Back in 1977 when many of us were still in school or not even born yet, OPShots contributor George Mihalek was out there with his trusty camera snapping photos of the planes that marked that period of time at Hopkins. Although he has plenty of shots from elsewhere and is still photographing today, it’s the …
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Photos: AirC Images’ father… Still loving planes 70 years later! – OPShots.net
OPShots contributor AirC Images has submitted a pair of photos of his Dad, taken 70 years apart. The older photo, from 1941, shows a dashing young aviator standing in front of a Curtiss Condor II biplane bomber at the now long-gone Roosevelt Field in New York. Seventy years later, he is now ninety one years …
Photo: B-17G “Memphis Belle” arrives at Hopkins for the Piston Power Show – OPShots.net
OPShots contributor Dave Reed captured this nice image of the movie branded “Memphis Belle” as it arrived for the Piston Power Show being held at the I-X Center September 30 – October 2, 2011. Along with the B-17, other aircraft slated to be on display include: B-25J Medium Bomber P-51 P-40 North American T28B Douglas …