(1) SELF PORTRAIT
Photographer Job Conger posed in front of Bill Leff's modified T-6 for this during media
day at Springfield Air Rendezvous October 11, 2002
(2) B-29 - TWO
View from the cockpit of the Confederate Air Force B-29 in 1983 at Capital Airport,
Springfield, Illinois, just prior to takeoff on runway 4.
(3) B-29 - THREE
"Bock's Car" at the US Air Force Mus. in 1967
(4) B-29 - FOUR
Another vieew of "Bock's Car" One of the staff explained that visitors had
tossed gravel through the fabric rudder.
(5) Blue Angel
Aircraft #5 landed in trouble during Springfield Air Rendezvous 2001. The nose gear strut
allegedly penetrated the cockpit, but did not injure the pilot. It was repaired over the
course of several weeks in the 183rd Ftr. Wing hangar and was flown directly to the
boneyard at D-MAFB.
(6) Blue Angel - TWO
Three Blues at the 183d hangar, SPI (Capital Airport, Springfield, Illinois)
(7) Blue Angel - THREE
(9) Connie - ONE
at Bethalto, Illinois warbird fly-in, October 6, 2001
(9) Sea Fury
hangared for months at SPI while awaiting a new R-3350. Look for more of this bird here in
the future.
(10) Pnched Goshawk
Photographed transiting through SPI August 16, 2002
(11) Inverted Cat
circa 1946, from the
AeroKnow collections
(12) Sleek Cheyenne
Piper Cheyenne 400
based at SPI
(13) Corsair's Nose
Recently back from the restoration shop, Mike George's F4U-5N
(14) Polarized Viper
183d Fighter Wing F-16C
(15) Tail of a Navion
SPI-based machine
(16) Pinched 402
This is a Cessna 402 photographed January 22, 2003 at SPI.
(17) Chicken-toed Kansan
Air Combat Museum's
Beechcraft AT-11
(18) F-86 and F-16 of the USAF Heritage Flight program, make a cozy pass at Springfield Air Rendezvous 2002. Slated for 03 are Vlado Lenoch's P-51D and an A-10.
(19) This IL ArNG Sikorsky UH-60 flew in July 2, 2003 and was the first military aircraft to be refueled by First Class Air. The sky is typical for Springfield, Illinois during the summer.
(20) The same UH-60 when a cloud came between the sun and the ramp. The change in light was so brief, most people outside on the ramp will probably claim not to have noticed it.
(21) Seldom seen or photographed in daylight, this "stretched" UH-60 was ordered into production by the current commandrake in cheef who is known for stretching truth winkwink.
22) The nose fantastic. It's hard to imagine brave men fighting at 28,000 feet from the front end of a B-17 like this, but my xperience during a "Texas Raiders" flight drove home a heap of humility to this lucky photographer.
23) "Pinched" Flying Fortress. Note the two 51s flying tight above the nose.
24) Another recolored view of the B-17. For a regular view of this picture visit the B-17 Gallery here
(25) This picture was featured in a poster for Springfield Air Rendevous 1991.
26) Picture left retouched.
27) picture far left retouched.
28) The Blue Angels converge at the bottom of their finale maneuver At Springfield Air Rendezvous 199something.
32) Same picture as above, slightly retouched.