My afternoon with a pair of Jugs
First, I have to say, "Thank you!" to Melvin. Even though he will never see this post, without him most of the following not have happened.
Every year my city has a Freedom Festival. It used to be tied to Thunder on the Ohio (Unlimited hydroplane races) then they added an air show. We had the Blue Angels 3 years running. The Snowbirds, Viper West, Even had a Stealth Bomber fly-by one year.
Then it all went downhill. No races, minor airshows. 3 days instead of 10. :nonchalance:
But this year we had the two P-47's from the Tennessee Museum of Aviation.
So, I went to the river front where they were going to be performing and this is the best shot i could get:
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Fabulous, isn't it?
But I did get to see the "D-Day reenactment" including the LST-325. They built 167 of them just out of frame to the left.
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So, I went to the airport and found this just inside the fence:
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But I hate taking pictures through a fence:
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Then the owner of this little bug smasher poked his head out and asked if we would like a closer look.
I was literally speechless. Literally. Couldn't even grunt. May have squealed. Pretty sure i squealed.
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And then, along with a nasty sun burn, I got these:
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Just a few to showing off the Tiger killers:
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Couple of booty shots:
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Start-up:
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The blue-green building in the background has this out in front:
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Where they belong:
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Second best day at an airport in my life.
Best day was when I got to do this:
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So thank you, Melvin for letting me inside the wire.
Turtle