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**Mitchell Holman[_8_]** · November 15th 14, 03:09 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation

Thank you very much for the picture. It means a great deal to me. I
recognized the aircraft as the RF-101C on display at the Air Force
Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Fairborn, OH.
My father worked on the development of the RF-101 in the AF Avionics
Laboratory at Wright Field during the 50’s. He was very proud of the
development and implementation teams and the aircraft’s capabilities
and accomplishments over Cuba and in SE Asia. He spent a lot of time
keeping me out of the ejection seat when I was about 5 years old! He
was an old cold warrior who left us last spring. He is remembered in
the Avionics Laboratory the Wall of Fame for his contributions to
aerial and space based reconnaissance.
Thanks again for the trip down memory lane.

I have a soft spot for airplanes built
in that era, when jets were a new technology,
when struggles with materials and supersonic
speeds tested everyone's imagination and when
planes were designed by people, not computers.

Perhaps that is a byproduct of growing up
in the 1850's for which I am always glad. A
most interesting time.