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DESKTOP WALLPAPERS -
AUGUST 2008
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Warbird Depot is proud to offer
you the following desktop wallpapers.
Feel free to download any of the Warbird Depot desktop wallpapers below for your own
personal use, however, if you wish to publish them in any way, or require the
original pictures, please e-mail
Mark
Watt.

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The Commemorative Air Force's Consolidated B-24A
Liberator "Ol 927", being flown by Mack Deeds and Paul Stojkov, over the
Texas oil fields at the 2007 FINA-CAF Airshow in Midland, TX. |
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Jim Smith's beautiful North American P-51D Mustang,
being flown by Nelson Ezell, over Crystal Lakes, MT. |
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Raybourne Thompson flying his rare war veteran
Supermarine Spitfire LF.Mk. IX MK959 outside of Covey Trails, Texas.
This warbird is now owned by Tom Duffy. |
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The Fighter Collection's rare Gloster Gladiator Mk.II
N5903, being flown by Pete Kynsey, on its maiden test flight in the
evening of July 10th, during preparations for the 2008 Flying Legends
Airshow at Duxford Airfield, U.K. |
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Frank Sanders taxiing out for the first flight in the
Sanders family's P&W R-4360 powered, 4,000 horsepower, Hawker Sea Fury
T.20 "Dreadnought" on August 6, 1983 in Chino, CA. This September will
mark the 25th anniversary of "Dreadnought" racing at the National
Championship Air Races in Reno, NV. |
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Nick Grey taking off in The Fighter Collection's rare
Curtiss 75 Hawk during the 2008 Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford
Airfield, U.K. |
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Rob Gordon taxiing out for some practice laps in Daryl
Bond's recently repainted North American TF-51D Mustang "Lady Jo" during
the 2008 Pylon Racing Seminar in Reno, NV. |
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Bernie Vasquez flying Alan Lieberman's Giles G-202, with
Jimmy Ferreira in the front seat, enroute to Eagles Nest airport in
Ione, CA. |
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Stew Dawson in his Hawker Fury FB.11 "Spirit of Texas"
leading Robert "Hoot" Gibson, flying Mike Keenum's Hawker Sea Fury FB.11
"Riff Raff", as they approach pylon #4 at the 2007 Reno National
Championship Air Races in Reno, NV. This year's Air Races and Airshow
will be held on September 10 - 14, 2008. |
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The Planes of Fame Air Museum's N.A. F-86F Sabre and
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot, being flown by Steve Hinton and Chris
Fahey respectively, performing at the 2008 Planes of Fame Airshow in
Chino, CA. |
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An Air Canada Embraer 190 landing on runway 24R at
Toronto's LBPIA. |
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A VFC-13 "Fighting Saints" Northrop F-5E Tiger II taking
off at the 2007 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.
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Below are
instructions on how to download and install one of this month's desktop
wallpapers. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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