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Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Fwd: Fw: Cars that never made it.
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From: <IrvL114@aol.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:51 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Cars that never made it.
To: IrvL114@aol.com
From: <IrvL114@aol.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:51 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Cars that never made it.
To: IrvL114@aol.com
Cars that never made it.
They were pure fantasy on wheels, machines designed to make the
They were pure fantasy on wheels, machines designed to make the
heart race and the mind ask, "What if?" These 1950s concept cars were
automotive art built to attract public
attention, test wild engineering ideas and give motorists a fleeting glimpse down the highway of tomorrow.
1957 CHRYSLER DIABLO
1956 BUICK CENTURION II
1954 FORD LA TOSCA
1951 BUICK LeSABRE
1959 GM FIREBIRD III
1955 LINCOLN FUTURA
1951 BUICK XP-300
1955 FORD MYSTERE
1959 CADILLAC CYCLONE
1954 OLDSMOBILE ROCKET F88
1958 FORD X-2000
1953 CADILLAC GHIA COUPE
1955 LINCOLN INDIANAPOLIS
195? MERCURY D524, This car was never shown
To the public.
1952 CHRYSLER D'ELEGANCE
1954 DE SOTO ADVENTURER II
1953 FORD X-100
1956 PACKARD PREDICTOR
1956 OLDSMOBILE GOLDEN ROCKET
1956 PONTIAC CLUB DE MER
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Craig Harlan Hullinger AICP
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Ruyle Hullinger and Associates
423 High Street
Peoria, IL 61606
5057 Creekside Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243
309 634 5557
How We Change
Photographer Tom Hussey created a series of pictures that will speak to you, no matter your age, race, beliefs or occupation. The Reflection photos illustrate just how much we change in our lives and how it seems to happen all at once, no matter how many years actually go by. 
Tom spoke to a veteran right before his 80th birthday. His quotes inspired him to create the series.
I cant believe Im going to be 80, he told Hussey. I feel like I just came back from the war. I look in the mirror and I see this old guy.Its a universal condition at some point in your life, you look in the mirror and say, Wait a minute, how did I get this old? said Tom.The idea for doing these images was a person looking in the mirror and seeing what they remember.When you look in the mirror every day, you recognize yourself, but when you go back and look at a photo of yourself 20 years ago you say, Wow, I really have changed.You get to some milestone age 20, 40, or 80 and you cant believe that much time has gone by.Take time to appreciate every day, because these years will be gone before you know it.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
This idea was brought to my attention the other day and thought it a great choice for a thread. Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly recall the Navy's efforts to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake Michigan) in the early 40's during the war. This thread may give you a nice idea of what that exersize was all about. Many interesting images to study here and quite possibly of interest to those who are involved with the restoration of aircraft that have been recovered from the Lakes. I have also included a page from my dad's logbook showing his 1st thru 8th carrier landings on the USS Wolverine in July 1944. Sources are the NMNA archives, Library of Congress photo archives, LIFE image archives.
This will be a large photo thread in a few parts so we'll start with the two principal ships.
WIKI: USS Sable (IX-81) was a training ship of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built as the 'Greater Buffalo', a sidewheel excursion steamer, she was converted in 1942 to a freshwater aircraft carrier to be used on the Great Lakes. She was used for advanced training for naval aviators in carrier takeoffs and landings. One aviator that trained upon the Sable was future president George H. W. Bush. Following World War II, Sable was decommissioned on 7 November 1945. She was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1948 to the H.H. Buncher Company.
The steamship 'Greater Buffalo' before it was converted to the USS Sable (IX-81).
Overhead view of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) underway on Lake Michigan with an FM Wildcat making a deck launch from the flattop 1945
The USS Sable (IX-81) lies at anchor in Lake Michigan 1943
training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) moored alongside a pier on the shore of Lake Michigan during a break in training operations.
This will be a large photo thread in a few parts so we'll start with the two principal ships.
WIKI: USS Sable (IX-81) was a training ship of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built as the 'Greater Buffalo', a sidewheel excursion steamer, she was converted in 1942 to a freshwater aircraft carrier to be used on the Great Lakes. She was used for advanced training for naval aviators in carrier takeoffs and landings. One aviator that trained upon the Sable was future president George H. W. Bush. Following World War II, Sable was decommissioned on 7 November 1945. She was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1948 to the H.H. Buncher Company.
The steamship 'Greater Buffalo' before it was converted to the USS Sable (IX-81).
Overhead view of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) underway on Lake Michigan with an FM Wildcat making a deck launch from the flattop 1945
The USS Sable (IX-81) lies at anchor in Lake Michigan 1943
training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) moored alongside a pier on the shore of Lake Michigan during a break in training operations.
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