Salute From The Shore

[CoastieJohn]

Just seen this on TV. I thought this was a great idea in light of the sequestration. Hopefully they can get a few more aircraft to fly the coast.

http://www.salutefromtheshore.org/vinta ... t-history/

[Scott Rose]

Nice idea. I wonder how many of these type of fly overs will be done on Thursday around the country?

[CoastieJohn]

Ya...I thought it was a great idea for coastal states. They should get a lot of public exposure flying down the whole coast of South Carolina.

[N3Njeff]

Thanks for posting this. Made my day to see 59 doing this. She was RAF through and through. Spent many hours getting this one back in the air. I still have the 1940 Shilling I found in her tail.

[CoastieJohn]

A few more added if you're on the SC coast tomorrow.

http://news.yahoo.com/south-carolina-ju ... 29351.html

The South Carolina air show will include a wartime C-47 cargo plane, two C-45 "Twin Beech" planes and an SNJ-6 Navy aircraft, said volunteer pilot Barry Avent, 53, who will fly his C-47. Vintage Stearman biplanes and small Globe Swifts will round out the fleet, he said, adding that the C-47 flies at about one-third the speed of a modern jet.

[flightsimer]

That Naval C-45 is a BEAUTIFUL aircraft, especially the interior! And for a nice little amount of $139,000, it can be yours... or mine...

I love the idea too; never knew it was being done.