Portrait of Paul-2
Paul was a seventeen-year-old who had just graduated from Quartz Hill High School and was planning to attend Antelope Valley College in the fall to study in their Airframe & Powerplant program.
After graduating from community college, Paul hoped to get a job “at Northrop Grumman Corporation or one of the other local airplane manufacturing companies.” He wanted to be an mechanic and “maybe even an engineer,” in which case he would attend either UCLA or or Cal Poly after completing an Associate’s Degree.
In this picture, Paul studies the engine of a restored Cessna 190 historical aircraft. The twin engine Cessna 190 was built in 1947 with “Shakey Jake” 300 horsepower Jacobs supercharged, just carbureted engines.
All this fascinated Paul because he was originally from Antelope Valley and grew up watching airplanes and the intense quest for innovative aircraft research, technology and manufacturing that transpires in the area.
Image Credits: Bat-Ami Gordin ©2017 all rights reserved. Credit if you use it, please.
Posted on July 31, 2017, in photography, Portraits and tagged 225 hp engine, 300 horsepower engine, 300 hp engine, Airframe & Powerplant, antelope valley college, Cal poly, Cessna, Cessna 190, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Quartz Hill High School, Shakey Jak, ucla. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
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Excellent portrait of Paul and a great pose……I was trying to read his expression but kept coming up with “I know my adjustable wrench is in there somewhere “no just kidding he looks very intense in this pose.Great write up with this post too.thanks for including some shots of the Cessna very cool.