DESKTOP WALLPAPERS - SEPTEMBER 2009

"Tiger" Destefani's highly modified North American P-51D Mustang racer "Strega", being flown by Steve "Stevo" Hinton, during a photo shoot at the 2008 Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino, CA.

A rare Grumman F7F Tigercat formation taken during an evening photo shoot at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV. It includes John Muszala flying John Session’s “Bad Kitty”, Mike Brown in "Big Bossman” (now owned by Rod Lewis) and Clay Lacy in Joe Clark’s Tigercat. This year's Air Races and Airshow will be held on September 16 - 20, 2009.

The Sanders family's Hawker Sea Fury T.20 "Dreadnought", being flown by Matt Jackson with Joel Swager in the rear cockpit, and C.J. Stephens flying their Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 "Argonaut", climbing out from Eagles Nest airport at Ione, CA enroute to the 2008 National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk (RAAF A29-414) fresh out of restoration by Pioneer Aero. This war veteran is being flown by Frank Parker near Ardmore, New Zealand during a post restoration test flight. It is painted in the markings of James F. "Stocky" Edwards of 260 Squadron, Canada’s highest scoring surviving fighter pilot with 20 victories and 6 probables. It won the Best Fighter Award at the EAA AirVenture 2009 convention in Oshkosh, WI.

Bill Lamberton of Paine Field, WA, flying his authentically painted Candair CT-114 Tutor (S/N 26017) over the San Francisco Bay with the historic Angel Island in the background.

Christophe Jacquard's Focke Wulf FW 190A-8/N, during the 2009 Flying Legends Airshow in Duxford, England.

Stew Dawson rounding a pylon in his modified Hawker Fury FB.11 "Spirit of Texas" at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

Dick Rutan flying the Virgin Galactic WhiteKnight 2 during a demonstration at EAA AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh, WI.

Dan Vance’s North American P-51D Mustang “Speedball Alice”, being flown by Rob Gordon, at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

Howard Pardue rounding pylon #2 in his Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat "Kimberly Brooke” at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

John Lohmer rounding pylon #2 in his North American SNJ-5 Texan "Radical Velocity" on his way to a Silver Class first place finish at the 2008 Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

Sherman Smoot rounding a pylon in John Moore’s highly modified Yakovlev Yak 11 "Czech Mate" at the 2008 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.

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.