Rattler/Firebird Association


Bill Joyner's Flight School Pictures

From 1968-69

Also see Vietnam and R&R in Australia

70 total images

Two friends Part of Bill's class Bill and two friends Bill's first view of a helicopter Bill's first taste of rotor wash How does this thing work? This is better than basic training! How many times before you get it right? Practice makes perfect! From our barracks looking northwest at Ft. Wolters Texas morning Did anybody find a bolt? Countless hours in one of these AKA mosquito Round and round Ft. Wolters Getting ready for class Ft. Wolters WOC barracks Take a break and go to Six Flags Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas Early morning departure Our class flag Hard at work Just before lights out Bill's locker Real serious people Bill's TAC Officer Bill takes a lousy picture Dealey Plaza, Dallas TX - 1967 Dealey Plaza, Dallas TX - 1967 Dealey Plaza, Dallas TX - 1967 Texas Book Depository - 1967 Dealey Plaza, Dallas TX - 1967 Downtown Dallas - 1967 Love Field - 1967 TAC Officer's Office A friend Bill and a friend TH-13's on the ramp West Texas practice area Looking for the practice area Semi-Formation Flying Our TAC Officers Ft. Wolters - Beach Army Hospital Mineral Wells Airport New heliport west of Ft. Wolters Ft. Rucker WOC barracks Hanchy Army Heliport Waiting to pre-flight Autorotation that flared a little too high! South Alabama from a UH-1 My other helicopter is a Huey U.S. Army Maintenance CH-54 Sky Crane BIG helicopters! Just prior to graduation in 1968 Panama City Beach, FL - 1968 Panama City Beach, FL - 1968 Panama City Beach, FL - 1968 Ft. Benning - Jump School After graduation - a friend in Albuquerque on their way to Vietnam After graduation - a friend in Albuquerque on their way to Vietnam Bill the day before he left for Vietnam Grand Canyon - 1967 Las Vegas is out there somewhere