Well another month and bit closer to that ½ century mark!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the videos as much as I putting them together!  And thanks for your comments too!  Big trip down memory lane and it’s been great.  My office has turned into a home studio, video tapes everywhere, our old vhs camcorder laying on the floor, and the VCR/DVD player hooked up to the computer.

I’ll just get started on the editing when Heather interrupts to take photos for her portfolio.  This time it was the Angelina Jolie – Lara Croft – Tomb Raider look…actually some turn out pretty good.  We had a fog machine to add to the background.  Those didn’t turn out so well…blurred the image to much because the lense was trying to focus on the fog and not Heather.

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O’well, there is about two move video maybe three; one on the B-52Gs arsenal of weapons, coming home to land and a trip through the Boneyard.  The arsenal one is a collection from my days at the 49 Test.  When I first arrived they didn’t quit know where to put me, so I converted all their 16mm reel film into VHS formatted tapes…I made three sets; two for them, one for me!  The problem I’m having is that I have so much good footage; I do not know what to keep in that section.   I did break it down into parts, Conventional versus Nukes, then from CBUs to General Purpose, from bombs to missiles.  And keep it under 5 minutes!

The Boneyard one is footage I took while TDY there in 2006.  I was there for a DMO conference, but managed to get some time with the ARMAC PA.   He allowed me to crawl inside one, but watched me like a hawk!  I’d ask about getting a little souvenir, but said he could get fired over something like that.  It wasn’t like I was asking for the RNMP panel of something bigger; like the RN’s seat!  Anyway, I did get some good footage, just need to work up a story.

O’ if anyone knows a Radar type retiring soon, Rockwell Collins is hiring another to help with the entire mission planning effort that is coming with the Targeting POD modification and the Defense re-host.  So if you know anyone, have them give me a call…

As for history, not sure Reed if you knew they re-activated the 379^th as an Expeditionary Wing in Qatar with Gen Mike Moeller as the wing king.  Their History person contacted me to get images for their new headquarters building.  You know I should go into the consulting business with this history stuff, wonder if there is any money in it?

O’well, it diner time got to go…

Until next time, take care…