Early 1970s - California Dreamin'

After purchasing a film scanner a while back, I decided it was time to dig into my old slides and black-and-white negatives and bring back the "Good Ol' Days" I spent in California back in the early 1970's while in the Navy. This will most likely be a work in progress, so keep popping in for a look.

MY RIDE AWAITS<br />
Naval Air Station Dallas, Grand Prairie, Texas - 1974<br />
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And here's my ticket home now, one of our SP2H Neptunes just waiting for the pilot to do some of that pilot stuff they always have to do. Those are parachute harnesses lying on the ground to the left of the guys standing by the nose, which we always wear when flying. (The actual parachutes are stowed on racks in the airplane, and we clip on if we need them.) A lineman stands at the ready with a fire extinguisher on the right. We always do that as a precaution when starting the engines.

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MY RIDE AWAITS
Naval Air Station Dallas, Grand Prairie, Texas - 1974

And here's my ticket home now, one of our SP2H Neptunes just waiting for the pilot to do some of that pilot stuff they always have to do. Those are parachute harnesses lying on the ground to the left of the guys standing by the nose, which we always wear when flying. (The actual parachutes are stowed on racks in the airplane, and we clip on if we need them.) A lineman stands at the ready with a fire extinguisher on the right. We always do that as a precaution when starting the engines.