Yesterday's photo is the tail-gunner position. B-17 ?

 

Yep! You nailed it. It is in fact the tail gunners position.....I took one look at how small it was and just knew I was't fitting back there. You have to crawl over the hump of the tail wheel well....and there isn't much room at all. You'd have had to be a pretty slightly built human being to fit back there and not be completely claustrophobic......sean

 

Any guesses here? The place is over seas. The image was taken from a US military installation while I was there on temporary duty. The mountain featured was recently in the news. That's the only clue I'll divulge...no peeking at the link title........sean

 

A US military installation well....former one anyway. This place has been disused for a number of decades now. I found it completely by accident while out riding motorcycles one day. The place has an amazing beach that few other than the locals know about. It's perfect to go there in the summer when the temps are 105+ around the East and North Bay. It'll be just 65°F there. Nature's air conditioning. The base? It's called Fort Cronkite. It sits just North of the Golden Gate Bridge and is in fact, connected to nearby Fort Baker by a one lane tunnel that goes under Hwy 101. Fort Cronkite was once home to a range of coastal defense gun batteries and later, a Nike missile site. Fort Baker sits on the opposite side of Hwy 101 and is now home to a Coast Guard Station and a marina for Travis Air Force Base Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR). I have no clue what it did previously other than exist to protect the entrance to San Francisco Bay the same way the Presidio does for the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge.......sean

 

Last one for today:



USS John C Stennis. There is a rather convoluted story behind this picture. I was on a mission that started out with a flight leg to Hawaii and then continued around the Pacific. On our way into Hickham AFB, we were flying the standard approach. This requires us to parallel the beaches of Waikiki all the way down the coast to Barbers Point. There, we make a 180 to start the final approach. As we flew along, descending all the way to Barbers Point, I looked out of my window and saw the sight above. Luckily, I had my camera out for some reason and just leaned over and took the picture. Turned out, a guy from another, motorcycle oriented forum I frequented was aboard the carrier. He and I were in a conversation on the forum when he wrote he'd left Pearl Harbor a few months back. That brought me to the picture. I sent it to him, and he confirmed it was in fact, his ship and the times coincided with my flight. Pretty cool. He went on to tell me that they had the picture blown up and presented to all the members of the flying wing aboard the Stennis. ....sean