Old Geneseo stuff.........

Posted:
Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:53 am
by Rifleman
From a few years ago, with all the talk about Antonovs and things, here are a few I shot before I left the east and headed out to the western paradise known as Vancouver Island..
First - the Antonov...
Partial view of a C-119
I believe this to be a BF-108 but I could be wrong.....memory is fading...
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Posted:
Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:05 am
by Leigh
yer i think the last one is a me-108 nice shots to

and how big is the c-119? it looks huge lol well compared to the glider
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Posted:
Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:09 am
by BigTruck
The C-119, much to my surprise, is pretty darn big, I saw my first one a few months ago out at Travis AFB, I will definately head back there to get some pics of the fine aircraft they have at their museum (a terrific museum they have there)
Beautiful shots, I love the Ant, the only Russian birds I ever see is the An-124 stationed here at Moffett Fed Field
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Posted:
Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:03 am
by Hagar
Nice shot of the glider under the C-119. Of course the C-119 was called the Flying Boxcar. I'm wondering if that's what wombat02 was thinking of in Sean's recent topic.
Geneseo seems a very odd place name. Can't say I've heard of it before. How do you pronounce that?
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Posted:
Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:34 am
by C
I believe this to be a BF-108 but I could be wrong.....memory is fading...
Close. It's closer to being and Me208, as it's a Nord Noralpha, which was developed from the prototype Me208s manufactured by the French. It's sister is the tail dragging Nord Pinguoin, which was basically a re-engined Bf108
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Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:32 am
by Rifleman
Geneseo seems a very odd place name. Can't say I've heard of it before. How do you pronounce that?
I'll do my best for you Doug......something like.......
" Jen-uh-see-oh "
with no particular emphasis anywhere........
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Posted:
Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:33 pm
by Flying Trucker
Wonderful shots Ken...

Did they not advertise a beer called "Genesee" or something along that line? I haven't seen one of those beer commercials in years.

Cheers....Happy Landings....Doug
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Posted:
Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:46 pm
by lunitic_8
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Posted:
Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:29 pm
by Flying Trucker
Good evening all ;)
I sure would like a bit of information on the last three shots...like what happened or am I missing something here?
Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
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Posted:
Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:57 pm
by lunitic_8
well this guy was rebuilding the antonov at the La Porte Municipal airporte (T41) and then hurricane IKE ran through and did its damage to it and it was a terrible sight to see when the owner of it came out to strip all the "usable" parts off of it.

What a shame
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Posted:
Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:07 am
by Flying Trucker
Thanks for the reply and info lunitic_8...

Cheers...Happy landings...Doug
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Posted:
Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:41 pm
by lunitic_8
yep no problem as you can see i live right next to the airport
