Over the years I toured with Collings I tried to match up historic photos across the country as they are now. Maybe this will be of interest to some?

Akron Fulton Christopher Columbus Statue 1930's and now
Akron Fulton Zeppelin Airdock 1929
Explorer 1 or 2 at Akron, photo did not clarify which one
Captured Zero at NAS WIldwood NJ
B-29 crash site near Boeing Field Seattle
Ephrata AAF Washington WWII
Tullulah Airport LA, part of the airmail route that eventually became Delta Airlines
Dick Bong Funeral Superior WI 1945
Mustang Jay Dee at the Cleveland AIr Race and now
Cleland AIrport Willoughby Ohio
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Jimmy Doolittle Visits Akron Ohio for Navy Day circa 1933
Hughes Aircraft building and the Spruce Goose
Goodyear Aircraft, probably 1944 and now...note the same fence

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Agreed ! This is amazing for several reasons... First the ability to compare photos from "then" and "now". Secondly, to be able to walk in the same places that these historical events happened.

Amazing work Jim and very much appreciated.

Awesome Jim. You know a character by the name of Rick Sharpe?

I'm guessing it was this particular T-33...

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This was out Scottsdale, Rick was in the 262 and I was in Betty Jane...we went out and did some tail chasing

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Jim, same day...same flight! You happened to be in my back yard that day. Had I known you back then, I would have introduced myself. The SB2C was just a few hangars away. That's also the year I became a Life Member of the CAF. Rick and I are a few years apart and grew up in the same neighborhood. Didn't know each other then, but we have a lot of friends in common.

Small world...

I really don't know Ryan that well, seen him around the hangars when I've been out there, but I do know Rick. I've spent a little time with him. Recently (several months ago) I did a photo shoot with the Scooter. The guy standing next to Sharpe paid for a flight experience and paid me to do a photo shoot with him and the plane.

Yes, we should plan on meeting up then.

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I can't remember how I got that shot...it was probably from Jay himself. A lot of them were forwarded from the home office so unless they had a watermark it was hard to keep them straight. Here are some more...these are from around Europe. During 2013 we did an abbreviated Band of Brothers Tour and WWI battlefield tour. Crammed a lot in to two weeks. As we traveled from Belgium in to France a couple of us realized we were roughly following AH's "victory" tour as he made his way to Paris. It's really creepy being somewhere he was photographed.

Prague town square, the building was damaged beyond repair during numerous bombings
Berlin at night...
Luftwaffe HQ building
Another shot of Prague on fire
Hotel Adlon, This is the second incarnation as the original was accidentally burned down in 1945 by Russian troops. It sits on the Unter Den Linden and was not far from the Reich Chancellery building. It's guests included.. Louise Brooks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Emil Jannings, Albert Einstein, Enrico Caruso, Thomas Mann, Josephine Baker, and Marlene Dietrich, Franklin Roosevelt, Paul von Hindenburg, Herbert Hoover, and my favorite wartime author William Shirer.
Prague the Charles Bridge when occupied by Germany
Amon Goth's house, which sits on the site of the Krakow Concentration Camp...it was being renovated for a new owner. (the construction crew wasn't too keen on us 'looky loos')
Herman gets married in Berlin at the Cathedral
Krakow Ghetto...not far from Schindler's factory building
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Ypres Belgium during AH's visit to the Menin Gate
Vimy Ridge Memorial, this place is incredible...preserved shell holes, extensive tunnels, and a graphic view of just how close some of the trenches actually came.

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