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Pictured two years apart: on left at the age of 5 (2009); on right at the age of 7 (2011); the jacket on the right picture is one size larger; taken on October 23, by coincidence the Aviator's Day in Brazil.

Left picture: NIkon D300 + Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 @ f/5.6

Right picture: Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 105mm f/2.0D DC @ f/3.5 (no DC adjustment);

After seeing the second picture, he complained at me it was not exactly like the first one.

Test of fresh "smc PENTAX-FA 28-90mm F3.5-5.6" lens, Stafford Photo Centre, Salter Street, Stafford, ST162JU. plus new shed!

 

Jacket - Schott Bomber Ref 990.31 Stock No. MA-7 from TKMax Stafford - RMX

Shirt Brutus Slimfit from TK Max - rmx

Jeans - Levis 901 - from EBay - customised by me - RMX

Boots - Older Dr Marten 14- hole Steel-Toe - Cloggs UK Sale 2007? - RMX

Braces - TopMan/Shop Stafford - RMX

More experiments with Pentax SMC DA 35mm f2.4 AL lens.

1,000 views on our Flickr June 2017

Messing about with Pentax FA 28-105mm Power Zoom & 10 sec timer, needed a smaller aperture for more DOF. I think.

Mareeba Burcher

Flight Jacket

National Museum of the US Air Force

Boots - Dr Martens - Steel Toe - 1940z - Black Fine Haircell from Cloggs UK

BOmber Jacket/ Flight Jacket - Denim & Supply, Property of Ralph Lauren, TKMaxx a while ago

Tommy Hilfiger Stokes Jeans - TK maxx a while ago

Lambretta Polo - TK maxx a while ago

Braces/suspenders? from TOP Man Stafford a few years bck

Gloves from Stafford bike show.

More experiments with Pentax SMC DA 35mm f2.4 AL lens

Times Awastin'

Flight Jacket

National Museum of the US Air Force

Experimenting with 35mm f2.4 lens & Pentax K-M DSLR

Levis 901 - Ebay

DR Martens 14 hole steel-toe - Cloggs UK

Schott Flying Jacket - Tk Maxx - in spring sale a while ago

Grandad collarless shirt - George at ASDA a while ago

Cropped studded gloves - Motor cycle show Stafford County show ground - again a while ago!

 

Picked up the SuperMCToys Women's Street Style Flight Jacket set, since there were a few parts in it that looked really nice and Magic Cube has generally produced really good stuff in the past.

Test of new 35mm F2.4 AL for self portraits!

Very sharp - esp with RAW!

The jacket has a realistic orange lining, but SuperMCToys was smart enough not to line the sleeves. Some 1/6 manufacturers do, and it only makes it hard to get arms through them.

New Ringspun MA-1 with more appropriate gear?

Flightjacket- RingSpun - from TKmaxx Mar 2014 - knocked down to sale price of £20.00!

Polo shirt (white tip) - RMX - Gio-Goi.com, TKmaxx Stafford

Jeans - RMX - Levis 901 from E-Bay - self customised late 2012 (i.e. my 'smart' ones).

Boots - RMX -dr Martens 14 hole steelies - Cloggs UK sale LATE 2011

Boot straps Stafford Classic bike show 2009?

White Braces/suspenders - RMX - not- Gentlemans - TopMan/Shop - 2008

Studded cut off gloves, Stafford Bike show Oct 2013

Annual leave day - spent tidying garden (the sun shone!!), plus waiting for house insulation Surveyor.

 

The DAL kit lens seems quite sharp at F11 & 55mm - what a surprise!

Alpha CWU 45/P Nylon Flight Jacket

Having finished blasting the patio & terrace clean, just had to pop into town before having a clean up day.

First time out in the urban environment with the new flight jacket.

Jacket - RMX - Ralph Lauren MA1 flight jacket from TKMaxx, Stafford (wanted an Alpha CWU - but have given up the search!). March 2013!

Polo shirt - RMX - Gio-Goi.com, TKmaxx Stafford Oct 2012.

Jeans - RMX - Levis 901 from E-Bay - self customised back in 2008!!!

Boots - RMX -dr Martens 14 hole steelies - Cloggs UK sale LATE 2011

White Braces/suspenders - RMX - TopMan/Shop - 2009?

 

312th Bomb Group

Flight Jacket

National Museum of the US Air Force

 

Last three from this visit.

Experiment with in-camera colour popper! After in-camera crop.

1,000 views on our Flickr by Dec2016!

Before the heatwave!

Ringspun MA-1 - Flightjacket- from TKmaxx Mar 2014 - knocked down to sale price of £20.00!

Polo shirt (yellow tip) - RMX - Lambretta, TKmaxx Stafford

Jeans - RMX - Levis 901 from E-Bay - self customised June 2018.

Boots - RMX -dr Martens 14 hole steelies - Cloggs UK sale LATE 2011

Boot straps Stafford Classic bike show 2009?

Red Braces/suspenders - RMX - not- Gentlemans - TopMan/Shop - 2008

 

More experiments with Pentax SMC DA 35mm f2.4 AL lens

Experimenting with 35mm f2.4 lens & Pentax K-M DSLR

Experimenting with 35mm f2.4 lens & Pentax K-M DSLR

Levis 901 - Ebay

DR Martens 14 hole steel-toe - Cloggs UK

Schott Flying Jacket - Tk Maxx - in spring sale a while ago

Grandad collarless shirt - George at ASDA a while ago

Cropped studded gloves - Motor cycle show Stafford County show ground - again a while ago!

 

TBS 3.75" Cassian Andor with custom flight vest:

The base jacket is from POTF2 Luke Ceremonial and is customised with 'greeblies' from various other capes, skirts, etc.

IMG_4910_180907-1_Low

More experiments with Pentax SMC DA 35mm f2.4 AL lens

 

1,000 views on our Flickr June 2017

More experiments with Pentax SMC DA 35mm f2.4 AL lens

Should have moved the bird seed dish!

 

Early week evening shop - missed a few things on Saturday, Lol!

 

Jacket - RMX - Ralph Lauren Denim Supply MA1 flight jacket from TKMaxx, Stafford (wanted an Alpha CWU - but have given up the search!). March 2013! - rmx

Shirt - Topman (Topshop) in sale - rmx.

Jeans - Levis 513 Skinny leg from TKmaxx May 2010 - RMX

Boots - Docs - 14 hole steelies - CloggsUK late summer sale 2011 - rmx

Braces - Topman (Topshop) - rmx

 

Drawing, title: "Flight Jacket"; charcoal and pastel wash sketch of Diz Laird's (Dean Laird) flight jacket; Artist: Herbert OldsImage of an object in the SDASM Curatorial Collection--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum

Levis Type 1, 901 plus braces!

Boots - Dr Martens - Steel Toe - 1940z - Black Fine Haircell from Cloggs UK

BOmber Jacket/ Flight Jacket - Denim & Supply, Property of Ralph Lauren, TKMaxx a while ago

Tommy Hilfiger Stokes Jeans - TK maxx a while ago

Army shirt borrowed from wife - New Look??? a while ago

Braces/suspenders? from TOP Man Stafford a few years bck

Gloves from Stafford bike show.

Jacket - RMX - Ralph Lauren MA1 flight jacket from TKMaxx, Stafford (wanted an Alpha CWU - but have given up the search!). March 2013!

Polo shirt - RMX - Gio-Goi.com, TKmaxx Stafford Oct 2012.

Jeans - RMX - Tommy Hilfiger Stokes

Boots - RMX -dr Martens 14 hole steelies - Cloggs UK sale LATE 2011

White Braces/suspenders - RMX - TopMan/Shop - 2009?

 

Slabs replaced late March 2022! Bad back caused delay in weeding at the time of photo!

 

Levis 901 - Levis Type 1 - jeans, from E-bay, bleached, legs narrowed by me!

Dr Martens - Steel Toe - 1940z - Black Fine Haircell 14 HOLE 14 Eye, from Cloggs UK

Lambretta - Polo Shirt From TKMaxx

TOPMANbraces, - Top man

Flight Jacket - Denim & Supply, Ralph Lauren from TKMaxx

Test of fresh "smc PENTAX-FA 28-90mmF3.5-5.6" lens, plus new shed!

 

Jacket - Schott Bomber Ref 990.31 Stock No. MA-7 from TKMax Stafford - RMX

 

Shirt Brutus Slimfit from TK Max - rmx

 

Jeans - Levis 901 - from EBay - customised by me - RMX

 

Boots - Older Dr Marten 14- hole Steel-Toe - Cloggs UK Sale 2007? - RMX

 

Braces - TopMan/Shop Stafford - RMX

Description: Airmail pilot Ira Biffle poses in winter flight gear leaning on his airplane in Chicago, Illinois. Biffle served as an airmail pilot for the Post Office Department from 1918-1919 and 1923-1927. In 1922, while serving as a flying instructor in Lincoln, Nebraska, Biffle taught flying to a lanky young man named Charles Lindbergh.

 

Creator/Photographer: E.J. Pearson

 

Medium: Black and white photographic print

 

Culture: American

 

Geography: USA

 

Date: 1927

 

Collection: U.S. Airmail Service

 

Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194257

 

Repository: National Postal Museum

 

Accession number: A.2006-5

Edgy 'shoot', props supplied on site - 'empty bottle!' needed a very good wipe over!

 

Having finished blasting the patio & terrace clean, just had to pop into town before having a clean up day.

First time out in the urban environment with the new flight jacket.

Jacket - RMX - Ralph Lauren MA1 flight jacket from TKMaxx, Stafford (wanted an Alpha CWU - but have given up the search!). March 2013!

Polo shirt - RMX - Gio-Goi.com, TKmaxx Stafford Oct 2012.

Jeans - RMX - Levis 901 from E-Bay - self customised back in 2008! Now known as my scruffy bleachers (I also have the 'smart' pair)!

Boots - RMX -dr Martens 14 hole steelies - Cloggs UK sale LATE 2011

White Braces/suspenders - RMX - TopMan/Shop - 2009?

 

Camera Pentax K-m

Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)

Aperture f/3.5

Focal Length 18 mm

SMC 18-55mm DAL AL

ISO Speed 100

Exposure Bias 0 EV

Flash On, Fired

Software K-m Ver 1.11

Exposure Program Program AE

Metering Mode Center-weighted average

Color Space sRGB

Custom Rendered Normal

Exposure Mode Auto

White Balance Manual

Focal Length (35mm format) 27 mm

Scene Capture Type Standard

Contrast High

Saturation High

Sharpness Hard

Subject Distance Range Close

 

Age 18 in 1943, Clyde E Lybrook found himself stationed at an Engish RAF / USAAF bomber base in 1944: He survived his credited 51 B-17 Flying Fortress bombing missions to German targets -- flown in less than 4 months (June 22 - October 13, 1944) with the 8th Air Force, 96th BG/338th BS. Photo supplied by Clyde's family.

 

(From my album, 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/albums/72157629764383634/):

Clyde E. Lybrook was a young B-17 tail gunner who flew out of the Snetterton Heath U.S. Army Airfield base in southeastern England during World War 2. In the period June thru October 1944 he was credited with 50 missions -- while earning the Air Medal, along with the Distinguished Flying Cross, to honor his bravery.

 

I see it as incredible that he survived and was able to return home to the United States. But Clyde was not able to live the long, full life he tremendously deserved to live, nor to see his son's birth; he passed away in 1953, due to Parkinson's disease.

 

Clyde's son and his family visited our Wings of Freedom Tour at Lyon's Air Museum at John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, California), three of them taking a flight on "909", our B-17 Flying Fortress -- like the aircraft Clyde flew in.

 

My 'job' goes beyond working on the tour; I treasure being able to talk to veterans - and their families. When I was asked if I knew how to find a photo of the B-17 "In the mood" that was painted on Clyde's bomber jacket (a photo is with these), I started searching after I finished the tour; so far, I haven't found that B-17. But from the photos here, I believe I accomplished much more. I'm honored to share these with his family.

 

(Update 12/30/2023) Map location is only approximate. Reported as "Roxel. NW of Munster, Germany", where (a) B-17 "In The Mood" crashed during WW2. b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-107022-in-the-mood/ Fate:

Lost by flak/aa-fire (05 October 1944)

MACR: 9514

 

4363.2.5inNoGadd26G12.31.2023 G

 

Boots - Dr Martens - Steel Toe - 1940z - Black Fine Haircell from Cloggs UK

BOmber Jacket/ Flight Jacket - Denim & Supply, Property of Ralph Lauren, TKMaxx a while ago

Tommy Hilfiger Stokes Jeans - TK maxx a while ago

Lambretta Polo - TK maxx a while ago

Braces/suspenders? from TOP Man Stafford a few years bck

Gloves from Stafford bike show.

Levis -901 type One - from E-bay bleached/modded by me on my Grans old sewing machine

Steeltoe DrMarten from Cloggs UK

Polo TK Maxx

Topman/shop Braces

Denim Supply Ralph Lauren Flightjacket/bomberjacket -TKMaxx

OSX flat-stud gloves - Classic bike show - Stafford

1 medium sized, sage green two piece helicopter flight suit jacket and pants; Jacket has multiple zippered pockets on the arms and chest; Flame resistant; Massif company--SDASM Curatorial Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum

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