Who are you?

Me and one of the two girls that go trackside with me. The other girl took the picture.

This would be me and the better half.

I'm on the right.

I'm on my tractor at a tractor show featuring Allis Chalmers tractors, I guess my wife would rather take photos of me leaving rather than coming.

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Originally posted by Jerry Nolan:
Aviation is one of my other hobbies. Here I am with a F4U Corsair at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola back in November. LOL, just noticed I look the same as my avatar pic.

Jerry,

My uncle flew one of those in WW2 in the Pacific.That thing had a 16 foot diameter prop . He said when you pulled the power back and set it up for cruise flight, you could watch the blades go round.

David

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Originally posted by Lucas Liska:


Me playing at Cliff Bell's in Detroit.

If you bend your left knee too, and turn your back on the audience you will look like I remember Miles on the several occasions I heard him play.

Pete

Pete,

Ever notice how the unusually gifted go into a "Zone" when they play.My brother is like that. It's like he's there but not THERE.

David

Hiking last week...

This is from New Jersey Hirailers open house Nov 7 2011. Thats me on the left. The other guy was walking around saying hello to everyone and asking for Ben who was not there that day. He said he had a lot of questions that needed answers. Maybe he is new to the hobby.



Ray Marion

I'm second from the left.

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Originally posted by harleyhouse:
Mark Harley:
Here I am with my girls at the Oakmont Christmas Parade 2011.

Did that parade stretch the entire one block of Oakmont?

Well, Since you asked...you could say this is another of my hobbies, but at this point in my life I'd say it's an addiction....



Rich M. Proudly serving since 1973.

Me and my Main Squeeze on the Beartooth Highway in Mt.

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Originally posted by DM:
Me and my Main Squeeze on the Beartooth Highway in Mt.

Boy, you're a long way from home if you really live in SE-PA!

This is a wonderful thread!

Now if only we had real full names to accompany many of the great faces that we see here

A big part of my life between 1989 and 2003 was Giant Scale R/C airplanes. For fun, as a competitor, and as a business. I built four of the 30% scale PT-17 Stearman biplanes (10-ft wingspan, 50 LB) and many more monoplanes, such as the 40% Cap 232 shown below. These large planes had a twin cylinder 150cc engine rated at 16-HP with 32-in propellers.











Glad to share!

Alex

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Originally posted by gunrunnerjohn:

quote:

Originally posted by DM:
Me and my Main Squeeze on the Beartooth Highway in Mt.

Boy, you're a long way from home if you really live in SE-PA!

Yes, we really do live in south eastern Pa.
The distance is all relative, we travel on a H-D.

I have an ironclad excuse: I was there with my wife!



Chris
LVHR

I see she was there to "monitor" your purchases...

Hello everyone, I'm Fatboy and I'm a Trainjunkie!



Cesar

People say I look like some guy in the movies. Personally, I don't see the resemblance.

Here is the crew. I have two olders, a daughter in Chicago in College and my older son a HS senior. It's an Irish Catholic thing ... lots of kids. You have probably seen my youngers in last years video and this year they are all excited about the new layout.


The Crew by tedmackel, on Flickr

Just having fun at the indoor skydiving wind tunnel.


Ted-ifly by tedmackel, on Flickr

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Originally posted by TMack:
Here is the crew. I have two olders, a daughter in Chicago in College and my older son a HS senior. It's an Irish Catholic thing ... lots of kids. You have probably seen my youngers in last years video and this year they are all excited about the new layout.


The Crew by tedmackel, on Flickr

Just having fun at the indoor skydiving wind tunnel.


Ted-ifly by tedmackel, on Flickr

Nice crew,

All my friends on the next street over were catholic and went to catholic school
after seeing all their knuckles after the Nuns got thru with them with a ruler,I was never so happy I went to public school.

David

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Originally posted by DPC:
Jerry,
My uncle flew one of those in WW2 in the Pacific.That thing had a 16 foot diameter prop . He said when you pulled the power back and set it up for cruise flight, you could watch the blades go round.
David

David, I believe your uncle's comment about watching the blades turn like a ceiling fan with the power eased back. On the other hand, too much power and the torque generated by that big prop made the F4U a dangerous plane for inexperienced "nugget" aviators, thus the nickname "Ensign Eliminator".
My personal "Big Prop Award" has always gone to the AD (A-1) Skyraider, or "Spad". I serviced and launched a few of them as a young lad in the reserves and it was awesome to watch them start up. When you're standing alongside the plane with a CO2 bottle the prop looks the size of a windmill in Holland. Monogram's 1/48 Spad is a nice model and would look good on any O gauge layout. (mandatory O gauge content, LOL)

I can't believe no one has posted this video already.
Dan

Heck of a thing to try a carrier landing with! My Dad was always glad his ship stayed with the Grumman F6F.

After the war, the Corsair got a 4-bladed prop with a slightly smaller diameter.

Jon

I spend my time in the Navy on an aircraft carrier. For the first cruise we had a squadron of A-1 Skyraiders. They do have a large fan!

Me @ HSC - 2009


Me playing w/ my old band in Chicago - 2009


Me w/ the baby last month in Hoboken -

Dan,

thanks for the flashback video, man! Still remembering it after all of these years! Ah, youth we were once soooo young!

Mike Maurice


About this time, I was listening to the late great smolderingly sensual Allison Steele on WNEW! Those were great times!

Mike Maurice

Myself enjoying golf in Kauai, Hawaii and my younger self in Submarines.





TEX
Steve

My son and I waiting for Santa Claus on the 4449

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Originally posted by Chris Lonero:
OK Joe; But just for the record I think this is a Bad idea!!

I find this picture very disturbing.

I'm the guy with less trains ,,,,




And here I am with the better half ....




I've been obsessed with trains since my dad bought the first two in 1956 when I was only 6 months old at Christmas.

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Originally posted by Christopher2035:

Me playing w/ my old band in Chicago - 2009


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Hey Chris - How you like tuning that Rick 12?

Pete

Secret agent man!

Then, life in the fast lane:


Now, life in the slow lane:

I am on the right with Ben Fiorllo of the New Jersey Highrailers.