Memoir Vietnam & SE Asia 1972

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.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

View of C-130 cockpit from crew entry door.

Photo taken from crew entry door of C-130 on port side of aircraft. There was fold down steps into the plane, and then a short ladder up into the cockpit. Cargo area is to the right in this photo. Note rack of aircraft tech publications on right, and a sextant port for celestial navigation in roof above copilot's head. On the copilot's left part of the bench seat that was at the rear of the cockpit can be seen.

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UnknownFebruary 22, 2015 at 5:45 PM
The periscopic sextant was one of my maintenance responsibilities, but the only thing I ever had to do was change the light bulbs.
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