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[Radders]

Me in 2019... i'm learning to skydive, doing my AFF Level 1-8 and then A License allowing me to jump anywhere in the world..

 

 

And what I'm jumping from... I thought this might be a new aircraft for me, but D-ISCO is ex- HA-ACO which I jumped exactly 13 years ago to this month also! Not a bad thing, good to be reunited!

 

[tchwrma]

Me at Musal, Brazilian aeronautics museun:

 

 

 

 

And at BACO, FAB air base in Canoas, Brazil, into the cockpit of an AMX:

 

 

Cheers, Paulo.

[Mel]

This is myself, in my own air base with one of the crew members of the C130 hercules (when I was on active duty) and I was young, in civilian clothes (I was in a period of rest and when I was away from home I lived in the air base)

 

 

 

 

 

photo inside the military academy, we were still student soldiers

 

 

 

Post graduation day at the military academy (all in civilian clothes and ready for a vacation before introducing ourselves to our destinations) end of 2008 (a long time has passed)

 

Edited September 1, 2019 by Mel

[Renegade]

Hi guys,

 

I'm John, from Cape Town, South Africa.

Here's a picture of me and my my Boy (Ross, and he loves aircraft too) sitting in an Impala Mk.1.

 

 

Cheers

 

Edited September 8, 2019 by Renegade

[Battlebirds]

Good evening,

 

My name is Jonathan, and I'm also from beautiful Cape Town in South Africa

Me in the front cockpit of SAAF Buccaneer #416 restoration project, I've been working on.

 

 

 

[Trak-Tor]

Well, something from the archives...
I've visited my father today and he gave me this:

A cutout from a nationwide newspaper, about 40 years old.
And you can guess who's the boy on the right working on some nice LSP...

 

Juraj

[Bill Kelman]

Thanks everyone I am using an iPad and am tech challenged also. Will keep on top of it though 

[mpk]

I dunno if I am me. For all I know I am something else. Perhaps a potted plant or a kettle.

 

With this in mind, I'll show people who are within my orbit.

 

Yolanda. A student. This shot taken 30 minutes ago at her gig. I  am so proud. She's coming for a lesson on Tuesday. I have a surprise for her. I am passing on a lovely Turkish cymbal. She needs it and I want her to own it. Plus I still have too much equipment. I teach her drum set and percussion. Mainly Brasilian and Afro Cuban on various instruments ftrom drum set to cuica. 

 

 

This is Luna. Luna and I have been close for some time. Luna has only been to visit me at certain time when I was home and very sick. One day Luna knocked. I was too sick and didn't want to answer the door. Luna got impatient and kept knocking.

 

Luna stopped coming over when I was no longer that sick. 

 

 

This is the Machine!!!! If I ever make him laugh, it often gets out of control. As can be seen. The Machine began with me when he was 3. He is now 12.

This is his reaction to the very silly word, paradiddle.

Perhaps it was the way I pronounced it?

 

Here is a hilarious 5 year old. She loves to wear my hats.

 

 

This is me on the left at a drum festival with the owner of the shop I taught for as senior teacher teaching drums and ethnic percussion. The shop did not survive covid. We are at a drum festival. I think I gave or wad supposed to give a master class. I can't remember.

 

 

This is Jeff. Jeff is a student and wonderful drummer. You can hear him on many TV shows such as Vampire diaries and many others. Jeff really wanted to interview me for his drumming podcast. 

 

 

Another student, Luke. Another student who has gone on to acchieve wonderful success playing with The Preachers.

 

 

The Preachers.

 

My brother at one of his many worldwide shows.

 

 

Myself in the past before I broke my back.

 

 

My niece.

 

 

My nephew winning a film making award.

 

 

91 year old father.

 

 

Myself on stage playing congas with a band while on a 2 day release from hospital. I have no memory of it. The device carrying my medicine to my heart through my chest cannot be seen. It's behind me. I was crazy. I ended up having 389 doses of chemo. I thought it wss only 290. My doctor disabused me of this a few months ago. 42 lumbar punctures. I thought it was only 34.

The following day I was back in hospital. I got out about 6 months later.

 

The bass player is in my own band now.

 

 

My own band. My 2nd drumming gig following my cancer. I can't afford to pay them to rehearse. We jam. My job here is to make the music work. I play an interesting enough funky groove and hold the time steady so they can be comfortable. It's my first time as leader.

 

 

The Band Without A Name.

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2020 by mpk

[dutik]

God bless you, mpk. Stay well!

 

Regards

- dutik

[mpk]

Thank mate. 

[ironelf]

Hello: 

I couldn't figure out how to upload a photo so I'll just say hi. When I'm not working on a model I'm an acquisitions editor in publishing (I created the Stackpole Military History Series). I'm also an author (mostly fantasy).

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

https://www.chrisevansauthor.com

 

 

[dutik]

Welcome aboard!

 

Posting photos is possible via an upload service where you store the image. When you are writing a new post there is a box at the lower right where you can set the link for the image.

 

Regards

- dutik

[DeanKB]

1 hour ago, ironelf said:

Hello: 

I couldn't figure out how to upload a photo so I'll just say hi. When I'm not working on a model I'm an acquisitions editor in publishing (I created the Stackpole Military History Series). I'm also an author (mostly fantasy).

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

https://www.chrisevansauthor.com

 

 

Impressive!

[Out2gtcha]

1 hour ago, ironelf said:

Hello: 

I couldn't figure out how to upload a photo so I'll just say hi. When I'm not working on a model I'm an acquisitions editor in publishing (I created the Stackpole Military History Series). I'm also an author (mostly fantasy).

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

https://www.chrisevansauthor.com

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the forums!       

[ironelf]

On 1/29/2021 at 12:09 PM, dutik said:

Welcome aboard!

 

Posting photos is possible via an upload service where you store the image. When you are writing a new post there is a box at the lower right where you can set the link for the image.

 

Regards

- dutik

Thanks, I'll give that a try.