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.
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:
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.
So, I went to the airport and found this just inside the fence:
But I hate taking pictures through a fence:
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.
And then, along with a nasty sun burn, I got these:
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Just a few to showing off the Tiger killers:
Couple of booty shots:
Start-up:
The blue-green building in the background has this out in front:
Where they belong:
Second best day at an airport in my life.
Best day was when I got to do this:
So thank you, Melvin for letting me inside the wire.
Turtle
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I did. I tried to post it but forum does not like photobucket videos. Got start up and taxi for both. Taxi video also includes aero demo team taxiing in the background like a bunch of little ducklings behind a pair predators.Originally Posted by Cajun76 Go to original post
This is the second time I have gotten to be alone with a Jug or two. I have been very fortunate.
A few years ago, I went to the Air Force Museum to see the bubble top. When I got there, they were rolling it out the hanger door. This turned out to be a very good thing because it led to this:
This is why they had hauled out the Jug, Lightning and A-36:
When I figure out how to get the video uploaded, I will post it here. It is a little shaky, but that was due to adrenaline.
*** Just realized, 300th post!!!***
Only took me 10 years.