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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 9487967, member: 31"]I got my EpsonPerfection V750 Pro flatbed scanner working with a usb hub I bought. I really like my older Canon scanner better - it's a much better scanner, but I don't have time to fool with it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of the 50 odd photos I'm scanning. All of them measure 8" by 10". Most of them were taken by John Drennan, many at Roosevelt Field on Long Island during the 1940s and 50s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Milo Burcham with his Boeing 100 at Roosevelt Field. He was a stunt pilot, airshow pilot, and the head test pilot for Lockheed. He died in his early forties test flying a new plane for Lockheed:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445288[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Hofstra College football team, The Flying Dutchmen, posing with a Curtis Fledgling at Roosevelt Field, 1930s, 40s:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445289[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Convertawings Quadromotor Motor A, in 1956 at Zahn Airport. Designer, builder, and tester David H. Kaplan. This was the first patented Quadro Helecopter. It worked fine but the project was eventually dropped from lack of interest:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445290[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1955 photo of a man in the cockpit of a Mooney Mite airplane at the Zahns Airport. I haven't found out who he is yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445291[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cool photo of a French seaplane about to take off, and the yacht QED at Port Washington, Long Island. Apparently the yacht almost hit three other boats while zooming around the port. This photo was sent out with a news story written by the photographer, John Drennan:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 9487967, member: 31"]I got my EpsonPerfection V750 Pro flatbed scanner working with a usb hub I bought. I really like my older Canon scanner better - it's a much better scanner, but I don't have time to fool with it now. Here are a few of the 50 odd photos I'm scanning. All of them measure 8" by 10". Most of them were taken by John Drennan, many at Roosevelt Field on Long Island during the 1940s and 50s. Milo Burcham with his Boeing 100 at Roosevelt Field. He was a stunt pilot, airshow pilot, and the head test pilot for Lockheed. He died in his early forties test flying a new plane for Lockheed: [ATTACH=full]445288[/ATTACH] The Hofstra College football team, The Flying Dutchmen, posing with a Curtis Fledgling at Roosevelt Field, 1930s, 40s: [ATTACH=full]445289[/ATTACH] The Convertawings Quadromotor Motor A, in 1956 at Zahn Airport. Designer, builder, and tester David H. Kaplan. This was the first patented Quadro Helecopter. It worked fine but the project was eventually dropped from lack of interest: [ATTACH=full]445290[/ATTACH] 1955 photo of a man in the cockpit of a Mooney Mite airplane at the Zahns Airport. I haven't found out who he is yet: [ATTACH=full]445291[/ATTACH] Cool photo of a French seaplane about to take off, and the yacht QED at Port Washington, Long Island. Apparently the yacht almost hit three other boats while zooming around the port. This photo was sent out with a news story written by the photographer, John Drennan: [ATTACH=full]445292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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