Time Warp Back to the 1950s!

[mrhenniger]

A number of years ago at my Grandfather's funeral I met one of his long-time friends, John Thomas. I discovered that he had been a flight instructor in WWII, and later flew Sabres in the 1950s. Fortunately he knew how to use a camera. Shortly after I met him I borrowed some of his slides and had some copy negatives made. Unfortunately time has not been good to the negatives, so the scans I presented here are as good as it is going to get. I think you will enjoy them anyway.

Here are Johns photos...
http://community.webshots.com/album/515364135pszihD

Mike

[airtanker]

Hi Mike,
Thanks a bunch for posting the photos.
Really great.
The Kenting photos were outstanding.
Thanks again.
Don

[mrhenniger]

I am glad you guys liked them. Bob Wheelans deserves a bunch of credit for the Kenting photos. He had a passion for Warbirds even before the term was coined. For the background on the Kenting photos look for an article in issue #4 of Warbird Digest.

Mike

[wendovertom]

display of ignorance - what in the world is that contra rotating prop ASW looking plane?? I have never seen it before.

Nice Vulcan in anti atomic flash white!

Glory days. . . . .

Tom P.

[ww2John]

That "ASW" aircraft is a Fairey Gannet. Our friends across the pond would say it is an "AEW" aircraft.

Go to...

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/gannet/

You think it looks funny?

You ought to see it's wing-fold sequence...up into a "z" shape!

[Auster Fan]

That "ASW" aircraft is a Fairey Gannet. Our friends across the pond would say it is an "AEW" aircraft.

I might beg to differ on that! ASW = Anti Submarine Warfare (I think), whereas AEW = Airborne Early Warning. Two completely different roles!