Information Please? (11 photos)

[Desert Cruiser]

I think so too Guz but I'd like to see someone else try to list them.

Don....

[bucky]

Sadly, for me it is a sickness.

[Desert Cruiser]

Nothing sad about it, Bucky! It's fascinating, as I love to photograph them, just wish I knew all them like others do. I am familiar with some of the older helicopters as I worked for Boeing Vertol for years during the Vietnam War.

Here's one I shot over at YPG (Yuma Proving Ground) and have no idea what it is.



Don.....

[Guz]

I envy your location to the airbase in yuma. The one time I really regretted not having a camera wit Me was about 20 years ago I and a friend were in a canoe on the salton sea and were buzzed by F-15s fully loaded on the way to the chocolate mountain bombing range. They shook the boat!

[bucky]

It is a CASA-212 in US military markings. The US military designation would be the C-41. It was likely being used in support of freefall parachute training.

[Desert Cruiser]

Guz: There's been a lot of times I regretted either not having a camera or regretted not being able to get to it quick enough. I'm sure we've all had times like that. Make you think about always having around your neck and on. When we make our regular trip to look for the Jagarundi I always have it around my neck and on. Of course now I'll never see it again.

Bucky: I agree, you like your planes. I photographed that one in the desert real close to where they do their parachute training too! Usually they use a C 130 so that one got by me. I've flown in C 130's before so I know what they look like. I have a lot of photos of aircraft as I like doing that. Don't you have any? They way you like them you should.

Don....

[Guz]

Yeah bucky, lay 'em on us.

[Desert Cruiser]

Yes or anyone who has them -- photos that is. How about you Guz?

Don....