Bookie's Photo Gallery

Total 35 photos. 35 in this folder.  Contact Photographer

Aircraft and airport photos are sorted separately. Airport photos always shown after aircraft photos.

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67-18428 - Flying Crane making a landing at Nha Be, RVN. Sold to Heavy Lift Helicopters as N18428 and was wrote off in Italy on July 18, 2001. - by Tom Hannigan
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68-17347 - This Air Cav loach landed at Nha Be, RVN for fuel. It was so hot, the doors were removed and held in the back with bunji cords. - by Tom Hannigan
Tom Hannigan
66-16462 - Here's a closer shot. Can you make out the patched bullet hole on the nose, over the chin bubble? The hot Missouri sun has really faded her paint job. Ft. Leonard Wood - by Bookie
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66-16462 - Here's the shot of the instrument panel. It was really sad to see a bona fide Viet Nam combat veteran treated this way. Ft. Leonard Wood - by Bookie
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66-16462 - Photo of me taking a photo of the instrument panel. The old girl had been heavily vandalized while serving static training purposes. Some parts were obtained for display. Ft. Leonard Wood - by Bookie
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51-16874 - This bird used to fly for the Guard near Davenport, Iowa back in the 1970's. It's where abouts are unknown. - by Bookie
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62-4567 - Here's one of the 7.62 caliber mini-guns & rocket pod for 7 2.75 folding fin rockets. - by Bookie
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62-4567 - Here is a portion of the armament system. Notice the bullet hole? - by Bookie
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62-4567 - Here is the co-pilot's door with our Razorback insignia. Look closely and you'll see a few schrapnel dings where the paint is chipped off. This happened on 8 DEC 70. The bad guys almost got me. - by Bookie
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62-4567 - I flew this B model in Viet Nam with the 120th AHC's Razorbacks. We flew it out of the Nha Be navy base along side the Seawolves. - by Bookie
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71-20527 - Another shot of me in flight near the Newton, Iowa airport (TNU). CW2 Jerry Nichols was co-pilot. - by Bookie
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71-20527 - OH-58A that flew with Hq & Hq Company, 372nd Engineer Group 9USAR) at Fort Des Moines, Iowa in the 1980s. I am at the controls with the red stripes on the visor of my flight helmet. Was reregistered as N1045C in NOV of 2002. - by Bookie
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