DESKTOP WALLPAPERS - DECEMBER 2009

Dan Blanchard flying the Lone Star Flight Museum’s Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat over Galveston, TX. The aircraft is painted in the markings of Lt. A Vraciu who was credited with 19 aerial victories.

Retired Brig. General Reg Urschler flying the CAF’s N.A. P-51D Mustang “Gunfighter” over the early morning steam coming off of Lake Travis near Austin, TX.

Wearing a 4th Fighter Group paint scheme, Mark Henley flies the Collings Foundation's N.A. TP-51C Mustang “Betty Jane” over California's Sacramento Valley during the Wings of Freedom tour.

Alan Wojack flying West-Pac's P-47D Thunderbolt enroute from Rialto to Chino, CA for the 2006 Planes of Fame Airshow.

Lt. Col Charlie “Tuna” Hainline flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom and Major Jason “Bondo” Costello in the McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle at the 2005 CAF FINA Airshow in Midland, TX.

Brian Sanders, with Jason Schillereff in the back seat, flying Mike Brown’s Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat “Big Bossman” back from the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV. This warbird is now owned by Rod Lewis of San Antonio, TX.

Don Fisher, with back seater Wayne Ritchie, flying the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Fairchild PT-26B Cornell “Spirit of Little Norway” from Brampton to its base in Hamilton after attending the Great War Flying Museum's annual fly-in on September 13, 2009.

Geoff Cooper flying the NZ Warbirds' Douglas DC-3 over the Waihopai Valley area in the days leading up to Classic Fighters 2007. The aircraft had just received this new color scheme and regularly takes people for warbird rides around Auckland and at the airshows it visits.

Dave and Robin Hadfield's beautiful Fairchild 24 CF-EKC. A F24W46, it is seen being flown by Dave over Georgian Bay, Ontario.

The US Navy Blue Angels' Lockheed C-130T Hercules "Fat Albert" support aircraft seen performing a Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) on the last day of the 2009 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

United Air Lines’ Boeing 747-400 flying a clean pass over San Francisco Bay during Fleet Week 2009. The last couple of years the organizers have added airliner passes to the lineup of air show performers.

Stephen Grey seen displaying his newly acquired Hawker Sea Fury T.20 at the 2009 Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford Airfield, U.K.
 

 

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Below are instructions on how to download and install one of this month's desktop wallpapers.

WINDOWS Users

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Click on the resolution you wish to download - select the appropriate size for your display.

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A window with the full size image will be displayed.

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Click your right mouse button on the full-size image and select "Set as Background" or "Set as Wallpaper" from the pop-up menu to set the image as you desktop's wallpaper.

MACINTOSH OS 9x Users

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Click on the resolution you wish to download - select the appropriate size for your display.

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A larger version of the image will display.

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Under the File menu, select "Save As".

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Choose the folder you wish to save the picture in. We suggest the "Desktop Pictures" Folder (located in the Appearances folder section of your System folder. Be sure and select "Source" as the proper format at the bottom of the Dialog box.

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You can rename the file before you save it.

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After saving the picture, under the Apple menu, select "Control panels, Appearance." Select the "Desktop" tab.

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Activate the "Place Picture" button, (if you already have a photo displayed on your desktop, you'll need to "Remove Picture" first) and select the file you just saved from the "Choose A File" dialog box. Click on the "Choose" button.

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We suggest the "Center On Screen" or "Tile On Screen" choices for photo placement.

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Click on the "Set Desktop" button. Close the Appearance dialog box.

MACINTOSH OS X Users

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Select resolution

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Control click - select 'save image as', and save the image to your hard drive - it's suggested you save it to your 'Pictures' folder.

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For Mac OS X (10.3), go to System Preferences (on the Apple menu) and choose Desktop & Screen Saver (in Personal): Desktop (control-clicking the desktop and choosing Change Desktop Background... from the pop-up menu will also get you there), then click Choose Folder... (in the left panel) and select the folder in which you saved the picture. Click the picture in the right panel to display it as your desktop background. Recent versions of Mac OS X also provide options for displaying different pictures at different times.