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Snagged a few pics, walked about 20 miles, got sunburnt to hell, and feet ached for 3 days afterward. Worth every minute of it.
B-25 Not one of these planes that I wasn't mesmerized by. Amazing to see them fly, two of them at the show.
Avenger, the plane George Bush Sr. flew, apparently, he didn't duck out of service.
C-53 troop transport, did the drop on 6/6/44, and a few other significant ops.
The Holy Grail, for ol' scooter. Such an amazing looking aircraft, so sexy, have to remember it only came about, to defeat evil. 5 of them at the show, all flying at once.
C-17, went up inside this one, talked to the pilot for a few. Gnarly stuff, can run my Pete and 53' trailer into that thing, without breaking a sweat. 90 ton payload, take off fully loaded in 3500 feet, on dirt or ice. Apparently, the C-5 was there last year, and dwarfs this plane.
USAF Thunderbirds did show to end the day, phenomonal. Couple of them did a low level pass on afterburners, and every car that had their alarm activated in the parking lot, you knew about it. Lol No pics, they flew in, blew the place up, and left. Awesome.
B-25 Not one of these planes that I wasn't mesmerized by. Amazing to see them fly, two of them at the show.
Avenger, the plane George Bush Sr. flew, apparently, he didn't duck out of service.
C-53 troop transport, did the drop on 6/6/44, and a few other significant ops.
The Holy Grail, for ol' scooter. Such an amazing looking aircraft, so sexy, have to remember it only came about, to defeat evil. 5 of them at the show, all flying at once.
C-17, went up inside this one, talked to the pilot for a few. Gnarly stuff, can run my Pete and 53' trailer into that thing, without breaking a sweat. 90 ton payload, take off fully loaded in 3500 feet, on dirt or ice. Apparently, the C-5 was there last year, and dwarfs this plane.
USAF Thunderbirds did show to end the day, phenomonal. Couple of them did a low level pass on afterburners, and every car that had their alarm activated in the parking lot, you knew about it. Lol No pics, they flew in, blew the place up, and left. Awesome.
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the C5 was my ride to Saudi for the gulf war. The load team stuffed two Patriot Missile Launchers and our Radar Set into that behemoth.
We did have to stop in Spain so that the Air Force could fix the plane. To this day it is one of my fondest memories.
Nevrnfpwr, are you what's known as a Quartermaster? Wrong name or service branch? I talked to the pilot about that, I assumed the wall markings were for payload and balance in the aircraft. Can't remember if that's the title he used. Props to both you and sleeve1 for serving. Wish I'd been that smart in my youth. Pilot was telling me they'd done the Reno show, and after they left, they were running up the Truckee canyon, throttles opened up pretty good. I guess being fly by wire, these C-17's are pretty responsive. Sounded like a lot of fun to me. More so than chaining up over the Donner. Lol
I wrote one of my senior essays on the F-6F, and my senior thesis paper on the transition of aerial combat into the "modern era". My argument, which was proposed by a historical author that I was arguing in defense of, stated that the modern era of aerial combat actually came about in Vietnam with the advent of guided weaponry, and that the jet age, while revolutionary, merely utilized the same tactics of WWII only at higher speeds and altitudes (which in turn made combat more difficult because the window for a successful kill essentially became smaller in distance and time).
Anyway, killer pics man, I'm hoping to go to Vegas for an air show in November.
A Lancaster, in a museum in the village I now live, population 1000. My Great Uncle Reg flew one of these, and was killed in 43, coming home from a raid. For years, I thought he was the navigator, and it was only in 12, at my mother's funeral, I found out he flew one. My other Great Uncle Con attended a survivors convention, and found out the real circumstances of his death. For years, it was thought that it was so foggy, he had the crew bail out over the airfield area, hoping the fog would lift, and the plane eventually ran out of gas. Not the case. As it turns out, they were on approach, in the fog, the tower gave bad info over the radio, and he flew it straight into the ground. Only the tail gunner survived, 6 of 7 gone. Reg was 20. Incredibly humbling to stand under that plane, and think about it all.
Bronwyn's great uncles flew Mosquitos for the RAF out of Canadia. Sadly I won't have the opportunity to meet any of them, but I did meet another uncle of hers who was in the Canadian Navy. He is a helluva dude.
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