Need Colored, airshow pictures of WWII aircraft!

[P38 Pilot]

Are you always this pushy Primus? Or is it just me?

 

[evangilder]

Hmmm, not sure if that T-33 got down our way. I do remember a red one a while back that was giving rides out of CMA.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Here it is....

 

[P38 Pilot]

Are you always this pushy Primus? I guess you have too since you were a NAvy seal...

 

[evangilder]

Nope, I don't recall having seen that one around CMA. Shame about the crash though.

 

[Nonskimmer]

That is a shame.

 

[lesofprimus]

Not bein pushy, just trying to point u in the right direction..... Use a search engine and ull find 1,000 pics of Airshows... Post a topic here like u did and ull get 12.........

See my point???

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Nope, I don't recall having seen that one around CMA. Shame about the crash though.

That is a shame.

Yea, it was a real bummer when he was killed. He was a nice guy but like I said, a bit of a risk taker. It seems he lost a drop tank after take off and augured in, just missed a mobile home park!

It sucked - I lost him and a former flight instructor within weeks of each other!

 

[evangilder]

Man, that sucks. What's that old saying? There are no old, bold pilots.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

My former instructor Dave Lazerson was a great guy and excellent pilot. He was killed in a mid-air over Tehachapi. The other plane survived and landed at a dirt strip.

Dave was one of the last civilians to go through the test pilot school at Edwards. He was the deputy program manager on the JSF and it was rumored that NASA was talking to him about astronaut training. I seen him fly the test squadron F-16s at Edwards, it was funny to see this guy in the cockpit with hair protruding from his helmet. He used to do an outstanding sailplane aerobatic display at the Edwards AFB air show.

Attached is the surviving aircraft. If Dave could talk to us right now I'm sure he would of wanted this to be used to train other pilots in the importance of collision avoidance - "See and be seen."

Here's the link: http://ships.bouwman.com/Planes/MidAir.html

 

[evangilder]

Wow, it's amazing that the other plane made it down. That's some serious damage. Was anyone in the right seat?

Shame, sounds like Dave was one hell of a guy.

 

[P38 Pilot]

See my point???

Yeah. Thanks for the advice Primus.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Wow, it's amazing that the other plane made it down. That's some serious damage. Was anyone in the right seat?

Shame, sounds like Dave was one hell of a guy.

No one was in the right seat -

Dave was a great guy - one of the best pilots/ instructors I've ever met. Here's a coupe of links about him...


http://www.cableairport.com/airfair/DaveLazerson.html

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/candidates/nasa15/english/lazerson_david.htm

 

[P38 Pilot]

Wow, this guy was awesome! At least he died at what he did best...

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Wow, this guy was awesome! At least he died at what he did best...

That he did! I'm honored to have this guy's name in my logbook.

 

[evangilder]

Indeed, it would be an honor. That's a nice shot of his kids with Rob Harrison at the Cable airport too. I hate to see that kind of thing happen.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

It sucks!

Dave was the chief flight instructor at the Edwards AFB Aero Club when I learned how to fly - he signed me off to take my Private Pilot Checkride.

 

[P38 Pilot]

At least his kids might have some great memories of him.

 

[Wildcat]

Here's just a handful that I've taken over the years. All were taken in Australia.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Nice! - I like the Fiat!