steve1840
2011-02-05, 11:31 PM
I was doing some cleaning today and came across a box of stuff from my late pre-teen to early teen years. These were the years when my love for airliners was at it peak. Well, until the past year or so when I got back into the aerospace community and all the memories came back. I thought I would share with you guys some of the stuff that I had found.
First off I used to collect 1:600 scale diecast airliners. I spent a few hundred bucks on these things digging them out today made my day! I thought you guys might get a kick out of these.
http://i52.tinypic.com/xm4jsp.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/3003zb7.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/2dl9kdx.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/5b4lee.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/20iguo9.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/25inond.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/21oq42s.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/2zrm15j.jpg
These are the books I would read religiously everyday.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2rz43g6.jpg
My first flight certificate
http://i51.tinypic.com/34ytl6b.jpg
I also found some pictures that I took back then too. I will appologize in advance for the quality of these photos as I was young and didn't know anythign about photography and I was not using a SLR camera, and the scan into the computer was the greatest either.
American 727 at BDL
http://i53.tinypic.com/2dazp1c.jpg
Continental 737-200 at BDL
http://i55.tinypic.com/2v28tuh.jpg
Back when 767s were a common site at BDL
http://i52.tinypic.com/2djuyhc.jpg
Please excuse the giant red blotch in the corner. I know the quality of this one is VERY poor, but I just thought it was nice to see a TWA 727 again
http://i56.tinypic.com/11uhy0n.jpg
My first cockpit photo - taken on my first flight
http://i55.tinypic.com/2w2g8eq.jpg
The firsttime I ever saw a MD-11 in person
http://i54.tinypic.com/15pnxnn.jpg
BAe 146
http://i51.tinypic.com/rm4uoh.jpg
I found many other thigns today that I used to collect from the emergency instructions cards from teh backs of the seats. My father traveled at least 3 days a week and awould always bring that stuff home for me. He was lucky enough (in my eyes) to get to fly on a DC-10, something I'll never get to do.
I also found stuff from when I used to write to airports to get information about them. I even found the aerial photo that JFK sent me.
ANyway, I hope you guys enjoyed seeing some of my artifacts from my younger days. It feels so good to be re-living those memories and have the same love for airliners that I did then.
Feel free t oadd on with some stuff from your past!
First off I used to collect 1:600 scale diecast airliners. I spent a few hundred bucks on these things digging them out today made my day! I thought you guys might get a kick out of these.
http://i52.tinypic.com/xm4jsp.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/3003zb7.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/2dl9kdx.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/5b4lee.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/20iguo9.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/25inond.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/21oq42s.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/2zrm15j.jpg
These are the books I would read religiously everyday.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2rz43g6.jpg
My first flight certificate
http://i51.tinypic.com/34ytl6b.jpg
I also found some pictures that I took back then too. I will appologize in advance for the quality of these photos as I was young and didn't know anythign about photography and I was not using a SLR camera, and the scan into the computer was the greatest either.
American 727 at BDL
http://i53.tinypic.com/2dazp1c.jpg
Continental 737-200 at BDL
http://i55.tinypic.com/2v28tuh.jpg
Back when 767s were a common site at BDL
http://i52.tinypic.com/2djuyhc.jpg
Please excuse the giant red blotch in the corner. I know the quality of this one is VERY poor, but I just thought it was nice to see a TWA 727 again
http://i56.tinypic.com/11uhy0n.jpg
My first cockpit photo - taken on my first flight
http://i55.tinypic.com/2w2g8eq.jpg
The firsttime I ever saw a MD-11 in person
http://i54.tinypic.com/15pnxnn.jpg
BAe 146
http://i51.tinypic.com/rm4uoh.jpg
I found many other thigns today that I used to collect from the emergency instructions cards from teh backs of the seats. My father traveled at least 3 days a week and awould always bring that stuff home for me. He was lucky enough (in my eyes) to get to fly on a DC-10, something I'll never get to do.
I also found stuff from when I used to write to airports to get information about them. I even found the aerial photo that JFK sent me.
ANyway, I hope you guys enjoyed seeing some of my artifacts from my younger days. It feels so good to be re-living those memories and have the same love for airliners that I did then.
Feel free t oadd on with some stuff from your past!