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Pachyderms gathering for their first joint reunion with the Hillclimbers. |
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Hillclimber Carl Vertrees outside the Ft. Rucker Aviation Museum. |
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Our tour guide assembles everyone by the Army Aviation statue at the front doors. |
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Hillclimbers and Pachyderms listen to the tour guide prior to entering the exhibit area.
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Don (Royce) and Anita Raley relaxing at the Ft. Rucker Aviation Museum. |
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Hillclimbers check out the CH-37. |
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#03451, the 10th Production CH-47A. As of December 2002, there were three surviving "A" models. #60-03451, in the Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Alabama. #64-13149, also known as "Easy Money", was the sole surviving "Guns-A-Go-Go" Armed/Attack Chinook helicopter (ACH-47A), located at Redstone Arsenal, near Hunstville, Alabama. #61-02408 was located near San Luis Obispo, in the Army National Guard Aviation Museum, Camp San Luis, close to Stockton, California. Additionally, although technically no longer an A model, #65-07992 survived as the only BV-347 experimental Chinook and was in the Army Aviation Museum collection, located at Fort Rucker. |
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Hillclimber Jim Parker inside A model Chinook #60-03451 at the Ft. Rucker.
Museum. |
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Instrument Panel of #451. |
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Looking out the CE Door of #451. |
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CMH recipient Mike Novosel happened to be at the Museum the day we were there. Here is Mr. Novosel (L) and "Max". |
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CMH recipient Mike Novosel (center), and Clint Downing (right).
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The Commander of the Chinook training company, CPT Pasibe, was our host at Knox Field, Fort Rucker.
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Clint Downing, smiling because he feels right at home
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Jim Parker remembering how it used to be.
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Clint Downing and Bobby Patterson
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Group Photo |
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Max Grose wishing he could do it again.
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Hillclimber pilot (1965/66) Fred and Hilda Farmer. |
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Max Grose and Jim Parker. “Who is buying the champaign?
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John Caron, Jim Parker, Clint Downing, Bobby Machin, Max Gros
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Chinooks on the ramp at Knox AH
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Carl and "Max" pause for a picture. |
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Pilot-maker Chinook |
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Max Grose - Been there and done that. |
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Classic birds.
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Rodney Brown and CPT Pasibe, Chinook Company Commander |
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John Caron, commander in late 1967 to mid 1968. |
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Here is Van Peterson and Jim Allen, pilot and FE of 090 when it crashed. They met at the reunion for the first time since the crash. |
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Missing man table. |
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