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  1. MPicciotto

    Examples of vintage tile work?

    That blog is EPIC!! Thanks for sharing it. I've squandered the entire evening on it already. Matt
  2. MPicciotto

    Trying to identify some "insignia"

    Thanks everybody. I admit I didn't look at the back so I'm not sure how they are marked. Since CAF and AF use the same uniform then I'll go with your all correct. I'll pass along the information to my in-laws. Thanks Matt
  3. MPicciotto

    Observation Squadrons in North Africa

    Here is my AAR that I wrote up after the event. Even though I was the DO for the event, my character was a Flight Officer who was transfered to the Air Force after two things happened; 1 I let slip that I had done some crop dusting before the war and 2 that I had fooled around with the daughter...
  4. MPicciotto

    WWII Office Supply Question

    The what goes in a field desk question was extensively discussed over here: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?40204-Field-Desk But to expand what else goes into a Squadron Operations room? Status board of course. But what else? Being as I'm in one of the other APS groups the...
  5. MPicciotto

    WWII Office Supply Question

    Also check out www.hardscrabblefarm.com for a bunch of goodies. The site owner is part of the Georgia/South Carolina Wing. This past weekend at Geneseo, NY we worked the tail off of Operations. Portraying an Observation Squadron we had people studying recon photos with the stereoscopic...
  7. MPicciotto

    Trying to identify some "insignia"

    My father in-law is a full fledged flea market/yard sale/thrift store addict. A recent find of his was this: It's three "buttons" like would fit into the button holes on a tuxedo or something and then two cuff links. Was this for one of the really fancy dress uniforms for the Army...
  8. MPicciotto

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I scored!! Got this glider and two of the chairs pictured for $45.00 !!!!!! They need refinishing, the glider has some rust damage across the bottom edge. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to have a friend do some welding to really restore it or just leave the damage as is and merely...
  9. MPicciotto

    Golden Era Camping Trip

    I very much doubt I'd be able to go. Much as I'd like to. So count me in as going with you in spirit. You've got some Golden Era destinations there too. I'm thinking Smokey Mountains for one. Matt
  10. MPicciotto

    Vintage Travel Trailers

    Well since Tear Drops were mostly homebuilt affairs anyways, very few commercial models, you can build a new tear drop to the sizes you want and make it as retro as you like. As for Spartans. I just drool at the name. They were an aircraft manufacturer before getting into camping trailers and...
  11. MPicciotto

    Golden Era Camping Trip

    Well I would but I do a 1940's themed camping even pretty much three or four times a year already. Now can you combine a vintage camping trip with a vintage motoring trip through the Great Smokey Mountains? Matt
  13. MPicciotto

    The 6 Most Ill-Conceived Weapons Ever Built

    Ala the movie "Red Dawn"?? Matt
  14. MPicciotto

    P51 Mustang crashes at Flying Legends, Duxford

    I'm not sure the statistics pertaining to vintage and/or exhibition aircraft and their respective operations but I suspect you will find it to be staggeringly low. When a historic bird goes in for it's final approach the whole world notices. Yet if you just read a LOCAL paper hardly a day goes...
  15. MPicciotto

    Everyday radios of the war years

    Mary, I would ask Kim. He's a radio junky. He configured one for us at Ft. Miles that the speaker can be plugged into a walkman or ipod and we listen the world series on it at events. Matt
  16. MPicciotto

    Classic vintage CANVAS TENTS

    Some of the airfields we set up on have very hard ground (so hard that at least one time an electric rotary hammer drill was used to pre-drill stake holes). So our reenacting group went to all 2ftx 1/2"rebar for our stakes. But we do place a 1/2 pipe cap with 4" long 1/2 pipe nipple over each...
  17. MPicciotto

    Observation Squadrons in North Africa

    Thanks for the recon! Geneseo is a fly in first and reenactors are secondary. We get an AWESOME location near our cars and near a public entrance so we get lots of traffic but we only park about a hundred feet away. But the aircraft are all lined up along the flight line. Which is insanely...
  19. MPicciotto

    Gaga for Bungalow / Craftsman / Mission

    Dave, I'll try to hunt up some pictures for you later. But I've seen a couple of methods for ground level removal of water. The most expensive/hardest to build are concrete swales or broad shallow "ditches" next to the house and sloped towards drains. So the water cascades off the roof and...
  20. MPicciotto

    Observation Squadrons in North Africa

    Scott, If you're group ever wants to make an epic trip East then I'd suggest the Virginia Beach Airs how put on by the owner of "The Fighter Factory" Jerry's collection is SAWEEET!!! www.vbairshow.com http://www.fighterfactory.com/ Would love to do a massive AAF event. Matt
  21. MPicciotto

    Classic vintage CANVAS TENTS

    I had just assumed you meant waterproofing. Did you actually change the color? I might get me a Boy Scout "Staff" wall tent and paint it OD to make an Officers Small Wall if that's the case. Matt
  22. MPicciotto

    Observation Squadrons in North Africa

    Sgt Tom, Thanks for the reminder. I'll be looking for Gene when I get up there. Do you know what day he is flying in? I'll be there from Thursday afternoon onwards. I'm guessing he's flying in on Friday like most. Matt
  23. MPicciotto

    Classic vintage CANVAS TENTS

    LOL!! Yes that is sooo true. After dark and after drink nothing flattering is said about the hold downs for tents. Matt
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