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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Aircraft 72-21509, UH-1H dressed in Army dress colors. Usually used by high ranking individuals. She got sold and moved to England., at CMY, photo by Bookie
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@ CMY
Aircraft 72-21250, 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., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 56-0365, Here's an old Beaver that used to work out of the IANg at Mt. Joy, Iowa back in the early 70's., at DVN, photo by Bookie
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@ DVN
Aircraft 66-15185, 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., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, The M21 system also calls for seven 2.75, at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, 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., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, What's a gunship with out guns? Here is the flex sight for actuating the guns. It mounts on the co-pilot's side., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, 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., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, Here is her tail with the old Waterloo cavalry unit's designation. She has an L-13 engine., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, Here she is again, but from the Aircraft Commander's side., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 66-15185, 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., at ALO, photo by Bookie
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@ ALO
Aircraft 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., photo by Bookie
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