BLACK SHADOW HERLONG FIELD OFFICE

My office in my hangar during the Good Ole Days... You can see the fireplace, sat TV, but not the kitchen... Lancer and Nichole have been there along with a virtual Who's Who in American Military Aviation... from Yeager on down. I also had a huge bedroom and two full baths... in the hangar were all kinds of aircraft being restored... had a lot of visitors from all over the world... the famous and infamous... A lot of intrigue went on here.

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CORWIN "CORKY" MEYER

Corwin "Corky" Meyer, famous Grumman test pilot, would visit Black Shadow and what wealth of flying wisdom he had accumulated over the years. Here he brought his T-6G he had at the time. Corky is one of the great aviation icons of all time. See his book, Corky Meyer's Flight Journal.

L-4 LIFE IS GOOD!

I always loved to fly. Here I am driving my old L-4 in USN blimp support livery over Amelia Island, FL. Great little airplane. I had a lot of fun with it!

HARRY GANN

While I was a pilot in the Marines, I had the very fortunate occasion to meet one of the finest gentlemen, and certainly one of the best military aviation photographers, I have ever known. He has taken thousands of great photos, in the air, on land and aboard aircraft carriers. He is the late, but very great, my dear friend, Harry Gann.

F4 FLAT HAT!

That be me!!

Proof that being a "Has Been" is better than being a "Never Was".

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FLYING HELLCAT

One of my Hellcats before I sold it... last flight before it left. I sold it to Doug Arnold via Whittington and when Paul Allen had me out to Seattle the first time... I walked in the Museum and there she was... Paul now owns it. And you can see it at Paul's Flying Heritage Collection.

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FLYING MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Please take a look at the article I wrote in this month's issue of Flying Magazine, (Jul/Aug 09) "I Learned About Flying From That." One of my personal all time Great Flyers is the topic. I have no doubt that John McAnally saved my life.

- Roy