Alfred Fartknocker:
When your kids are small, they do what they are told. Mine pose with this A-10A, 75-0288 "DM" at Eglin AFB museum, FL or "Eggy" as they called it... "Stand over there!".
Alfred Fartknocker:
Sue, in 2008 somwehere in Nevada. Aged about twelve.
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Wife and pram pose with Bulgarias' last An-2, #027. Pretty wife, five month old son, good weather and an airshow in Bulgaria. I sometimes feel quite blessed, for an old bugger.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Son, Aden spent his ten-month birthday being pushed 14km up a mountain in Katra, Jammu & Kashmir to visit the shrine of Vaishnu Devi. Took it in his stride without a murmer.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Yours truly, a slightly overweight regional jet captain, poses with a statue to a very famous Captain- James Cook RN, near where he was killed (and partly eaten) on Kaua'i, HI a few years ago.
Alfred Fartknocker:
MCAS Yuma has a few Gate Guards, including this AV-8A. Bu.Aer 158695/ WF-00, seen posing with my Daughter Louise, aged eight.
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My son Aden has completed his first two months. Handsome blighter!
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My Daughter Louise (6) gets to visit the Blackbird Air Park at Palmdale, CA. 06924 is the prototype A-12, 60-0924 and 61-7973 is the SR-71A beside it.
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This lovely ginger female kitten is licking her chops. We called her Sasha.
Alfred Fartknocker:
As I post this, my much loved Audi S8 is in transit to our new home in Bulgaria. Here's my baby outside the Gleddoch Country Club in Langbank, Scotland. This, is a pilots car!
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Daughter Louise decides to pose as she waits for her instructor in Chipmunk WP808/ G-BDEU at Prestwick. It was later damaged badly in a storm.
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B-26B NL81897 ex 44-35752 "The Rude Invader' poses with my younger daughter, Susannah at Kissimmee, FL in 2003.
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Lou n' Sue + nag near Langbank.
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My Daughter Louise puts a brave face on it after being dragged into Jamiesons model shop in Glasgow......again. Sadly, since closed down.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Aden is nine months old now. Here he's taking a nap in India, note he has adopted the local dress sense.
Alfred Fartknocker:
My daughter, Lou meets a wild pony on Chincoteague Island, VA. She'll be ten here.
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54-2091 at Mojave. F-100D Super Sabre. Daughters have now grown up! This one flew for Turkey, coded 3-091 and later for Tracor as N2011M. It's now in the Yanks AM at Chino, CA.
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4 month old Aden shares his smile.
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A Vietnamese girl called Na poses with my Daughter Sue in Da Nang, Viet Nam. I think she liked me.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Sunbeam Tiger, plus lovely daughters.
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A huge wave surprises my Daughter Louise on Kauai, HI.
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Mum Pooja, Baby Aden, his pram and Hawker Tempest II HA623 (ex RAF MW848) pose in the Indian AF Museum at Palam AB near New Delhi.
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6 Month old Aden doesn't quite know what to make of Sunny Beach or the Black Sea. Proud Mum afraid to get him wet!
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Daughter #1 strikes a pose with this A-4C at Avra Valley, AZ.
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Adens' snap for his Visa- 4 months old.
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Maw, Paw & the Wean.
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Susannah poses with a baby Alligator somewhere in Florida. She'll be 17 here.
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This unusual looking thing turned out to be Bell YH-40 (or YHU-1B if you prefer) 56-6723 preserved at Felker Field, VA a few years ago. Louise, eight here- Sue, six. It's a Huey, with wings!
Alfred Fartknocker:
An odd feature of my Daughters' upbringing, was getting to play with aeroplanes. This ex RAAF C-130E went on to fly for Pakistan. I'll need to find another pic to ID it. Seen at Georgetown, SC in 2004.
Alfred Fartknocker:
Daughter, Sue poses with an ex RCAF CT-133AN at Reno, in Nevada.
