Air Show photos some of you might like...

[p51]

Just got back from a halfway decent local show. We had a threat of rain but nary a drop. We did have very stiff breezes, though.

My ride:

With a 1941 Ford GP:

And I still can't get over how freakishly large I look in this photo! :eusa_doh:

 

[Davep]

Beautiful P51, here is another nice one.

Also - I take it your waiting for George Lucas' Red Tails?
I posted a bunch of nice shots and an on set video in the Movie Section.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=41997

 

[DannyBoy]

Ha, I really like the impromptu office you've got set up in the back of your jeep :eusa_clap ! Nothin' beats a beautiful pine desk filled with food courtesy of the Heinz Co. eh? Is that a Corona Zephyr you've got?

 

[p51]

Ha, I really like the impromptu office you've got set up in the back of your jeep

It is a sore spot with me that so many people in re-enacting who decide to put together a correspondent impression wind up with a field desk and more equipment than a Battalion’s personnel section ever had. In fact, correspondents had to beg, borrow or steal rides where they could. The Public Relations Sections of the units they operated with were supposed to provide this but rarely did. So they had to travel extremely light. You’re hard pressed to find any period photos of a correspondent anywhere near the front lines with anything more than a typewriter on a field table. These original photos (Murlin Spencer and Howell Dodd of the AP) show the most likely “offices” you’d ever find in the field in WW2:

Is that a Corona Zephyr you've got?

No, not one of those but something equally rare. It’s a Hermes Featherweight. A lucky score off eBay, it is stamped with the name and serial # of the Captain who used it in WW2! It’s one of three period machines I have.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I have a Corona Speedline just like that, but I'm having trouble figuring out what ribbon to get for it, and where. Can you point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

No, not one of those but something equally rare. It’s a Hermes Featherweight. A lucky score off eBay, it is stamped with the name and serial # of the Captain who used it in WW2! It’s one of three period machines I have.