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[GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145434] Mon, 03 October 2011 21:42 Go to next message
Byron Songer is currently offline  Byron Songer   United States
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I just uploaded an image I did for Guy Lopes. The image has the story
below it. Guy was a Navy pilot. This is one of the finalists. Guy has
other iterations, too.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=40927

Now if he could just find some guys from the National Guard driving a flat
bed around with nothing to do he'd get his Birchaven delivered.

Byron


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Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145435 is a reply to message #145434] Mon, 03 October 2011 21:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Byron Songer wrote on Mon, 03 October 2011 21:42

I just uploaded an image I did for Guy Lopes. The image has the story
below it. Guy was a Navy pilot. This is one of the finalists. Guy has
other iterations, too.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=40927

Now if he could just find some guys from the National Guard driving a flat
bed around with nothing to do he'd get his Birchaven delivered.

Byron





Only two labels, step & LPG? I'm sure there are more that would be needed to complete the theme. <GRIN>


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1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145437 is a reply to message #145434] Mon, 03 October 2011 22:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Guy,

I didn't know you were a P3 driver. The South Georgia Technical College has
one on display. As it happens, its log book has entries by a retired Delta
captain friend who lives here. Maybe you're in there too. :-)

That location is at Souther Field, where Charles Lindberg bought his first
airplane, a WWI Jenny, which he soloed here. When I was about 10 yo, around
1947, my Marine pilot uncle, a WWII flight instructor there, took me with
him to investigate purchasing a Jenny -- which they STILL had in the factory
crates!

Hmmm... where's my GMC content?

Ken H.



On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Byron Songer
<bsonger@songerconsulting.net>wrote:

> I just uploaded an image I did for Guy Lopes. The image has the story
> below it. Guy was a Navy pilot. This is one of the finalists. Guy has
> other iterations, too.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=40927
> ...
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Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145442 is a reply to message #145435] Mon, 03 October 2011 23:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Byron Songer is currently offline  Byron Songer   United States
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There just wasn't enough space for everything. I did think about putting
the direction the tires should rotate as well as the PSI, etc. Also
missing is the red stripe around the "fuselage" and some other markings
like BR549 (or whatever).

Byron

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>
>
>Byron Songer wrote on Mon, 03 October 2011 21:42
>> I just uploaded an image I did for Guy Lopes. The image has the story
>> below it. Guy was a Navy pilot. This is one of the finalists. Guy has
>> other iterations, too.
>>
>> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=40927
>>
>> Now if he could just find some guys from the National Guard driving a
>>flat
>> bed around with nothing to do he'd get his Birchaven delivered.
>>
>> Byron
>
>
>
>Only two labels, step & LPG? I'm sure there are more that would be
>needed to complete the theme. <GRIN>
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Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145446 is a reply to message #145437] Mon, 03 October 2011 23:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ken,

Though I am an airline pilot now, when I was in the Navy I was a Naval
Aircrewman and sat in the back of the P-3 hunting for Soviet submarines
(Aviation Anti Submarine Warfare Operator - Acoustic, for anyone
interested). Now when I travel around the country I am hunting for my next
GMC!

<and here's more GMC content>

I provided Byron with a photo of one of my squadron's P-3s and he did a
beautiful job combining that with what I had described to him in several
email discussions. Byron not only knows computer graphics, he has a great
artistic eye too. If any of you are contemplating a new paint job, or like
me (for now) just want something to hang on the workshop wall, I would
highly recommend commissioning Byron to do the paint scheme for you. His
fees are VERY reasonable. Talented and cost effective is a great combination
in my book!

Thanks Byron!

Guy in Sacramento
On the hunt for a 23'


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I didn't know you were a P3 driver.

<snip>
Hmmm... where's my GMC content?

Ken H.





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Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145626 is a reply to message #145442] Wed, 05 October 2011 12:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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As always, Byron has an interesting design to show us.
I had thought the rotation of the tires might be shown with the modern shape, such as what he had used for the mountain in Gatsbys CRUISERs' drawing. But then that may be a bit too modern for such a design as the P relates to.

As always Byron, interesting and obviously very thoughtful...

Thanks for sharing


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Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145655 is a reply to message #145442] Wed, 05 October 2011 20:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Byron Songer wrote on Mon, 03 October 2011 23:00

There just wasn't enough space for everything. I did think about putting
the direction the tires should rotate as well as the PSI, etc. Also
missing is the red stripe around the "fuselage" and some other markings
like BR549 (or whatever).

Byron




I think the red stripe (which marks the prop danger zone) would have been a great touch if it was right down the center of the door. <GRIN>




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Re: [GMCnet] How about the look of a P-3 Orion [message #145686 is a reply to message #145434] Thu, 06 October 2011 07:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If Guy does not take it I will.Smile
That is a very tasteful color combination. While I was not a USAF pilot, I was a loadmaster on C-119s and C-124s, so I might qualify.


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[GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145719 is a reply to message #145686] Thu, 06 October 2011 13:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Byron Songer is currently offline  Byron Songer   United States
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To the dozen guys in my fan base,

I just completed and uploaded my illustration of Great Gadabout, which I
renamed DuQuoin.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4102

While I know everyone has his/her preferences regarding color and where the
stripes should go, this is a faithful image of the vehicle in a show scheme
developed by the GMC design studios for the GMC. All I did was put on alloy
wheels, a different spare tire cover and a new mirror and called it DuQuoin.

The original had Great Gadabout in large, block letters in the empty space
above the beltline and just forward of the rear window.

I'd be sorely tempted to use this scheme on a coach of my own except that
I'd wrap the stripes around the rear under the window instead or taking them
to the top. Either way, I think it's a great design that's strong without
looking like a big box fad.

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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145721 is a reply to message #145719] Thu, 06 October 2011 13:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Byron,

I can't wait to see it, but that link is bad. Takes me to a different album.

Guy



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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145722 is a reply to message #145721] Thu, 06 October 2011 13:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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No link. Not bad. No link.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=41020

Yes, link has been pasted in this time.

(Must think before hitting send. Must read, too.)

Byron


Guy Lopes wrote:

> Byron,
>
> I can't wait to see it, but that link is bad. Takes me to a different album.
>
> Guy
>
>
>
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> To the dozen guys in my fan base,
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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145738 is a reply to message #145719] Thu, 06 October 2011 16:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Oct 6, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Byron Songer wrote:

> To the dozen guys in my fan base,
>
> I just completed and uploaded my illustration of Great Gadabout, which I
> renamed DuQuoin.


Gorgeous rendering Brian!

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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145739 is a reply to message #145738] Thu, 06 October 2011 16:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Tim Conway wrote:

> Gorgeous rendering Brian!

Doh!!! BYRON...

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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145740 is a reply to message #145739] Thu, 06 October 2011 17:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Happens all the time. You're not the first and won't be the last.

Thanks.

By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was created on a Mac.
Today is an odd day.

Byron


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> On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Tim Conway wrote:
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>> Gorgeous rendering Brian!
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> Doh!!! BYRON...
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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145742 is a reply to message #145740] Thu, 06 October 2011 18:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Byron said "By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was created on a Mac.
Today is an odd day."

It is an odd, sad day. I'd like to think that Steve Jobs would have appreciated the engineering of the GMC Motorhome and the simplicity of its lines. A friend was filling up his car in Palo Alto some time ago and Steve Jobs pulled in next to him to fill his Mercedes. The thing that struck my friend is that this Mercedes had no adornments - no 3-pointed star, no badges of any kind. I'll bet he would have deleted the license plate if he could.

It doesn't matter if you are Mac or PC, all of our lives have been improved because he lived.

Somebody posted "iSad." That about sums it up for me.

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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145743 is a reply to message #145742] Thu, 06 October 2011 18:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Steve Jobs singlehandedly made all of Apple's competitors better, and it does not matter if we are on a Windows, Linux/Unix, or Macintosh platform computer. His innovations caused action and reaction.

From my blog....

My favorite pieces of Steve Jobs work?

The LISA
NeXT
Newton
Getting fired from Apple

Steve Jobs not only understood that experiments never fail, but he lived it.

None of the products or actions were commercial successes, but they all lead to something that was much bigger, better and game changers. He would not have been able to create things like the iMac, iPod and iPhone without what he learned from those all so important "experiments". He knew "Fail Faster, Succeed Sooner" like no one else, and had the fortitude to act on it.

The essence of true leadership.

I agree with the iSad.


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On Oct 6, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Larry Davick wrote:

> Byron said "By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was created on a Mac.
> Today is an odd day."
>
> It is an odd, sad day. I'd like to think that Steve Jobs would have appreciated the engineering of the GMC Motorhome and the simplicity of its lines. A friend was filling up his car in Palo Alto some time ago and Steve Jobs pulled in next to him to fill his Mercedes. The thing that struck my friend is that this Mercedes had no adornments - no 3-pointed star, no badges of any kind. I'll bet he would have deleted the license plate if he could.
>
> It doesn't matter if you are Mac or PC, all of our lives have been improved because he lived.
>
> Somebody posted "iSad." That about sums it up for me.
>
> Larry Davick
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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145744 is a reply to message #145742] Thu, 06 October 2011 18:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> Byron said "By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was
> created on a Mac.
>

I am sorry you have to work under such a handicap....

but
The Loss of Steve Jobs is a really sad time. He was one of a kind
(sell your apple stock)
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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145752 is a reply to message #145742] Thu, 06 October 2011 19:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jobs will certainly be one of the most uinfluential people of the late 20th - early 21st century on anyone's list.  For better or for worse, he changed society as a whole. 
 
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Byron said "By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was created on a Mac.
Today is an odd day."

It is an odd, sad day. I'd like to think that Steve Jobs would have appreciated the engineering of the GMC Motorhome and the simplicity of its lines. A friend was filling up his car in Palo Alto some time ago and Steve Jobs pulled in next to him to fill his Mercedes. The thing that struck my friend is that this Mercedes had no adornments - no 3-pointed star, no badges of any kind. I'll bet he would have deleted the license plate if he could.

It doesn't matter if you are Mac or PC, all of our lives have been improved because he lived.

Somebody posted "iSad." That about sums it up for me.

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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145756 is a reply to message #145742] Thu, 06 October 2011 20:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jobs' Ferarri had no license plate. He drove it to a meeting we had in a
hotel just east of SJC airport.


Larry Davick wrote:

> Byron said "By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was created
> on a Mac.
> Today is an odd day."
>
> It is an odd, sad day. I'd like to think that Steve Jobs would have
> appreciated the engineering of the GMC Motorhome and the simplicity of its
> lines. A friend was filling up his car in Palo Alto some time ago and Steve
> Jobs pulled in next to him to fill his Mercedes. The thing that struck my
> friend is that this Mercedes had no adornments - no 3-pointed star, no badges
> of any kind. I'll bet he would have deleted the license plate if he could.
>
> It doesn't matter if you are Mac or PC, all of our lives have been improved
> because he lived.
>
> Somebody posted "iSad." That about sums it up for me.
>
> Larry Davick
> Fremont, California
> The Mystery Machine
> '76 (ish) Palm Beach
>
> Microsoft Certified, but a Mac user
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Re: [GMCnet] Left Rear View of Great Gadabout (DuQuoin) Uploaded [message #145757 is a reply to message #145743] Thu, 06 October 2011 20:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Minor correction is in order, Dolph. The Newton was a Scully development.
Jobs killed it within a couple of months after returning to Apple. I never
quite understood the rationale at the time because the next Newton (4th
iteration) was intended to have speech recognition. Here we are, 13 years
later and the new iPhone 4s will have the amazing ability that was in a
video we promoted heavily in 1996 in the "Knowledge Navigator".

Yes, Steve did appreciate the design of the GMC.

Byron


Dolph Santorine wrote:

> Steve Jobs singlehandedly made all of Apple's competitors better, and it does
> not matter if we are on a Windows, Linux/Unix, or Macintosh platform computer.
> His innovations caused action and reaction.
>
> From my blog....
>
> My favorite pieces of Steve Jobs work?
>
> The LISA
> NeXT
> Newton
> Getting fired from Apple
>
> Steve Jobs not only understood that experiments never fail, but he lived it.
>
> None of the products or actions were commercial successes, but they all lead
> to something that was much bigger, better and game changers. He would not have
> been able to create things like the iMac, iPod and iPhone without what he
> learned from those all so important "experiments". He knew "Fail Faster,
> Succeed Sooner" like no one else, and had the fortitude to act on it.
>
> The essence of true leadership.
>
> I agree with the iSad.
>
>
> Dolph Santorine
>
> DE N8JPC
> Wheeling, West Virginia
> dolph@dolphsantorine.com
>
> 1977 GMC 26' Palm Beach
> TZE167V100820
>
> 1976 GMC 26' Donor Coach
> TZE166V101610
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Larry Davick wrote:
>
>> Byron said "By the way, that illustration, and the others like it, was
>> created on a Mac.
>> Today is an odd day."
>>
>> It is an odd, sad day. I'd like to think that Steve Jobs would have
>> appreciated the engineering of the GMC Motorhome and the simplicity of its
>> lines. A friend was filling up his car in Palo Alto some time ago and Steve
>> Jobs pulled in next to him to fill his Mercedes. The thing that struck my
>> friend is that this Mercedes had no adornments - no 3-pointed star, no badges
>> of any kind. I'll bet he would have deleted the license plate if he could.
>>
>> It doesn't matter if you are Mac or PC, all of our lives have been improved
>> because he lived.
>>
>> Somebody posted "iSad." That about sums it up for me.
>>
>> Larry Davick
>> Fremont, California
>> The Mystery Machine
>> '76 (ish) Palm Beach
>>
>> Microsoft Certified, but a Mac user
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