The Scoggins' Family Page

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Welcome to the Frank, Rhonda, and Roy Scoggins Family Home Page and photo album.

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This page is graphic intensive. Lots of animated .GIF files, and pictures, as well as a little music. Please give the page time to load. You know, go get a Pepsi, or some other adult beverage, go to the can, what ever. It will take a little time, but I think it is worth it.

This page is always under construction, and may change as often as daily. THERE ARE PHOTOS OF DAD'S CARIBOU HUNTING TRIP TO QUEBEC CANADA!!! He still needs to do some work on the page, and more pictures will be added, but there are some there. We hope you enjoy looking around.

Once a MARINE, ALWAYS a MARINE

This is how the Harrier looked shortly after I joined VMA-231 in 1977. This picture is very good because it shows some features that the newer B variants don't have. Such as the Shark Fin VHF antenna on the back, and the double UHF antennas directly behind the cockpit.

Animation of the Harrier (above) is from Lt.Col. Dave Gurney's home page (www.hownowcow.com), as is the Airshow animation and the background. Stolen without permission.

Above is a picture of an AV8A Harrier. This is the model I worked on from 1977-1980. Notice the VHF antenna that looks like a shark fin, the 2 small UHF antennas behind the cockpit, and the pitot-static tube on the nose (The AV8B has the pitot-static tube on the tail). The AV8A is from VMA-231, and as shiney as it is, you can tell it is from an earlier era. This is what they looked like when I first joined VMA-231. The "NM" on the tail indicates this photo is from a Med Cruise in 1976/1977, just before I joined the squadron. I believe they were embarked on the old Roosevelt.

VMA-231 did fly F4U Corsairs during WWII.