Film Roll Summary

Going to this page Film Roll Summary will allow you to see a description of what is on each roll of film that I have taken. Newest rolls are shown first.

Photo Series

To view the images in the series or in the thumbnail collection in a specific category choose one these subject links:

Cancun Mexico during Spring Break 2005

Portland Rose Festival 2000

Sheriff's Posse in the Rose Festival.

Portland Rose Festival 1999

 

Boeing B-17G Flight pictures. I flew in "909" in June of 2000 and took four rolls of film during the 40 minute flight.

I also have pictures of the B-24 Liberator.

 

Page with other World War II bombers that I have seen and a page for the Avro Lancaster British Bomber that I photographed and did some videos of in the United Kingdom at East Kirby Museum and the RAF airbase where one of two flying Landcasters in the world is based.

BF 109 Messerschmitt Photographs
P-51 Mustang photographs
F8F Grumman Bearcat Photographs

Reno National Air Races 2000
Reno National Air Races 2001
Reno National Air Races 2002
Reno National Air Races 2003

Lot of different aircraft are in the Reno Races collections.

I was the assignment photographer for AVWeb at Reno Air Races in 2000, 2001, and 2002..

The modified P-51-D "Miss Ashley" going down after breaking apart in 1999 at the Reno National Air Races The tail plane, is in two separate pieces and the main plane is upside down and falling at 200+ mph after breaking apart. It hit the ground in less than three seconds after the tailplane failed.

July 4th fireworks in Portland, Oregon in 2000.

 

 

Thumbnail Collections

These are thumbnail only views of scenes in the named category.

Reno National Air Races 1996

1994 D-DAY commemoration

World War I battlefields

Virginia City Railroad of Nevada

Over 100 images of covering many categories

Selected Individual Images

Tulips, Portland Oregon

All of the following images range in size from 3k to 50k.

Due to reducing the image to a reasonable size, and converting them into a GIF / JPG formats, there is a loss of image quality in all of these photographs.

 

 

Me 109G-2 (properly identified as a Bf 109) "Black 6" at Duxford, England This Bf 109G-2/TROP Messerschmitt is no longer flying and is static only after the pilot induced accident in October of 1997.

 

Bf 109G-10 at Evergreen Museum This Messerschmitt is painted in the colors of Eric Hartman's Bf 109. I have a page devoted to pictures of Bf 109s.

 

Officer Row Porch Vancouver, Washington This was an Army camp since the 1850s and General Grant, Marshall, and a host of other famous US Officers lived along this road at one time or another.

 

Welsh Memorial Somme Battlefield, France It is an out of the way place that you need to walk to get to over a dirt trail. Honors the Welshmen who fought in this sector of the front during the First World War during the Battle of the Somme.

 

Consolidate B-24J "Liberator" All American over Portland, Oregon This Consolidated B-24J "Liberator" has visited Portland a few times over the years.

 

Six of One Human Chess Match Portmeirion, Wales Fans of "The Prisoner" with Patrick McGoohan should recognize this from a scene in one of the episodes.

 

Thatch Cottage England that I came across in the English countryside.

 

Moroccan Door that I took in Disney's Epcot Center.

 

 

 

11th Century Windmill Thaxted, England Holland does not have a lock on windmills. I have a page of windmill pictures that I have taken in England.

 

 

 

B17 Memphis Bell aka Sally B at Duxford This Boeing Flying Fortress was used in the 1994 movie "Memphis Belle".

 

 

A-26 Douglas Invader at Reno The A-26 was a very fast light bomber that served all over the world during the Second World War. This is not to be confused with the Martin B-26 Marauder. One of the few aircraft that had the same number but with an A - for Attack verus the B - for Bomber. The a-26 was the follow-up to the A-20 "Havoc" that also served in both the ETO and PTO.

 

Benches at Portmeirion These park benches are painted up in the official colors of Portmeirion Village.

 

Battle of Britain Memorial at Folkestone, England. This memorial honors the men who fought in the "Battle of Britain" from July thru October of 1940. Best seen from the air.

 

House and Castle in Wales. This house has the keys to the above castle and you check in with them first before walking up the hill.

 

Curtiss P-40 at Pearson Airpark Vancouver, Washington The Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" was the front line fighter of the USA in 1941. During the "Flying Tigers" reunion at Pearson Airfield they all signed the elevator of this aircraft.

 

Portmeirion, Wales. The location where "The Prisoner" TV series was filmed.

 

A Seagull Resting on a no-parking sign up at Fort DeRussy, Astoria, Washington.

 

 

General Roosevelt's Grave, Omaha Beach, Normandy France. General Roosevelt died of a heart attack two days after the D-Day landing at Utah Beach at Normandy, France in 1944 in which he lead the division in the landing assault.

 

Knight's Cross Tail on an AT-6. American planes have been known to be stand-ins for Japanese and German aircraft throughout the years.

 

 

North American P-51-D Mustang Lady-Jo. This North American P-51-D Mustang is a regular flyer at the Reno Air Races.

 

 

Hawaiian palm tree. The classic look of a palm tree blown back by the wind off the Pacific ocean on Oahu in Hawaii.

 

 

P-51-D Mustang Man-O-War. This P-51-D Mustang has a completely different look than the Lady-Jo fighter plane.

 

a YB24 (naval single tail version of a B-24 Liberator). A Consolidate YB-24 single tail Liberator at Fort Wainwright Alaska. Used as fire-bomber. Mainly used by the Navy from 1944 onwards.

 

Russian YAK-11 at Reno Air Races. The Russian Yak-11 fighter was a very good aircraft on the Russian front during World War II. Most combat was low on the Eastern Front so the needs of the aircraft were different than when fighting in the West.

 

Whale's tail in Valdez Harbor, Alaska . This whale was heading toward the deep water when we spotted him in our boat while going to visit the sea lions in Valdez harbor. Only part of the whale we saw was his tail.

 

Gypsy Wagon. This Gypsy Wagon was seen on the road to Thrope Abbots air base. Home of the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group.

 

 

Virginia City Railroad, Nevada. There is a railroad that runs from Virginia City to Gold Hill in Nevada. They have two steam engines that run the 6 miles there and back.

 

Tillamook Oregon Hanger. The blimp hanger at Tillamook is the largest wooden structure in the world. It now houses an aviation museum. During the war it could hold 9 blimps inside at one time. There used to be two of them but one burned down when the lumber mill that was inside it caught on fire.

A Sunrise Carson City Nevada. This sunrise of Carson City was seen from while driving down from the mountain at Heavenly Valley, Nevada.

 

St. Mere Eglise, France. This was the first town liberated by US troops during the Normandy invasion in 1944. Made really famous when the movie "The Longest Day" was made. The stained glass depicts the event that really happened to the paratrooper.

 

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach. Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach,Oregon. This is one of the most walk able beaches in Oregon.

 

Canadian Snowbirds at Reno Air Races 1996. The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team while at Reno in 1996. This jet team in many ways are more precise and entertaining than the fast and loud flying Thunderbirds or Blue Angels of the US.

 

Ice covered tree in Anchorage, Alaska . Hoar frost covers the trees, bushes and everything else in Alaska during the winter when fog forms below 15 degrees F. Taken at high noon when it had warmed up to around 5 degrees F.

 

Abandoned WWII Quonset hut at Horham in England. Inside the the "Red Feather" club at Horham, England. The inside of this Officer's Club quonset hut was painted up with scenes of medieval England. The whole quonset hut complex was restored in May of 2004 and is now open to the public.

 

Abbeville museum in northern France. This small but interesting museum is on the airport where German unit JG26 "The Abbeville Boys" flew out of during the Second World War. Inside the musuem are German aircraft parts, American aircraft parts - a B-17 supercharger still has the maintenance tag saying that it is servicable on it still - as well as flyable aircraft like this L-4 observation plane.

Imperial War Museum London, England. The outside of the Imperial War Museum in London, England. Gun turret is from a WWII British battleship if I remember correctly. Inside are aircraft, tanks, V-2 rocket, WW I trench recreation, and much more.

Pegasus Bridge (new) in France. This is the replacement bridge built in 1993 by the French. This bridge was captured by British paratroopers using gliders that landed next to it then held for 12 hours before relief. Major Howard lead the capture. Also in the movie "The Longest Day".

Mk V Panther captured in Belgium and on display The German Mk V "Panther" was a feared tank by all Allied tank crews. This one ran out of fuel and was captured. Guards a crossroads now in Belgium.

Curtiss P-40e at Pearson Air Museum. A view of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk at Pearson Airfield.

 

Lefty Gardner's P-38. Lefty Gardner's Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" during an air show at Reno. This was taken while he was doing a slow roll in 1999.

 

Number 6 house now as a shop in Portmeirion The entrance to No 6's house in The Village. The inside of the house was on a TV set and nothing inside this small room was ever seen in the TV show.

 

Shot of the Oregon Coast Rugged coastline of the Oregon coast showing two fishermen as the tide goes out.

 

Officer Row, Ft. Vancouver Washington . Another view of Officer Row in Vancouver, Washington.

 

 

Tulips, Portland Oregon. Portland is known as "The Rose City" but there are lots of tulips also grown for commercial and landscape use in Oregon.

 

 

 

Pair of Lorikeets These Lorikeets are in a aviary in the Washington Park Zoo in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

Normandy Memorial at Omaha Beach, France Omaha Beach Memorial World War II, Normandy France. This silhouette of the memorial I took on my first visit there in 1982.

 

Manston RAF WWII base, England Manston RAF Fighter base saw lots of action during the Battle of Britain. It is now a commercial airfield for cargo aircraft.

 

Number 6's residence in The Village Another view of the house that No 6 lives in.

 

 

Mt. Hood Oregon. Mount Hood Oregon seen from the East looking West. The eastern side of the mountain is a desert environment.

 

Llangollen Abbey, Wales Llangollen Abbey in Wales was shut down by Henry VIII along with many others when he started the Anglican Church of England.

 

A sandstone Lion in Wales This sandstone lion gate guard was seen along a rural road in Wales. They last a few hundred years before needing to be re-carved.

 

 

UH-1H Huey flare helicopter The Uh-1H Huey has many uses and at one time it was used a flare copter. This one was operated by the Nevada Air National Guard.

 

120th Aviation Co (AH) Huey in Alaska Uh-1H Huey operated by the 120th Aviation (AH) unit in Alaska during the 1970s. They were repainted IR black starting in 1979 (over the red, white and yellow paint, low bid, no specs to remove the OLD paint!). They were some of most colorful aircraft the Army flew in the 1970s.

 

Horham memorial to B-17s This memorial to the B-17 Flying Fortress and crews stand outside the church at Horham, England.

 

R.A. Hoover. R.A. Hoover.

 

An English garden A typical English garden found in Thaxted, England.

 

F4U Corsair. The Chance-Vought F4-U Corsair. This bent-wing aircraft had an outstanding record starting in 1943 when VMF-214 "Black Sheep" and Pappy Boyington got a hold of them. The British used them and perfected the carrier landing later used by all.

 

Cassis France. Cassis France along the Mediterranean coast about 20 KM west from Marseilles.

 

 

An English car This English 1930ish sports car was seen in Northern Wales.

 

F8F Bearcat The Grumman F8F Bearcat was deployed very late in the Second War War in the Pacific and did not see much action (if any, not sure.). Now mainly seen at Reno Air Races.

 

Granville Brothers Bee Gee replica at Reno This replica Granville Brothers "Bee Gee" racer from the 1930s. Made famous by General Doolittle - - mainly by winning and not being killed by it - - during the Thompson Trophy race.

 

P-47 I take lots of different pictures covering lots of subjects. This can range from this setup pose of a P-47, an A-10 Thunderbolt, Miss Reno and a fancy aircraft tug on the tarmac at Reno, Nevada to more humorous shots.

A good luck charm on a P-51 covering a pitot tube. There are all sorts of charms used by pilots.

 

 

Flowers I spotted this in the market early one morning in a St. Vith, Belgium.

 

 

Boats at low tide in Porthmadog, Wales. The tides in Wales can be 16 feet. All the sailboats are designed to sit upright when the tide is out.

 

Due to reducing the image to a reasonable size, and converting them into a GIF / JPG formats, there is a loss of image quality in all of these photographs.