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Luckily the cue ball era was't well photographed!
Posted by bdk on Fri Aug 23, 2002 09:46:23 PM
In reply top P-38 Ramblings..... posted by Paul McMillan on Fri Aug 23, 2002 04:01:41 AM
That only lasted a few months in Chino, although I am heading that direction thanks to nature.
Van Dykes are more popular these days in the US.
You should see how much older some of those guys look now... :-) Married with children will do that to you.
: I have a 'P-38 Week' this week as I have received a copies
: of both P-38 Screamers (from Australia) and P-38 Restored
: (from the US)
:
: I was looking at P-38 Restored last night and it covers th
: e story of the restoration of The Planes of Fame P38J "Jol
: tin Josie" by Steve Hintons Fighter Rebuilders in Chino in
: the mid to late 1980's. If you want a book full of pictur
: es and text of restoring aircraft then this is the book yo
: u want.... Track down a copy NOW!!.. Though you may have t
: o pay top dollar as I got the cheapest I coud find :-)
:
: However, I did happen to notice that much of the restorati
: on crew sported long hair (this was the 80's after all) an
: d surprisingly moustaches!.. Are moustaches still de-rigur
: e for your ace restoration crew???
:
: Paul