There were two P38s at an air show this year. Another forum I visit had pix of a P39, Several P40s, a P47 and about a dozen Mustangs. All except the Airacobra were flying. I can't remember which forum it was, but if I can find it, I will post a link. BTW, it was extravagant with warbirds, even had an F86 Sabre....
Mookie, I was afeared for ye, and am gratified to know you are OK.
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
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.....There aren't very many B-17's flying either Walt.....Do you have any idea how many...?
We've had 17's in here several times in the past for various "shows"... but not sure if they were different ones. Have had some really old double wingers, etc....here as well. And of course WWII fighters of various kinds.
Have had one Liberator...{B-24}, fly in here.....That's the only one I've ever seen fly.
Quentin
There well may be a P-38 still flying, but they are very few and far between.
There was one that a guy from Ky. help dig out of the ice somewhere, restored it,
was going to fly it around for air shows, but I'm not sure that that has actually
happened. (History Channel (?) from several years ago.)
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Day two of the airshow went off without a hitch, although an approaching line of storms helped clear the grounds as soon as the show was over.
Mutt - I could swear there was a P38 at an airshow I attended at Langley AFB a few years ago.
The C47 got off the ground today, but never did a turn over the airfield that showed a top view to the crowd. The B-17 had a mechanical problem which prevented its flyovers, but I stuck around to watch it take off after the show closed. What a beauty!
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Good afternoon. How are the rest of you out there doing?
I just got home from work, and right now we have a temperature of 81 degrees and the humidity here is sitting at 33%, not a bad day here in South Dakota. We had high, gale force winds here yesterday afternoon and just a trace of rain. Roughly 360 customers of ExCel Energy were without power yesterday afternoon when the winds had taken out a power line somewhere here in Sioux Falls.
At about 3:30 or thereabouts this afternoon I was stopped by a police officer while walking home from work, and I was only two blocks from home. He asked me who I am, and he told me that I matched the physical description of someone he was looking for. I was able to show him my state of South Dakota issued I.D. card which confirmed for him that I am NOT the individual he was looking for. I happen to like police officers, and I am a 2005 graduate of "Citizen's Police Acadamy", a course that our local police department offers the general public twice a year. This guy was only doing his job, but still it set me a little off balance as I was not expecting to be stopped by a police officer for any reason.
Ray
Evening
we had some pop up showers come and go today.saw the thomas rice special(csx 5107) go eastbound with an empty coke train.willy glad you are back home.CW thanks for supper.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Larry, Very Nice Air Show Pictures!!
Over the last several years, we've been lucky enough to see some of those planes fly around
here in the annual "Thunder Over Louisville Air Show".
The B-17s are,cool (got to stick my head in the "Memphis Belle" several years ago)
The P-51s have got to be one of the best still flying, although I wish they'd get a
P-38 back in flying condition.
Willy, glad you all did have a good vacation...Memories are always nice to have.
I hear she is lurking. In nap mode lately.
Willy - glad you are back. Everything has been hitting around Omaha and Iowa, just 50+ miles south and a snitch west, we are just getting spit on. We didn't even get the high winds. And that's ok. I will leave the weather to entertain Willy.
Back to the nap.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Well, back from vacation. I'm a little miffed about missing the big storm that hit Omaha on Friday. The NWS has determined that maximum wind gusts were as high as 110 mph to 115 mph, all due to straight-line winds, no tornado. Here are two links, for anyone who is interested:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=oax&storyid=16339&source=0
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=oax&storyid=16345&source=0
However, the weather in Branson was interesting as well. On our first night, it stormed pretty bad. There was a ton of hail and wind. Then, the entire vacation featured sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s. On our last night, it stormed again and continued to storm into the morning that we left. Branson measured between 6 and 7 inches of rain and on our way out, we heard on the radio that the Lake Taneycomo waterfront was beginning to flood in downtown. We also encountered some flooded roads on our way out, but made it home safely.
Following with tradition from past vacations, we took a ride on the Branson Scenic Railroad. This railroad runs on Missouri and Northern Arkansas trackage. For the first time ever, we actually got to see one of M&NA's freight trains in Branson. We usually only see Union Pacific trackage rights coal trains on that trackage.
We went to many of the shows on Highway 76, including The Baldknobbers, The Presleys, Jim Stafford, and our favorite, Pierce Arrow. Has anyone else been there and seen any of those shows? They are excellent.
I have never really cared for taking pictures and I'm afraid to say that I didn't snap a single photograph on the entire vacation. So, I don't have any photos, but there are lots of good memories to hold onto until the next time we visit.
Willy
Here is the menu for our SUNDAY DINNER today:
1. Grilled boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2. Lasagna w/garlic or Italian bread, garden salad, roasted red potato wedges
3. Pork chops, rib eye steaks, burgers, hot dogs and brats also fixed on the grill
Other side dishes for today: baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad, macaroni salad, corn on the cob
DESSERTS FOR TODAY: chocolate cake, carrot cake, strawberry cheesecake, and blueberry muffins leftover from breakfast
You all have a very pleasant afternoon, and be safe out there.
.....Not much of anything in aircraft prettier than a restored P-51 {tail dragger}, all shined with it's silver surfaces and yes, as you say Paul, the massive 4-blade prop pointed upwards as it is waiting to "do it's thing....". I've taken some really nice pic's of several here as they were on display at a gathering at our Muncie airport. They are sleek and it's not difficult to see that they were rather fast for their day.....
But must include the Corsair....{beautiful in my eyes}....and fast for their day too. Leroy Berkebile {of airlines fame from a hi jacking over Indiana years ago}, was from our little town and went to school with my brother....buzzed our Esso Station right after WWII with one and what a thrill.....He was a Carrier pilot in that war.
One summer about twenty years ago, I was driving with the windows down when I heard an airplane engine. It was a totally different from anything I had heard before. I parked and looked up to find a P51 in a Lazy dogfight with a P47! This went on for ten or more minutes before they drifted out of sight to the south.
On a related note, when my father went to see his sister in Columbia, we would pass right by Shaw AFB at Sumter. I can vividly recall seeing 15 or more P51s parked on the flight line at one time. Those 4 bladed props really stood out.
.....Those Pennsylvania Turnpike Plazas.....Oh what a sad tale they are {to me}, and I almost never stop at one anymore.....{Worked at one over 50 years ago}. Of course they now are so "plastic" with fast food, etc.....and no comparson to the originals.
They all were Esso {Eastern States Std. Oil}, and Howard Johnsons restaurants....Real Food. I'm speaking of the original portion of the Pike {160}, miles.
Temp here this morning is cooler....67. Believe we're to see low 70's only today. Maybe we'll be able to open windows later....Haven't been out for the paper yet and know not about what the humidity might be. Over an inch of rain off and on here yesterday. Another yard mowing....It likes the rain and so it "grows".....
Good Sunday morning, everyone! We never saw any of the rain yesterday; it just got overcast, and then you could feel the breeze pick up. Felt really nice outside last night. Today, our high is only going to be in the upper 70s, maybe low 80s.
Larry, you got some great shots yesterday! Those are very good pictures!
Coffee, juices, teas and lemonade are ready to go this morning, and there's another tank of Gatorade hooked up.
On the breakfast bar this morning: blueberry and strawberry muffins, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon toast, french toast, sausage, homemade buttermilk biscuits & gray; and Tom's favorite: buttermilk pancakes w/syrup.
I don't know if he'll be anywhere around here today, but Chad Thomas: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHAD!!
randy
when you go by milemarker 12 on the pa turnpike honk a couple of times for jay and charlie(nora's boys).We dodged the raindrops and had a great time taking my brother to marion ohio.The nyc/C&O diamond signals were having problems so the conductors had to walk to the diamond and have the train crawl by.Also those diamonds are suppossed to be replaced this week.they better let the water drain first.I have a project to work on for the nice volunteers at the station then its off to work tonight.I'll take some leftover pizza for breakfast.juice coffee and rolls are ready to go.
Larry, nice shots!
I have lately been addicted to a British series called Foyles' War, set in WWII England, near Hastings. In a few of the episodes, they run a WWII Spitfire through its paces. Very good series, I just need to get home again to pick up the latest set (Barnes and Noble sells the series)
Hopefully see everyone later today, running the Pennsylvania Turnpike today, will find out if they have Wi-Fi at their service plazas (New York and Ohio do).
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
....Love the 17 and P-51.
Tree: Driver looking over my shoulder and enjoying your airshow....
Mook
Pizza sounds good, now that I'm back from Day 1 of the airshow. Started off wet - so much so that the air performances were delayed 90 minutes. Then about 4 hours in we got socked again, however briefly. Dumped a lot of rain, though.
Nonetheless, we got to watch some performances:
The P40 and P51 basically did some flybys:
The B25 also did flybys - for a bomber, it sure did a good job as a ground support airplane!
As impressive as the B17 is, when I talked to the crew of the C-5 they told me that they had, in fact, carried a B17 with the wings removed in a C-5...
The white stuff around the top of the wings and off the wingtips of this Navy F18 is condensation, caused by the vacuum created by the wings at certain times... Usually when they're pulling some pretty hefty G's...
Back there tomorrow for a repeat. Hopefully the weather will be substantially better.
Well, I've got the warmer bar cleaned off, and now some of the pizzas for tonight's PIZZA FEST are on the warmer bar. Until I see how many will be in here tonight, I've only got two extra large of each of the following out:
1. anchovie
2. cheese
3. peperoni/mushroom
3. goetta
4. Hawaiian
5. supreme
6. calzones
Now, to go check and see if the dryer has finished the cycle, so I can say I'm through with laundry for tonight.
.....I have traveled I-70 now ever since it was built {across Ohio}, and hearing that news of it being flooded east of Columbus last night on the news was really surprising to me....
They must have had a downpour from a system that was stationary for an extended period of time to bring up water to cover that route...
Very surprising. But I know other interstate routes have been covered lately with all the flooding in our midwest, etc......
good morning
Cw thanks for breakfast.We had some thunderboomers pass us as we were coming home from deshler.Down near columbus ohio I-70 was under water.matt has his last ball game of this year then he can play pitch ball next year.
....And up here it's 72 degrees and overcast. Another day with possible thunderboomers passing by. Very hard rain late last evening as a "system" passed thru but lasted briefly. Anxious to peek at the rain gauge to see just how much we received in about a half hour. Didn't seem to have any serious wind with it this time....
Our best wishes to all for a good weekend.
Good Saturday morning, everyone! A little bit cooler this morning, but humidity is still up. Supposed to have a cold front come in for tomorrow, and all next week should be fairly good weather, until the 4th, when they say we may see some of Mother Nature's fireworks! We have another chance of thunder boomers later on this afternoon. We had a pretty good lightning show around 9 o'clock last night. We were all trying to watch a movie, and listening to the weather radio blaring thunderstorm warnings. But, we were able to watch the whole movie: K-19, with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. Pretty good movie.
Coffee, juices, teas, lemonade and Gatorade ready to go this morning. On the warmer bar this morning: sausage, turkey bacon, grits, danish, sos & mashed taters, blueberry muffins, buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, buttermilk pancakes w/plenty of maple syrup, french toast, fresh cantaloupe slices and home fries.
With a breakfast menu like this, everyone should be able to fill their tummies, until time for our Saturday Night Pizza Fest. Everyone have a great day, and keep an eye on the skies for storms.
....Some years ago we had a B-17 and Liberator B-24 come in here to our airport for a show....When they arrived, they made a pass right over the field {very low}, one right after the other and that was awesome.....!
Might have been the same B-17....There are not too many of those flying anymore.
We've had all kinds of WWII fighter planes here too....My choice for beauty would be a beautiful silver Corsair.....and they were fast for their day too. The P-51 Mustang was a beauty too.....and made a great sound.
Boy, that stuff is getting old now when one thinks about it.....
Saw a B-17 on display in Leesburg, Fl., back a couple of years ago...and got to see it take off too....and a Stearman biplane took off right behind it and it seemed like it only went about 50' until the tail rose off the tarmack.....
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