| OLD RAIMO PIX | Raimo, Tom Cowen, Susan, Bill Thompson, Frank were some of the pioneers of the party
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Teenage Tom Cowan
circa 1992, Faith and Ray get hitched. A young Erik eyes the cake
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A younger Ray and Tom Cowan
Ray
Ray returns to the building he was born in on the Finnish/Russian border
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Raimo
2 Tango Zero
once flown into mammoth at nite with no cockpit light
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| THE 3 POUNDER | Hugh Stewart's (sp?) pirate cannon appeared circa 1977
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??, ??, Paco and Raimo
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Raimo shooting
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with the "touch-hole"
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Loading the old fashioned way
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Result of shooting this Falcon engine while it was running, 1986
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| HOMESTEAD NITES | Lots of drinkin', singin', and hell-raisin'
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Flaco, Susan, Tom, Ray
don't do it Tom! You have so much to live for!!
Susan and Tom
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Tom Cowan
Tom on harmonica
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Susan, Flaco, Ray
Flaco on guitar
Lizzy - don't look!
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| FLACO'S 2 POUNDER |
Paco ordered a cannon from the Dixie Gunworks in 1985. Along with Steve and Jefe, he came up to test it
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Bill Thompson and Ray with headlightsBill got Frank (Paco or Flaco) into the group. When Paco left Pasadena, he brought San Diegans (Jefe, McD, Craig, the Scotts, papa Don, Hank, etc.) - some of which left to other parts of the country, such as Utah (team Jones, Steve R.) and Nevada (Danny M).
Flaco by his damaged cannon - frame got bent during firings this party -- however, he did go up to 8 oz. of powder!!!
Preparing to fire
Paco and Steve sighting target
Ray shouldn't have trusted Jefe to prepare dawn shot back in the '80s. Here he is with face full of powder burns.
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Ready for first shot
Cannon shooting!
Preparing to fire
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| ESTEBAN'S TRUCK-MOUNTED CANNON | Sometime in the 90's, Steve brought a 1.25 pounder that he mounted on the front of his truck. It featured a shock absorber.
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Some spring in '90s
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