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SOS in Chino

Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:01 pm

If my daily rantings and reports from Chino are getting old ,tell me and I'll stop,till then heres what was up today.nice day,no rain,no snow.you guys in the east can have yer snow.I sure hate living in so-cal
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Re: SOS in Chino

Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:06 pm

missed a few pics
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Re: SOS in Chino

Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:09 pm

86,
My only complaint is.....why didn't you tell us who is responsible for that beautiful FB-5? Please keep posting!!!!!!

Re: SOS in Chino

Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:23 pm

The Inspector wrote:86,
My only complaint is.....why didn't you tell us who is responsible for that beautiful FB-5? Please keep posting!!!!!!

That my friend is courtesy of the planes of fame museum in chino courtesy of Mr. Ed Maloney.

Re: SOS in Chino

Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:16 pm

Great to see the FB-5 back on its legs again.

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:38 am

agent86 wrote:If my daily rantings and reports from Chino are getting old ,tell me and I'll stop,till then heres what was up today.nice day,no rain,no snow.you guys in the east can have yer snow.I sure hate living in so-cal




The warbird eye candy is great, A86...but you've only shared with us a small portion of the true charm that is Chino.


Cute little rascals, aren't they? And Chino's legendary amber skies can only be truly appreciated in person!

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And while it is true that the noble citizens of Chino don't have large piles of snow to shovel...

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...you forgot to mention that the mild winter temps are generated primarily by handy manure fires.

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Yes, Chino is a magical place. And even if POF would ever move, I believe the magic would certainly linger. Don't you? :wink:

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Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:30 am

Agent86 please keep the pictures coming!

I visited Chino about a year ago for just a few hours... I ran through PoF and then I had to go, so I am thrilled to see all the cool things I missed.

However I did manage to see some of the cows and catch that distinctive stink. :lol:

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:16 am

DanK,
Don't ya just hate meeting your wifes sisters? :lol: :lol: :lol: Reminds me of what a friend who lives in cow country says 'smells like money to me' :roll:

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:41 am

I grew up in a town that used to be called Dairy valley,later named cerritos.Chino smells like home to me.sad but true. only thing missing is the flies.The dutch dairy farmers sold their land for millions of dollars when cerritos was developed.they are once again selling their land for millions of dollars and moving towards Bakersfield,Ca. they are truely businesss folks.same names that I knew as a kid.Vanderham,Vanderdoosen,Wiersma,all millionaires

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:55 am

agent86 wrote:I grew up in a town that used to be called Dairy valley,later named cerritos.Chino smells like home to me.sad but true. only thing missing is the flies.The dutch dairy farmers sold their land for millions of dollars when cerritos was developed.they are once again selling their land for millions of dollars and moving towards Bakersfield,Ca. they are truely businesss folks.same names that I knew as a kid.Vanderham,Vanderdoosen,Wiersma,all millionaires



It's still so weird to go to the Airshow each year and instead of seeing fields in the distance past the far side of the runway....seeing condos. Makes me wish I had taken a lot more photos of take-off/ landings in past years.

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:48 pm

Dan K wrote:Yes, Chino is a magical place. And even if POF would ever move, I believe the magic would certainly linger. Don't you? :wink:

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There was a great sign in front of a dairy I traveled by each day on the way to Chino Airport that read
"Our Cows Are Outstanding In their Fields"
Last time I was there the dairy was empty and deserted.
Probably a housing development now.
In that great haze around there, the smell was an indication you were getting close while flying. So it was used as a navigation method but wasn't FAA approved in near IFR or actual IFR conditions.

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:45 pm

FYI - There were several people involved in the restoration of the FB-5. The person most involved in the recent work completed was Cory.

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:15 pm

Agent 86 ~ please keep the posts coming !

With thanks and regards from approx 5,413.794 miles away :D

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:10 pm

please post more great pics!

Re: SOS in Chino

Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:26 pm

Agent86....SOS in Chino.....I was thinking that you was talking about what was on the menue at Flo's.....

Keep up with the pics!!!

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