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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72-21509 @ CMY - UH-1H dressed in Army dress colors. Usually used by high ranking individuals. She got sold and moved to England. - by Bookie
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@ CMY
72-21250 @ ALO - Here's the paint scheme for a 58 that flew for the IANG in the mid-70s. The Unit marking is a cavalry guidon dipicting D Troop, 1st Squadron, 194th Cavalry out of the Waterloo, IA airport. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
56-0365 @ DVN - Here's an old Beaver that used to work out of the IANg at Mt. Joy, Iowa back in the early 70's. - by Bookie
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@ DVN
66-15185 @ ALO - Here is the XM-60 reflex sight for aiming the rockets. They were pretty accurate. I used to hit a five foot target from 1500' and 80 knots IAS with ease. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - The M21 system also calls for seven 2.75 - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - And here is one of a pair of M134 mini-guns. When they speak, they speak with AUTHORITY! The guns comprise 1/2 of her M21 armament sub-system. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - What's a gunship with out guns? Here is the flex sight for actuating the guns. It mounts on the co-pilot's side. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - The instrument panel, complete with bird droppings. Birds were able to enter the chopper through a broken out chin bubble when it was on the pylon. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - Here is her tail with the old Waterloo cavalry unit's designation. She has an L-13 engine. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - Here she is again, but from the Aircraft Commander's side. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - This Mike model was on a pylon and now down for refurbishing. I used to fly it with D Troop, 1/194th Cavalry back in 1975-76. Lots of memories here, too. She's dressed in Desert Storm paint. - by Bookie
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@ ALO
68-16790 - Taken in a revetment at Sanford Army Airfield, Long Bien, Viet Nam. July of 1970. I'm filling out the log book after concluding all the flights for the day. Grenades & M-60 machine gun in the back. - by Bookie
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