light bulb inside and a cutout to place the slide in. A stand holds his digital camera at the right distance to snap a picture of the slide. He says it makes better quality pictures than a slide scanner and is lots easier and faster.

Thanks, guys, I have a decent slide scanner, and have pretty much scanned all my old slides that are worth a hoot (I am a terrible photographer).

Been playing with Camscanner on IPad, but lighting is difficult. I'll look into flatbed scanners....

MTV

patrol guy wrote:my mother's uncle on the left.

Where is Buck from? My wife is a St. John with grandparents from IL I think.