jankees

lovely shots!

impressive shots, Catalina Island looks great

nice one!

wonderful shots

that brings back memories! I did quite a few paints for that one. Taught me a lot about since there was no paintkit Nice shots, good to see it is still aound. Sorry, can't resist sneaking in one of my pics of this old lady:

I'm sorry.I was not aware of the new methods. Strangely enough, I see two shots, but not the other two, I try again...

[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ocF2v1]carol (0005)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/158986709@N02/]JanKees Blom[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ocAaFX][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52639689297_a77d7a7ea1_h.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ocAaFX]carol (0007)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/158986709@N02/]JanKees Blom[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ocE7k7][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52640458444_13014ba96c_h.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ocE7k7]carol (0006)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/158986709@N02/]JanKees Blom[/url], on Flickr

delta (0000) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr delta (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr delta (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr delta (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

the Tiger Moth to accompany the Stearman from the English Patient G (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr G (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr G (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr G (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

It's somewhere in Tunisia

ep (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr ep (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr ep (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

N42DB (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr N42DB (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr N42DB (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr N42DB (0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr N42DB (0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr N42DB (0011) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Gem Air is a small Idaho based airline, that fly, among others, two Islanders: 61B (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr gem(0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr 61B (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr gem(0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr 61B (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr gem(0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

T95 (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr T95 (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr T95 (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr T95 (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr T95 (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr T95 (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Lillian Boyer (January 15, 1901 – February 1, 1989) was an American wing walker who performed numerous aerial stunts that included wing walking, automobile-to-airplane transfers, and parachute jumps between 1921 and 1929. Lillian (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Working as a restaurant waitress but eager to fly in an airplane, in 1921 Lillian Boyer was invited by two restaurant customers to take an airplane ride. On her second flight, she climbed out on the wing thus beginning her career as an aerial performer. Lillian (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr In December 1921, she began five months of training with pilot Lt. Billy Brock, former World War I pilot and barnstormer. She performed many daring stunts and achieved great public acclaim until 1929 when federal regulations on low flying and unsafe planes forced her and many other barnstormers into retirement. Lillian (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Her performances included 352 shows in 41 US states and Canada, most of them wing-walking; 143 automobile-to-plane changes; 37 parachute jumps (13 into Lake Erie). Lillian (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr You can see this amazing woman in action here: and here:

Canuck = Canadian built Curtiss Jenny Canuck (004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Canuck (006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Canuck (003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Canuck (002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

and why not add the Corsair as well? F4U Gloria (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr F4U Gloria (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

BB (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0011) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr BB (0010) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

As the result of correspondence between two armourers of No. 4 Servicing Unit at Ondonga, on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, and a pen-friend who was a tuberculosis patient at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand named Gloria Lyons, it was decided to adopt her as a unit mascot. At that time 4 (SU) aircraft carried code letters, so one P-40N-1, NZ3148 coded 'G', was duly christened 'Gloria Lyons', and this name was painted on the lower engine cowls. Gloria1 (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Gloria 3 (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Gloria1 (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr After this aircraft was written off due to a crash landing on February 9th, 1944, another candidate was found in NZ3167 ( This a/c has often been listed as having been NZ3188), a P-40N-5 that was also sign written with the name. This aircraft was also to be written off (two weeks later) after being hit by enemy ground fire while on a strafing mission to northern Bougainville on May 17th, 1944. The pilot, F.O. Charlie Woods, who co-incidentally was involved in the loss of the first 'Gloria Lyons', was forced to bail out into the sea. A third P-40 (an N-20), NZ3220, was selected as the next candidate, and was duly marked. The cumulative scores and missions of the three 'Gloria Lyons' P-40s were painted on the fuselage of NZ3220. These were 55 Yellow bomb symbols representing strike missions, and two and a half Japanese flags representing victories over enemy aircraft. Gloria 3 (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Gloria 3 (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Gloria 3 (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr When it returned to New Zealand in late 1944, it was repainted in the Foliage Green/(NZ) Sky Gray scheme, but the markings were retained. Somehow it escaped being scrapped and was sold to John Smith, a collector, who stored on his farm in Mapua. After his death last year, it was discovered as a barn find, together with a Tiger Moth, P-51, a Mosquito and another P-40. She is currently undergoing restoration. As a footnote, the fourth and last 'Gloria Lyons' was an F4U-1A, NZ5233, which was written off after a landing accident at Torokina on June 15th, 1944.

daugherty (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr daugherty (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr daugherty (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr daugherty (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr daugherty (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

OK, you asked for it: CV-E(0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr hunhunter 003 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Gloria (006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr X28 (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr Stud(005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr