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

[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...

[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

[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

[ozzy72]

Nice stuff Ken

[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?

[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

[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........

[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

[lunitic_8]

show you what hurricane IKE did to the Antonov , tore that sucker right in half and then flipped it over

[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

[lunitic_8]

show you what hurricane IKE did to the Antonov , tore that sucker right in half and then flipped it over

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

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks for the reply and info lunitic_8...

Cheers...Happy landings...Doug

[lunitic_8]

yep no problem as you can see i live right next to the airport