THE BEAR"S LAIR

[Shawn Aro]

details to come?

[wingman]

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Shawn -- when and where was that taken? Had to be pre-1988 with the old cowling... I think quite a bit pre...

Neal

[Shawn Aro]

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should get the info form my dad

[Lowell]

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Wasn't that photo printed on the front page of Pravda to try to get back at us after we got the Mig 25 that defected to Japan?

[speeddemon]

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Looks like Van Nuys to me.....

[Shawn Aro]

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nope

[ignomini]

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Shawn,

Thanks for posting all these old images. They are truly fantastic.

Imagine if no one were ever allowed to publish photos...

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Imagine if no one were ever allowed to publish photos...

Annd your point is??

[Shawn Aro]

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its not VanNyes but somewere in California Shawn

[BellCobraIV]

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Sometimes I should disqualify myself, But, With Chief Robbie Robinson having his arm deep into the wing root and Grant Milford being on the otherside, the venting in the roof that wasn't in the hangar at Inyokern, The Obvious 1974 to 1975 configuration of the airplane, I would say that this picture was in the Hangar at Tracy, California. During the Bearcat's stay there after Bill Hickle was in the accident in the jeep that almost killed him. Just my .05 on that picture.

[speeddemon]

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Sometimes I should disqualify myself, But, With Chief Robbie Robinson having his arm deep into the wing root and Grant Milford being on the otherside, the venting in the roof that wasn't in the hangar at Inyokern, The Obvious 1974 to 1975 configuration of the airplane, I would say that this picture was in the Hangar at Tracy, California. During the Bearcat's stay there after Bill Hickle was in the accident in the jeep that almost killed him. Just my .05 on that picture.

Show off....

[BellCobraIV]

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It's like he knows people.

Dash,
These are old pictures, I used to know people, now I'm just a railbird second class. Besides I expect Shawn to tell me any minute now that it was taken in the winter of 1975 after the Reno race. and that if I had taken a better look at the spinner and the fact that it wasn't grayish I would have notiuced that it was a Modified "H" model spinner that first was put on the plane for the 1974 season. The spinner had cracks arond the blade holes so Howie Keefe personally threw it in the trash, We of Bearcat land not being too proud and not having fifteen hundred dollars for a new F-82 spinner at the time jumped into the dumpster before it could get hot from the first rising sun. The next trick was to get the cracks fixed by putting doublers on the outside of the spinner. Then it was painted sometime during the week at Reno. But I digress, That was all in the used to be, not in the now. BTW, a couple of weeks after Howie personally threw the spinner away, he walked up to Lyle and told Lyle to give him five hundred bucks for the spinner or take it off the plane. Lyle's Crew Chief responded the dumpster didn't give you five hundred bucks but, Lyle paid Howie.

[speeddemon]

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Honestly, John...

I love your stories - you and Speedy and Baby Goss (and Shaun and the rest of the gang) can entertain me with "Tales of Reno's Gone By" any time!

I'm new to the game and got into aviation through "history" (I volunteered to help someone create his museum - before I even learned to fly). My first year @ 4SD was 1999 - and I was a graduate of PRS Class of 2003.

Keep the tales coming - I'll put on another pot of coffee.

Don't lump me in with THAT bunch of losers......



Just kidding.

[catalinadave]

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Dasher, I just have to ask, what each character means????

See you in Reno,

Dave

[mayday51]

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.....aren't there enough "characters" around here now ?