Your Photos of Willow Run 3059th Bomverr Plant is the best.I have a photo of my Father in front of the plane #59. He was in that plane in WWII. That was his plane he was in he was a Belly Gunner. I love the picture where it is in flight.
Your photos of the bomber plant are much appreciated. My Grandfather worked there as a center section machinist, my dad helped build the barracks on the east side of the field and I worked for ERIM in hangar one bay four (photos 118 and 119) for a good number of years. It was fun to see what it looked like when only a year or so old.
I'm writing something about a B24 on a night bombing run. What kind/color of light does the instrument panel in the cockpit give off at night? Any idea?
HOWDY......I JUST HAPPENED ACROSS YOUR THUNDER OVER MICHIGAN ALBUM. I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME EAA SHOTS FROM '05 & '06. I MISSED THIS YEAR'S CONVENTION. http://public.fotki.com/LesTension/airplanes/
I have just enjoyed your sunset album, you have some spectacular shots, I am also amazed just how very many albums you have, what a very busy photographer you must be! I must peep at a few more. Glennis.
I'm going to study your 1974 Tigers/Boston photos next. From what I can tell, largely based on the info on the scoreboard, this was from Saturday, May 11, 1974. Is that correct? I'll definitely have to plow into the microfilm to get the game stories and box score.
Jeff Feldmeier
Kos,
I've really enjoyed your 1974 Red Wings photos. Your date--April 1974--isn't quite right--it should be March 30, 1974--but that certainly got me in the ballpark. If you're interested in my detective work as to how I dervided that March 30 date, let me know.
I attended the March 30 game--only the third Red Wings game I attended (I was all of 8 years old)--so that made your photos extra special for me. Upon pulling the game stories of this game from the Detroit Free Press and News on microfilm, I learned that this is the game that "featured" streakers running around the Olympia for a brief moment!
I assume you took these wonderful shots...can you tell me any more about your experiences that day?
Jeff ==============================
Jeff,
I had forgotten all about that streaker, but yes, there was at least one, running somehwere along the back end (east) in the balcony and stairway. Back then, my fiancé (now my wife of 32 years) was able to get her employer's season tickets quite often. Those seats, as you see, where in the first row, in the corner. I remember that a stiff body check could be felt through the boards against my knees, and that the glass could sometimes flex enough to make it feel everything was coming right at you.
We would arrive as soon as the doors opened, have a dinner of knackwurst and beer, listen to the organ music and watch the warm ups. Mickey Redmond, Jimmy Rutherford, Marcel Dionne, Nick Libett (my favorite!), Red Berenson, Ace Bailey (who would die in the 9/11 tragedy), and Alex Delvecchio were the stars of the day.
Olympia was as familiar as my own home, having being taken to games there in the early 1950's by my dad. I remember fencing instead of glass on the boards, and meeting Terry Sawchuck and Gordie Howe ourtside the stadium after the game.
THE PICTURES OF THE B-24S AT WILLOW RUN REALLY MADE ME PROUD OF MY MOM AND DAD. MY DAD, JOE ESPER WAS A TEST PILOT AND MY MOM, HELEN (JOYCE) WOULD WALK OUT ON THE WINGS TO HOOK UP THE LIGHTS AND WHATEVER. MY DAD WOULD SAY THE REASON HE COULD'NT HEAR WAS BECAUSE THE B-24 WAS VERY LOUD! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE PICTURES. JIM ESPER
I've really enjoyed your 1974 Red Wings photos. Your date--April 1974--isn't quite right--it should be March 30, 1974--but that certainly got me in the ballpark. If you're interested in my detective work as to how I dervided that March 30 date, let me know.
I attended the March 30 game--only the third Red Wings game I attended (I was all of 8 years old)--so that made your photos extra special for me. Upon pulling the game stories of this game from the Detroit Free Press and News on microfilm, I learned that this is the game that "featured" streakers running around the Olympia for a brief moment!
I assume you took these wonderful shots...can you tell me any more about your experiences that day?
Jeff ==============================
Jeff,
I had forgotten all about that streaker, but yes, there was at least one, running somehwere along the back end (east) in the balcony and stairway. Back then, my fiancé (now my wife of 32 years) was able to get her employer's season tickets quite often. Those seats, as you see, where in the first row, in the corner. I remember that a stiff body check could be felt through the boards against my knees, and that the glass could sometimes flex enough to make it feel everything was coming right at you.
We would arrive as soon as the doors opened, have a dinner of knackwurst and beer, listen to the organ music and watch the warm ups. Mickey Redmond, Jimmy Rutherford, Marcel Dionne, Nick Libett (my favorite!), Red Berenson, Ace Bailey (who would die in the 9/11 tragedy), and Alex Delvecchio were the stars of the day.
Olympia was as familiar as my own home, having being taken to games there in the early 1950's by my dad. I remember fencing instead of glass on the boards, and meeting Terry Sawchuck and Gordie Howe ourtside the stadium after the game.
Hi, I'm a fellow Ranchero owner as well! Mine's of the '62 flavor... I have a bunch of photo's on my site, showing it's metamorphsis from a mild-mannered, polite little 'Ranch, to the gorund-pounding beast that it became.
Also, here's the URL of my Ranchero's story, if you are interested...
Hello there! I have been visiting your albums a while. Mostly for my modelintrest. Then i recognised your roadtrip to CA. My wife and me made the same route this spring. Nearly.. Stockholm,Sweden-Chcago-SanF-LA-LasV-SanD-LA-Chicago-Sthlm. You have more pictures than we, so i have kopied som of the pics of Hearst Castle to fill our album. Thanks! We really thougt that were indoor pics to buy in the shop. You got my e-mail adress. You can also see my Fotki´s.
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