SLIDE SCANNING PROJECT
This is another very old slide. . .Taken in early 1964 by my Dad. Back then Dad would sometimes take my brother Kevin and me to a spot on Brown Road in suburban St. Louis. Brown Road ran right next to the eastern edge of the Lambert-St. Louis Airport. We, and other people, would pull off onto the shoulder of Brown Road and get a great view of the airliners on final approach to Runway 30L. The end of 30L was very close to that road, so the airliners were very low by the time they flew over on final. The guy watching this beautiful TWA Constellation is. . .you guessed it. . .Me! I was 14 years old. My brother and I would take turns standing on the sill of the open passenger side door of Dad's 1962 Chevy Impala. We wanted to get as close as we could and it was a cool view of those classic planes. This part of Brown Road is still there but has been renamed James S. McDonnell Blvd. in honor of the man who started the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, now McDonnell Douglas. In current photos I see that the farm buildings in the background are now gone, but many of the trees behind those buildings are still there. My brother and I loved "hangin' out" on Brown Road all those years ago. . .
Year: 1964
Film: Dynachrome (I'm not familiar with this film so I don't
know anything about the ASA rating)
Camera: Voigtlander Prominent (Rangefinder)
Lens: Nokton 50mm 1.5
SLIDE SCANNING PROJECT
This is another very old slide. . .Taken in early 1964 by my Dad. Back then Dad would sometimes take my brother Kevin and me to a spot on Brown Road in suburban St. Louis. Brown Road ran right next to the eastern edge of the Lambert-St. Louis Airport. We, and other people, would pull off onto the shoulder of Brown Road and get a great view of the airliners on final approach to Runway 30L. The end of 30L was very close to that road, so the airliners were very low by the time they flew over on final. The guy watching this beautiful TWA Constellation is. . .you guessed it. . .Me! I was 14 years old. My brother and I would take turns standing on the sill of the open passenger side door of Dad's 1962 Chevy Impala. We wanted to get as close as we could and it was a cool view of those classic planes. This part of Brown Road is still there but has been renamed James S. McDonnell Blvd. in honor of the man who started the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, now McDonnell Douglas. In current photos I see that the farm buildings in the background are now gone, but many of the trees behind those buildings are still there. My brother and I loved "hangin' out" on Brown Road all those years ago. . .
Year: 1964
Film: Dynachrome (I'm not familiar with this film so I don't
know anything about the ASA rating)
Camera: Voigtlander Prominent (Rangefinder)
Lens: Nokton 50mm 1.5