Post a pic of your mom!

[Seahawk]

My Mom hated this photo. It was cold and windy and her hair was blowing everywhere.

I love it. I was flying cross country from San Diego to the East Coast for some testing. My crew and I spent the night at my parents house in South Carolina.

She had just been diagnosed with cancer. What a fine mother.

Edit: I bounced this to another page and I did not see some of the other posts: My condolences.

[herr_oberst]

[herr_oberst]

Seahawk, that's the face of a mom who couldn't be prouder of a son if that aircraft were full of orphans and puppies that he'd just rescued. Great photo.

[Baz]

Love the aircraft theme!

Late 70's.

Me, Mom, and my brother (right) when he was learning to fly......

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Seahawk, that's the face of a mom who couldn't be prouder of a son if that aircraft were full of orphans and puppies that he'd just rescued. Great photo.

Thank you.

The woman who took the photo was a friend of my moms and a complete piece of work:

Marilynn Riviere.

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She stood 4' 11".

When her debutante days were over and she had finished school (Holton Arms in Washington), Marilynn turned her attention to flying. The nation was in the middle of World War II and she wanted to do her part. She received her private, commercial and her instructor's licenses by 1944. In the spring of that year, her father accompanied her to St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she was an instructor at the Van Air Service, a U.S. Army training school. Even when she was a half-country away, the Washington papers followed her career. The headline from a column in the Washington Times-Herald was: "Post-Deb in War: Petite Marilynn Himes Teaches Men to Fly."

When the war was over, Marilynn returned to Washington, bought her own plane (named My Sin) and along with her miniature French poodle Sinner, would take to the skies at a moment's notice. She would often fly to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for a picnic and a swim, and be back in Washington in time for dinner. Rehoboth Beach would play an important part in her life a few years down the road – it was there in 1948 that a helicopter pilot asked if she would like to fly along with him. She did, fell in love with the helicopter and promptly sold her plane. She became one of only nine female helicopter pilots in the country, and the only one with an instructor's rating.


She flew with Hiller and Piasecki. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Piasecki and he could not believe I knew Marilynn.

She loved the SH-60B, wanted a ride, front seat. I wish.

[yellowperil]

[UconnTim97]

My mom. In her late 60s and a 13 year lung cancer survivor. My dad is on the right.

[Flat Six]

Originally Posted by Flat Six

Just came across this thread from last year; nicely done, all.

As Mothers' Day is coming up soon, how about another round?

Me & my mom, mid-1967:

Mom and her Renault Dauphine, ~1960:


Uncle, mom, grandma, and brother outside Osaka Castle (I think), ~1954:

[rcooled]

Happy day to all the moms

Mom & me

[wdfifteen]

Great pics you guys!
I probably could find a picture of my mom here somewhere. Kinda busy, so I won’t bother to look one up. She wouldn’t have bothered to find one of me.

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

What a dashing pair..

[Baz]

At 100 years young....still the most beautiful woman in the world.....

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Baz

At 100 years young....still the most beautiful woman in the world.....

Outstanding!

And here's my mother at 28 (1963/4). A close second to your pretty Mom.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Outstanding!

And here's my mother at 28 (1963/4). A close second to your pretty Mom.

Wow - great photo, Bob - she's very striking!

I should have included 'present company excluded'.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Baz

Wow - great photo, Bob - she's very striking!

Thanks. She had four kids and a full term still born at that age.

My kids asked me his (stillborn's) name. I said Uncle X.

[Tobra]

Greatest woman you never knew

[Les Paul]

[GH85Carrera]

Mom with my pretty sister.

[flatbutt]

my Mom with her G-kids

1923-2015


the mother of my kids 1958-2018

[A930Rocket]

94 and still going.