Warbird Information Exchange

Just a Mustang.
Dave Martin flew it in & Bruce Winters flew out.

Just another one of those San Antonio Mustangs! Scheduled to be at Hondo May 19. See you all there.

Yesterday afternoon out in the yard I heard a loud radial coming over low and slow. It was a real nice looking white Stearman that looked like he was inbound for 11R.

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"I love the smell of 100LL in the morning."

Maybe not a warbird yet - but eligible in the future.

Ryan

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Independent Flight Instructor in Central and South Central Texas at www.texastailwheel.com - Come get your tailwheel endorsement to fly L-birds!
L-bird pilot & member of the Alamo Liaison Squadron
Websites: The Doolittle Raid Remembered and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Well, it was from inside the Shops at Willow Bend mall in Plano, TX, but I just saw a glimpse of an F/A-18A/C come over with gear down heading north after what presumably was a low-pass or T&G at Dallas Airpark. He certainly had the throttles moved up enough.

Not your typical Sunday Afternoon. Almost thought CWAM had surprised us and gotten the MiG-23 airborne.

I saw two - count 'em, 2 - F4 Phantoms in trailing formation over Armand Bayou (Clear Lake Texas area) today, appeared headed for Ellington. Two Phantoms, really?

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

An all white UH-60 headed East over the house out of NAS Whidbey Island, no visible markings, no nuthin'

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After 40 years in aviation, I find only three reasons to run-
Fire, Free food, If someons yells 'hey, the free food's on fire'

F-16's out of Sumter AFB and F/A-18's from MCAS Beaufort. C-5 inbound to and several C-17's from Charleston AFB. Several C-17's doing Touch & Go's at North Field. B-747-200 of Evergreen at Charleston AFB. The Boeing Dreamlifter at the Boeing plant in North Charleston, SC (seen frequently).

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

You'll get tired of seeing the 'Whale in a Hoagy roll' Dreamlifter.

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After 40 years in aviation, I find only three reasons to run-
Fire, Free food, If someons yells 'hey, the free food's on fire'

I'd like to know what's up with that. Adversary training aircraft?

Saw an EA-6B departing KRDU in a climbing, turn to an easterly heading, making that now seldom heard military turbojet sound. Seldom except for two pairs of J-79's.

Inspector,

I've been following these 3 aircraft since they were built in Taiwan in 2005. They still look terrific on a long straight-in approach.

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

Heritage flight birds headed home from Heritage Flight training at DM if I'm not mistaken.

And, since they aren't restricted by a cabin full of seats, I've seen some pretty inspired aerial maneuvering from them going out of KPAE. It kind of freaks you out at first to see something that big zipping around like a 185.
I watched the AN-225 CONDOR do a mind blowing 360 circuit of the field @ Abottsford B.C. right out of liftoff at about 500 ft altitude. I believe there's a youtube video of that, and it's muy impressivo to watch a milion pounds doing that.

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After 40 years in aviation, I find only three reasons to run-
Fire, Free food, If someons yells 'hey, the free food's on fire'

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StudeDave

one of my unit's old UH-60Ls after repaint headed for US Army Egypt assignment. love the colors!