New home for the Travolta Vampire (ex-RCAF 17072)

[T J Johansen]

Speaking of Vampires... can anyone ID this one?

Does anyone have any photos of the other T Mk. 35 Vampires in the same batch (N11921 to N11933)? They all seems to have worn civilian colors at one stage. There were some photos of Chuck Parnall's N11926 in civilian clothes in a magazine article years ago. I even think there was a photo of another at one of the many forums recently.

T J

[Steve T]

Hi TJ--

I have a few shots taken 21 years ago, showing N11929 in very sorry shape at Dayton General Airpark in Ohio. Dark metallic blue with white trim. Probably looked quite nice at one point, but not by the summer of 1984...I understand it moved on a number of years back for restoration (to Indiana iirc, maybe the Ropkey collection). Have also lensed Ed Stead's T35 Vamp N11930, but that one wasn't in civilian livery, wore pseudo-RAF finish as "ES930" (which serial would, I think, have belonged to a Spitfire V in real life!)

Sometime I'll get the Dayton Vamp scanned to CD and try posting it here...

Cheers

Steve T

[Chris Brame]

Just to explain, I got that photo (actually a photo of a photo) from a friend who rescued a few of them from the trash at an estate cleanup. Here's another one of a Meteor, with another Vampire in the background:



(Unfortunately, it's double exposed, but at least the planes are visible!) The photographer's name was Clarence Straitiff.

[bdk]

Looks like Al Letcher's (sp) stuff at Mojave. He had both a Meteor and a Vampire.

[T J Johansen]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but having read k5083s Vampire photo thread reminded me of my question about photos of the ex-Australian a/c last year. John Kerr came to the rescue with a huge package of images of said a/c. These come courtesy of his collection! He also told me I could post them here for all of you, and see, it took me abetter part of a year! (Sorry bout that John... )

The photos are:
1. N11921 Van Nuys, CA. July 75 taken by Mal Gougan

2. N11921 (1) Van Nuys, CA. Aug 77, taken by Mal Gougan

3. N11921 (2) unknown location, most likely Van Nuys, CA, and taken by unknow, most likely Mal Gougan

4. N11921 (3) Harlingen, TX. Oct 83, taken by John R. Kerr (aka me) LOL

5. N11923 Mojave, CA. May 79, by Bob Burns

6. N11924 Tico, FL. Mar 85, by John R. Kerr

7. N11924 (1) Brackenridge, TX May 89, by Craig Parchman

8. N11924 (2) Mountain Home AFB, ID by Dennis Kuykendall

9. N11925 Sep 73, Reno, NV. by H.W. Rued

10. N11925 (1), Oct 91, Las Vegas, NV. by Bob Kennedy


T J

[T J Johansen]

Part two. Once again, thanks to John Kerr for making these available to us all!

11. N11926, Jan 80, Devine, TX. by John R. Kerr

12. N11926 (1), Kelly AFB, TX by Craig Parchman

13. N11926 (2), Oshkosh, WI. Jul 2002, John R. Kerr

14. N11929, Dayton, OH Mar 85, Jay Miller

15. N11929 (1) Dayton, OH Mar 85, Jay Miller

16. N11930, Believe maybe Mojave, CA, phtog unknown

17. N11930 (1) Sep 95, place unknown, Bill Jesse

18. N11931 Sep 89, places unknown, possible CCNAS, TX. by Craig Parchman

19. N11932, Sep 72, Herlong Airport, JAX, FL. by L.B. Sides

20. N11933, Sep 79, Bradley Air Museum, by Bob Hanby


That's all folks....

T J

[k5083]

Wow, that is terrific stuff. It is too bad there is not an online clearinghouse for all of these older warbird pics where they can be preserved before they get buried in older forum threads.

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