Personal photos/text taken in/out of Vietnam combat zone from perspective of copilot on USAF C-130 345th Tactical Airlift Crew. Not just about the war, but also about the people/places of the region during 1972. This is where I got my first Nikon film SLR which turned into lifelong passion albeit now Canon digital SLR. The photos are recent digital scans from old 35mm slides wasting away in hot/cold attic for 40 years. Extensive Photoshop editing has been used to make them somewhat presentable.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
End of day Saigon
One of my favorite photos that for me conveys the end-of-day melancholy mood at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon after a long day of flying - 1972. This was the ramp area where the South Vietnamese owned aircraft were parked in series of protective revetments … mostly C-123 and C-130 transports. A lone C-130-A model taxis home as it passes a cargo truck. Can tell it is an old A model 130 with 3 bladed props (verses 4 blades that USAF E models had), and absence of large external fuel tanks below the wings. The A models and the older C-123 aircraft were typically what the US donated to the South Vietnamese Airforce. Note the plane has both outboard engines shut down to conserve fuel during taxi. A setting sun and puddles from a late afternoon thunderstorm foster refreshingly cooler temperatures from the midday heat.
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