Hope you and yours are doing well! "Boydo" and I had a great time together yesterday just catching up and documenting a "Fini Flight" for a 30 year fighter jock in his squadron. "Boydo" yet another good friend that I never would have met had it not been fo this wonderful thread. Little did I know what was ahead when I posted a couple of Mustang images all those years ago. To some this may be "the monster" thread, seems to me it's just a great place to meet up with old and new friends and where the "inner circle" is everybody, I am grateful for all of you.
God knows how I am thankful that I did pass by this great forum, this thread specially, to get to know great and special brothers and sisters, although for quite a period I am just reading and not participating. @JamesG@ saw how happy I was (and still) when I met him "physically" at RIAT17.
You did this Jim, you are the one who gathered us all, if anyone from here has a great feelings about the other before meeting physically, the reason is you.
Hi Anwar,
You are very kind (but we have come to know that), I started this thread but each and every person in our group adds a facet that makes it what it is. Photography is just the conveyance that brought us together, but I dare say if we never captured another image, we would be drawn back here because of the bonds that have been established. MA2A and how we treat each other was an exceptional anomaly way back when the work wasn't nearly as polarized as it is today, which makes it even more remarkable now. We've lost a few folks and I'm guessing that some of that was caused by the fact that the founder is a pretty conservative guy and even though we don't really spend much time in that area, that knowledge was just untenable for a few of our friends. We don't all agree on things spiritual, political, just like we don't all shoot the same gear, but think most of us would go to the mat for one another and that's what counts when you boil it all down.
In the end, I'm humbled and touched to be a small part of this wonderful spot and to have you all as friends, 7 million + views kind of indicates that there are a lot of people who feel the same way.
Oct 06, 2019 at 11:07 PM
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