Every so often, I Google myself.
It’s nothing to do with vanity; it’s a good way to monitor if anyone is using your name (identity) and to ensure all the accounts you have are still under your control.
Well, one of the listings that came up had me curious . . . so I clicked on THIS link.
Well, hello there! I know you!
Before we get started, a bit of information. I’ll be posting my own photos but — whenever possible — the text will include a link to the Museum’s own description for the plane in question. Also whenever possible, I’ll include an additional link (usually, from Wikipedia).
It’s just as expedient — if so inclined — going to the Museum’s own website and browsing their collection. This post is mostly for me since I went to the trouble of taking and processing the photos.
For them not interested in reading, you can go directly to the SmugMug Gallery HERE. All the planes are identified and a link provided to the Museum’s listing.
For a slideshow click HERE. When you click the link, it will open in a new window. There’s a PLAY/PAUSE button at the bottom-left of the screen with the transition set at about 5 seconds OR you can manually control the transition by clicking on the < and > symbols to the left or right of the photo. Note: hitting the PLAY arrow will run a full-screen slideshow. You can then still use the < and > keys to navigate the photos as this will pause the slideshow. Full screen gives you a better experience (in my opinion).
If you rather, you can continue from where we left off in Part 3 by scrolling through the rest of the post. For them interested, the links to Part 1 and Part 2.
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Before we get started, a bit of information. I’ll be posting my own photos but — whenever possible — the text will include a link to the Museum’s own description for the plane in question. Also whenever possible, I’ll include an additional link (usually, from Wikipedia).
Yes, it’s just as expedient — if so inclined — going to the Museum’s own website and browsing their collection. This post is mostly for me since I went to the trouble of taking and processing the photos.
For them not interested in reading, you can go directly to the SmugMug Gallery HERE. All the planes are identified and a link provided to the Museum’s listing.
For a slideshow click HERE. When you click the link, it will open in a new window. There’s a PLAY/PAUSE button at the bottom-left of the screen with the transition set at about 5 seconds OR you can manually control the transition by clicking on the < and > symbols to the left or right of the photo. Note: hitting the PLAY arrow will run a full-screen slideshow. You can then still use the < and > keys to navigate the photos as this will pause the slideshow. Full screen gives you a better experience (in my opinion).
If you rather, you can continue from where we left off in Part 2 by scrolling through the rest of the post. For them interested, the link to Part 1.
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Before we get started, a bit of information. I’ll be posting my own photos but — whenever possible — the photo caption will have a link to the Museum’s own description for the plane in question. Also whenever possible, I’ll include an additional link (usually, from Wikipedia).
Yes, it’s just as expedient — if so inclined — going to the Museum’s own website and browsing their collection. This post is mostly for me since I went to the trouble of taking and processing the photos.
Continuing where we left off in Part 1, we look at the Zero. I thought it was a more elegant plane than most from that era.
For them who won’t read the sign, this Zero is built from parts of crashed Zero fighters found in the late 1960s . . . a Frankenstein Zero. Here’s another look . . .
I have 386 photos to share and while I toyed with the idea of doing it all in one lo-o-ong post, I’ll instead break it up into multiple posts.
These are the pared-down versions of over 800 photos I shot over the course of two visits to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida. The photos are from 2014 and that gives you an idea of just how lazy I can be when processing photos. Fair warning: I’m presenting the planes as displayed four years ago. There might have been additions to the collection, some might have been moved, and some removed to make room for other planes.
Before we get started, a bit of information. I’ll be posting my own photos but — whenever possible — the photo caption will have a link to the Museum’s own description for the plane in question. Also whenever possible, I’ll include an additional link. For instance, for the above plane, I’m including a link to the Wikipedia page for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
There are many other links I could have picked but I’ll leave it to the reader to hunt them down (do a Google search). Hint: I’ll often pick the Wikipedia entry because they typically have many links included as references for their articles.
Yes, it’s just as expedient — if so inclined — going to the Museum’s own website and browsing their collection. This post is mostly for me since I went to the trouble of taking and processing the photos.
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