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503_Tomcatter — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:02:29 MDT

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Carrier Landing F/A-18F Razgriz

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:59:21 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:39:27 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:04:56 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:04:24 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:03:51 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:03:17 MDT

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Sunrise.

503_Tomcatter — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:02:23 MDT

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Graduation picture.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:09:01 MDT

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This was me back in 1983.

Favorite resting spot.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:03:23 MDT

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Our cat Thumbs loves sleeping upon our DVR recorder.

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503_Tomcatter — Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:42:13 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:17:39 MDT

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McDonell Douglas F-15C Eagle.

503_Tomcatter — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:54:53 MDT

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MFAM.

North American F-86L Sabre

503_Tomcatter — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:40:22 MDT

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Northrop N9MB Flying Wing.

503_Tomcatter — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:30:53 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino AP.

Northrop N9MB Flying Wing.

503_Tomcatter — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:27:19 MDT

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The forerunner to the YB-49 and Today's B-2 Stealth Bomber. This aircraft is on display at Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino AP.

McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II

503_Tomcatter — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:20:03 MDT

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March Field Air Museum.Photo-Recon version of the F-4.

Me-163 Komet and V-1 Buzz Bomb.

503_Tomcatter — Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:11:39 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino AP.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:52:23 MDT

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SR= Supersonic Reconnaissance. High Altitude Supersonic spyplane. March Field Museum.

North American P-51D Mustang.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:50:53 MDT

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Another F-86 Saber.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:45:00 MDT

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This one is at the planes of Fame Air Museum down the way from Yanks. Not sure if this is the museum's E or F model Saber. The museum map say's that the F model is flyable.

North American F-86E Saber.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:43:16 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum Chino AP.

Problem Child.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:14:27 MDT

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B-25 at MFAM.

Some more sexy nose art.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:10:52 MDT

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North American B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber-March Field Air Museum.

Sexy nose art.

503_Tomcatter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:07:55 MDT

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This is on a Marine Crops Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat

B-52 Stratofortess..aka The BUFF.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:35:45 MDT

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March Field Air Museum. The nickname BUFF meant Big Ugly Fat Fella. Again the word Fella wasn't used. Besides the B-52 isn't ugly she's just big and beautiful, especially in-flight.

Bachem Ba349 nATTER

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:12:32 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino AP.

McDonnell Douglas F-101 Voodoo.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:14:06 MDT

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March Field Air Museum. The Voodoo, along with the F-105 Thunderchief,F-104 Starfighter and F-100 Super Saber were all part of what was known as the Century Fighters. The bomb sitting infront of the Voodoo is a MK-82 retarded bomb.

F-14 Tomcat

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:12:07 MDT

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Under restoration at March Field Air museum.

Republic F-105 Thunderchief.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:10:08 MDT

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March Field Air Museum.

Royal Navy Hellcat.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:09:06 MDT

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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:07:32 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum Chino AP. And yes to all YE who ask..That is a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt off to the left of the Hellkitty.

F-4D Phantom II

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:05:06 MDT

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March Field Air Museum

Grumman Hellcat

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:42:55 MDT

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Royal Navy-Planes of Fame Chino.

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:40:33 MDT

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Yanks Air museum.

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:39:03 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum.

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:29:27 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum Chino AP.

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:26:42 MDT

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There is nothing more beautiful than one of Grumman's kitty cats. This one is on display at the Yanks Air Museum Chino AP Ca. My friend Tim took this picture, much better than my shot I took.

Mitsubishi A6M5 reisen-Zeke aka Zero

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:21:49 MDT

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This is the real deal! an actual Japanese Zero at the Planes of Fame in Chino Ca. This picture is one my best friend took. I also if not mistaken seen this same Zero perform at the Shafter airshow back in 2008. This one is flyable.

Super Sabre.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:08:55 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino AP.

North American F-100 Super Sabre and Me.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:07:03 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino AP.

Ryan FR-1 Fireball.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:38:25 MDT

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Under restoration-Planes of Fame Chino AP.

Mig-17.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:37:04 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino AP.

A-4 Skyhawk.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:33:32 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum, Chino AP.

Bell AH-1 Cobra.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:32:25 MDT

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March Field Museum.

P-51D Mustang and P-40E Warhawk

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:30:57 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum Chino AP.

FB-111

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:28:39 MDT

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Tomcat's tail.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:25:27 MDT

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VF-1 Wolf Pack-March Field Museum.

F-4D Phantom II

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:23:32 MDT

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F-8U-1 Crusader.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:20:50 MDT

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Planes of Fame Chino.

F-14.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:16:26 MDT

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This Tomcat is being restored for display at March Field museum.

F-14 missing Radome.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:14:26 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum.

B-47 Stratojet.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:49:22 MDT

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March Field Museum.

A-7 and F-100.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:47:13 MDT

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March Field Museum. The A-7 Corsair II's nickname was SLUFF or Short Little Ugly Fat Fella. Well actually the word Fella wasn't used. But I don't see really anything ugly about the Corsair.

Mig-23 Flogger.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:36:45 MDT

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March Field Museum's Mig Alley section.

M4 Sherman.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:35:07 MDT

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Planes of Fame Air Museum.

Grumman OV-1 Mohawk.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:33:07 MDT

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Planes of Fame Air Museum.

E-2C Hawkeye.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:32:07 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum.

f-100C Super Sabre.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:28:40 MDT

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He-162A-1

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:25:53 MDT

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Heinkel He-162A-1 Volksjager or people's Fighter.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:23:51 MDT

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Planes of Fame, Chino AP California.

Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:21:34 MDT

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Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport.

Baka Bomb and Betty Bomber.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:59:50 MDT

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Planes of Fame, Chino AP California. The Betty bomber is wreckage salvage

V-1 Vengence Weapon aka Buzz Bomb.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:58:05 MDT

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Yokosuka Type 11 Baka Bomb.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:55:34 MDT

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Yanks Air Museum Chino Airport California.

Seachest Restruant.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:26:14 MDT

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If you love seafood and a view of the ocean then this is the place. The Seachest is at Moonstone Beach in Cambria.

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503_Tomcatter — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:25:30 MDT

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Favorite Seafood Restruant.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:23:55 MDT

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When in Pismo Beach my wife and I always enjoy dinning at the Cracked Crab.

Moonstone Beach Bar and Grill.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:21:08 MDT

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This is one of two restruants Kim and I ate at on our trip to the central coast this past weekend.

M4 Sherman Tank Model.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:43:18 MDT

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One of my recent projects. This is an old vintage 1969 Aurora 1/48 scale Sherman M4 I bought off e-bay.

M4 Sherman.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:42:41 MDT

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Another view of my 1/48 scale Sherman Tank model. There is some finishing touches that still need to be done.

Top View.

503_Tomcatter — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:41:59 MDT

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C-17A.

503_Tomcatter — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:08:42 MDT

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Not sure if this was out of Travis or Edwards AFB's, but this Air Force C-17A was doing some touch and goes at Meadows Field airport.

C-17 departing Meadows Field AP.

503_Tomcatter — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:57:33 MDT

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Hand On The Six Shooter.

503_Tomcatter — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:00:00 MDT

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Me posing with an F-14B on static at Oceana NAS back in 2005. This was taken friday evening at the Twilight show at the base. After the show we headed over to the Officers Club for a few beers.

Favorite T-Shirt.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:26:39 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:03:09 MDT

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Sunset at Pismo Beach.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:00:25 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:54:38 MDT

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F-4S Phantom.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:44:46 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:42:26 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:39:37 MDT

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QF-86 Saber.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:34:20 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:31:57 MDT

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Titan II ICBM.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:30:14 MDT

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A Tomcat's Tail.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:28:34 MDT

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US 37mm Anti-Tank Gun.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:27:04 MDT

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A-7C Corsair II.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:24:53 MDT

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F-14B.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:36:14 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:33:38 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:32:07 MDT

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A-4A Skyhawk.

503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:29:14 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:27:47 MDT

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Me posing with an M60.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:52:03 MDT

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This M60 Patton tank is on display at the Estrella Warbirds Museum in Paso Robles Califorina.

F-4S Phantom.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:50:32 MDT

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503_Tomcatter — Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:41:41 MDT

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This F-8 is at the Estrella Warbird Museum in Paso Robles Calif. The museum is going to restore this old bird back to how she should look.

A-6E Intruder.

503_Tomcatter — Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:39:56 MDT

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