Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, I spent my USAF years in Dayton, and was surprised to learn that the Miami River flowed through there, and had been the subject of quite a large flood control project. Sorry I missed you in 1967. I've conducted my share of tours out there. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/8/2017 8:14 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr wrote: > Jim? > > That?s a nice example of Caniff?s realistic style (I wouldn?t call it a > caricature), which characterized his strips as well. As a kid, I became a > devoted follower of Steve Canyon, and was always proud of the fact that > Caniff, an Ohio native, modeled "Maumee University?, where Steve's young > female ward, Poteet, was a student, after my hometown college and alma > mater, Miami University. I was lucky to be able to follow Steve in one > paper after another after I left home to join the Air Force > (cause/effect?) right up to the point where Caniff died in the middle of a > story line over 20 years later. I also avidly read Terry and the Pirates, > but that was long after it had become the work of George Wunder. > > (By an odd coincidence, for the last 12 years of my civilian career we > lived in Maumee, Ohio, site of the 18th Century Fort Miamis. All three > names are variants of what we call ?Miami" now. The etymology of Miami, > FL, is unrelated, coming from the native name for Lake Okeechobee.) > > Also coincidentally, my AFROTC training class at Gunter AFB, Alabama, > visited AEDC in the summer of ?67, just before I started active duty. I > remember being impressed by the von Karmann Gas Dynamics Facility, IIRC. > > ?howard > > >> On Aug 7, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> General Hap Arnold, along with Dr. Theodore von Karman and a few others, >> were responsible for the creation of Arnold Engineering Development >> Center, to get the United States capable of performing state of the art >> aeronautical and engine research. A few years ago I received an award >> plaque that contained a caricature of Gen. Arnold by noted cartoonist >> Milton Caniff. I have always thought of it as a beautiful example of his >> work. Perhaps a few of you are old enough to recall his "Terry and the >> Pirates" and "Steve Canyon" comic strips. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hap+Arnold-1.JPG.html >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >