Losing out to the A-10-the little-remembered Northrop YA-9....

It also ran; this aircraft was Northrop's entry into the competition for the Air Force's attack aircraft; for more info., see my article at: http://inflight.squarespace.com/aviation-ancestry/?currentPage=4

Photo by Scott Schwartz, all rights reserved. 
This aircraft is on display at the March Field Air Museum.

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor....

This is a T-34 that belongs to the March Air Reserve Base Aero Club.  Photo by Scott Schwartz, all rights reserved.

Walter Beech designed the T-34 during the late 1940's, hoping that the Air Force would be interested in an economical, modern trainer to replace its war-surplus T-6 Texans.  The T-34 utilizes the basic structure of the early Bonanza models, hence the "family resemblance".   For more info. about the T-34, see my article at http://inflight.squarespace.com/aviation-ancestry/?currentPage=3

Black and White- rock layers- Red Rock Canyon as seen from the El Paso Mountain Range, Mojave Desert, CA.

Sometimes, I see myself as another Ansel Adams, although I'm not sure that he ever visited the El Paso Mountains. 
Photo by Scott Schwartz-all rights reserved.

Red Rock State Park, as seen from the El Paso Mountain Range...

 Rock of ages...this was taken from an off-road trail in the El Paso Mountain Range.  The camera was oriented North West, and the reddish sedimentary rock shown just past the hills in the foreground are actually within the boundary of Red Rock Canyon State Park in California's Mojave Desert.  The Sierra Nevada Range can be seen in the distance beyond the badlands, are  Photo by Scott Schwartz, all rights reserved.

These three photos were taken with my 300 mm telephoto lens; again, the hills shown are within Red Rock Canyon State Park, as seen from the El Paso Mountain Range.  Photo by Scott Schwartz, all rights reserved.

SBD-5 Dauntless -parked at Cable Air Show..

 Perforated dive and landing flaps.  When landing, the flaps are lowered separately.

 Twin .30 caliber machine guns in the gunner/radio operator's compartment.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see this magnificent aircraft fly at the air show. It seemed that the aircraft that I found to be most interesting were on static display.  Eagle-eyed readers may notice that the center-line bomb-crutch has been removed from this aircraft.

Photo by Scott Schwartz, all rights reserved.

Mojave Road- ruins of Fort Piute.

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Mojave Road-Fort Piute

The first photo is of the old Irwin turkey farm, and the second photo shows the remains of Fort Piute, both of which are located along the Mojave Road. 

For more information, please see my article at:  http://www.desertusa.com/mag09/aug09/fort-piute.html


Photos by Scott Schwartz, all rights reserved.