Talk:Lynn Garrison

Article origins

Hi all. Just so involved editors are aware, this article was started as part of a red-link reduction program after Garrison was (again) made mention of in a related article. A search of his name brought up 20-30 references to him in various articles covering events, individuals and (seemingly obvious now) aircraft.

A quick Google search suggested it wouldn't be too hard to establish notability. Sure enough there are quite a few independent sources covering what he has done (as varied as it is).

Not long after the article was started, the entire mercenary section was blanked and tagged BS, reverted then blanked again, this time with a message about getting someone's father killed.

Without some form of substantiation (or referral to Wiki's governance) there's not a great deal we can do about a a statement link this and section-blanking by an unreg'd IP. The content of this section is substantiated by multiple sources including quotes attributed to Garrison himself. I propose a slight softening of the language and a more liberal use of the word allegedly to make it clear that a number of the allegations, while cited multiple times, have never been properly substantiated.

Please feel free to contribute - we need more sources and more early-life story, esp. original military service.

Regards, Stalwart111 (talk) 00:36, 27 July 2010 (UTC).

Article is coming along nicely. We still need refs for some of his earlier history (if we can get them) and the suggestion he flew in SE Asia in the 70s.

The original objector has not since edited the article though there have been significant contributions from two other unreg'd IP addresses. I will continue to look for more information but we now have something fairly substantive - not bad for a few days work.

Stalwart111 (talk) 23:59, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Corsair in photo

As a matter of passing interest, Lynn Garrison was The Air Museum of Canada. As such, he negotiated the purchase of the aircraft in 1964. It was moved to NAS Norfolk where it was stored. Ferried to Los Angeles by Al Redick, via Vought Aeronautics in 1966 It was originally registered as CF-VUM and this was used for the ferry flight. Just because warbirds registry says something doesn't make it fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.190.0.240 (talk) 15:57, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

According to: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Shumaker/2764.htm and http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairregistry/f4u-133693.html Garrison didn't own it until 1967 and it wasn't US registered until 1969. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.233.117 (talk) 23:40, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Vought Corsair 133693 was purchased by Lynn Garrison via the MAAG – Military Assistance Advisory Group in the American embassy, Paris, during April, 1964. He was in Canada, at the time, and planned to include it in his collection there. However, Garrison re-located to California in 1966 where he founded the American Aerospace & Military Museum, Inc.

Corsair 133693 was broken down and transported to the US Naval base in Rota, Spain, by the French Navy. It was transported from Rota to Norfolk, Virginia by the USN and stored there until it was picked up by Al Redick, for the flight to Los Angeles, via Grande Prairies, Texas, where it was flown by Stu Madison, Chief Test Pilot with LTV Aerospace, and Paul Thayer, CEO of LTV. Garrison was going to do a Hoover act for LTV as a promotion for the new A-7 Corsair 11.

133693 was registered as N693M in 1966 with the thought of having the N represent Navy and M representing Marines. The Marines in Norfolk had serviced and painted N693M for its flight to California. N693M was flown at the Reno Air Races in 1966 by Lynn Garrison. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Corsair133693 (talk • contribs) 14:02, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

The pic of the Corsair was NOT taken at the 1966 Reno air races. There is no terrain resembling the background anywhere near aircraft parking at Stead where aircraft are parked on a vast ramp. It COULD have been shot at either the 1964 or 1965 races, which took place at Sky Ranch, a dirt airstrip 10 miles east of Stead. 75.208.194.211 (talk) 22:56, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

This photograph seems to have been taken, when based at the Monterey Peninsula airport, at the end of the ramp to the right of the tower. Pelerin9 (talk) 18:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

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Images tagged for deletion

An explanation from admin:

For File:Lynn Garrison in cockpit of RCAF Mustang 9279, July 1956.jpg there's no source and no evidence of permission of the original photographer. It will have to be deleted unless the original photographer can be identified and his permission obtained. For File:Avro Lancaster FM-136 22 Feb 1961 Lynn Garrison coolection.jpg Lynn Garrison is named as the author of the photo, but there's inadequate evidence that he's given permission to use the photo here. The uploader can resolve the second image by asking the original photographer to send an email to the OTRS team using the instructions at Commons:OTRS. -- Dianna (talk) 23:29, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Any chance any of the regular editors of this article could do so? Stalwart111 00:07, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

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I have removed the internal link to the Wiki page of John Foreman (producer). Without further evidence, this does not appear to be the same John Foreman as the air combat historian being cited. Random noter (talk) 14:50, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Self-promotion?

This whole article sounds like a piece of self-promotion. Jcholaday (talk) 22:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC)