Flightpath - May 2018

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CLOCKWISE FROM OPPOSITE PAGE
MIDDLE:Photographed in 1962 at
Wenatchee,Washington,‘062isTanker 37
andhasadiferenttankitted.
[Pete Bowers via Milo Peltzer]

Ramey, standing in the middle with
Clausenonhisleft,andtherecovery crew
pose before departure.

Airborne for the irst time in sixteen years,
and with all systems working well, we had

thechancetotakesomeair-to-airswhileit

was still in its ire tanker coniguration.

Flying over the San Bernardino Mountains

following participation in the U.S. Navy

Centennial of Naval Aviation in San Diego

in February 2011.

The hunt for original wartime equipment

continues with a belly position gun mount

being one of the sought after items.