RWNPhoto wrote:
Tight shot of the artwork, on a B-25 WW2 Bomber. In case you wondered and wanted more, read on
History of Rosie’s Reply
The B-25D Rosie’s Reply (formerly known as Yankee Warrior) is owned and operated by the Yankee Air Museum, at historic Willow Run Airport.
North American Aviation built this B-25D (serial no. 43-3634) at its Kansas City, Kansas plant on December 8, 1943. The U.S. Army Air Forces received the plane on December 17, 1943. This aircraft flew in the 12th Air Force, part of the 57th Bomb Wing, 340th Bombardment Group in the 489th Bomb Squadron. This B-25D saw combat in World War II and is one of only two B-25Ds still flying. Mission logs reveal this plane flew eight combat missions out of Corsica under the care of Ezra Baer, Crew Chief. Crew rosters list a number of aircrews operated the plane in those missions, striking high value rail lines and shipping in Italy.
B-25D 43-3634 was repainted in December 2020 according to North American Aviation specifications for this aircraft in 1943. This livery honors the aviators who flew B-25s in the 489th Bomb Squadron in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. In March 2021, the B-25 was christened “Rosie’s Reply” to additionally honor the thousands of women, collectively known as Rosie the Riveter, who built aircraft and other munitions in response to the threat that arose in World War Two.
The B-25 is the same type of bomber delivering the first strike back at Japan on April 18, 1942 flown by the legendary Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and his raiders. This daring mission was thought to be “one-way” as the 16 B-25s launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet with insufficient fuel to return or land on an air base in China. The “Doolittle Raiders” succeeded. Fifteen, B-25s reached China but crash-landed and one landed in Russia. Seventy-seven of the eighty, all volunteer, crewmembers survived.
The prototype B-25 first flew in 1939. A total 9,818 were built, of which 3,915 were “C” or “D” models. The B-25 is the only American military aircraft named after a specific person, General Billy Mitchell.
Yankee Air Museum acquired the B-25D Mitchell in 1987 and after restoration; it flew again in 2003 as Yankee Warrior. Rosie’s Reply now honors both the men who flew it and the women who built it....Show more →
Great capture "Mich"!! Always love the stories behind the decals!
Dan
Douglas L wrote:
Jim, the dynamic range of the D800 was why I switched from Canon 5D Mark III to Nikon. It was amazing to see how much the shadow could be pulled. It was a relatively easy switch that time because i didn't have that many lenses. Later on I was intrigued by the smaller Sony FF cameras when they launched them and the rest is history. So may choices in all major brands now, really a great time to be a photographer, even for hobbyists like me.
Douglas..would you be interested? Breakfast and some photos?? I am REALLY looking forward to the "fly-in" of the Vietnam Era UH-1 at 2pm.
I have requested credentials. 2024 Festival of Flight
The Frederick Municipal Airport is excited to host the second Frederick Festival of Flight on September 28, 2024! Entry to the event is FREE!
Confirmed Static/Stationary Aircraft:
WWII Warbird: B-25 "Panchito"
Vietnam Warbird: UH-1 "Huey" (arriving at 2pm)
Maryland State Police's Trooper 3 AW-139 Helicopter
MedStar EC-135 Helicopter
Robinson R-22 Helicopter
Various FDK Based Aircraft
Bill Gass wrote:
That looks like fun Dan, I'll go too...
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Got an R5II to buy already, just haven't pulled the trigger yet but they are on the shelf it looks like.
You will be there in "spirit" Bill as will ALL the "family".
Now let's see how close I can get!
Danpbphoto wrote:
Douglas..would you be interested? Breakfast and some photos?? I am REALLY looking forward to the "fly-in" of the Vietnam Era UH-1 at 2pm.
I have requested credentials. 2024 Festival of Flight
The Frederick Municipal Airport is excited to host the second Frederick Festival of Flight on September 28, 2024! Entry to the event is FREE!
Confirmed Static/Stationary Aircraft:
WWII Warbird: B-25 "Panchito"
Vietnam Warbird: UH-1 "Huey" (arriving at 2pm)
Maryland State Police's Trooper 3 AW-139 Helicopter
MedStar EC-135 Helicopter
Robinson R-22 Helicopter
Various FDK Based Aircraft
Hi Dan,
Thanks for the heads-up! I may stop by to check it out if my trip to NC that weekend to photograph black bears falls through.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Mike B and I were both on drone assignments this morning, his was a little more pleasant than the 100 degree blast that I did mine in. We won't have 75 degrees for another couple of months, at any time of the day or night.
Woke up to a brisk 67F and no humidity...Had to put on my "jimwilsonphotography.com-P51" t-shirt!
Come on Fall!!!!
A little info in case anyone does what I did…
So, at the Air Show this weekend, towards the end of the bombing run with an airplane and car was happening and all of a sudden, camera said…CARD IS FULL…
In haste and in a hurry I grabbed one of the cards out oy my R3 and put it in the R5 thinking it would just add more pictures…Got home the next day and downloaded them but pics were lost…cry, cry, cry…I downloaded and tried a few gimmick programs to recover lost or over written files to no avail, gave up after a few hours. Went to airport to shoot the fire bombers coming in, in that beautiful evening light and got home at dark. I put that card back in the R3 and started looking at pictures and there were those pictures I thought I overwrote. Took the card out and put in in a card reader, card is blank, tried another card reader, still blank. I’m thinking WTH…Put card back in camera and pictures are still there. So got the cord out that came with the camera and it uploaded all those files for me and got everyone back…
So, the R5 rendered the R3 images hidden when you put them in a card reader? Like, it made a new folder for IT'S images, and hid the existing ones?
The computer couldn't see any hidden folder/files? But the R3 could see the ones your PC couldn't see?
On the Nikon world that I used, swapping a card from a Z8 to a Z7 as example, ends up with 2 folders, an Z8 and a Z7 one, and on PC (Mac in my case), it could see both folders, and the images in them.
RWNPhoto wrote:
So, the R5 rendered the R3 images hidden when you put them in a card reader? Like, it made a new folder for IT'S images, and hid the existing ones?
The computer couldn't see any hidden folder/files? But the R3 could see the ones your PC couldn't see?
On the Nikon world that I used, swapping a card from a Z8 to a Z7 as example, ends up with 2 folders, an Z8 and a Z7 one, and on PC (Mac in my case), it could see both folders, and the images in them.
Ok, I wrote all that wrong, sorry.
I took a SD card out of my R3 and put it in my R5 to use.
When I put that SD card in my card reader it did now show the R5 pixs I took, just the R3 pictures.
It wasn't till I plugged the R3 into my computer directly that I was then able to retrieve the R5 pictures I took.
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It looks like it did make 2 folders but the card readers could not see them both.
Bill Gass wrote:
This is one of the files.
Reminds me of napalm as it hit the ground Bill!!!!
Glad all images recovered. My most "anxious" moment when out and about!
Dan
