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The Avro Lancaster heading off for Reading PA early this morning.

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Mike

Ah yes, There we were, left engine on fire, right engine feathered...ahh yes,...there we were, ..Screwed! No Kissing!

What are the rules on tower visitors these days? Chino is locked up like a drum with security gates and barbed wire. Not sure they allow visitors any more. Used to be able to walk up and ring the doorbell. I'd like to take my 4 year old son up there. I won't ask the controller to let him make any transmissions though...

Lynn the T-6s were probably headed to Fredericksburg. We had 17 land today with 3 more scheduled for tommorrow. Today one Turkey also and a Bearcat and Tigercat scheduled in the a.m.

What's going on down there? It was a yellow one and a either light blue or silver...

Texas Fast Clinic.

T-6 in invasion stripes about an hour and a half ago. Heard a B-25 round lunch yesterday and
then saw one heading generally toward Galveston at 5:20 later...Special Delivery?

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This Stearman came in the other day to avoid a thunderstorm and clear customs... Nice airplane and nice guy flying it. He gave us a wing wag on the way out!!


http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H4 ... directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6d ... directlink

Airnutz, the T-6 is the one that travels around giving rides with the Barbie III B-25H. They are at Ellington for the weekend.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Couldn't be Special Delivery, she's still here getting a phase inspection.

For Steve;

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Tons of Stearmans, one Champ, one L-19, Culver Cadet and one RV-some #

Was at annual Stearman Fly-In - Nassau Bay, Granbury. Fun watchin em fly and seeing friends, some of whom I haven't seen in many years...and meeting new friends

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On my way to the VFM hangar at about 11:30 this morning, I was driving southbound on IH-35W going past Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW). I saw a blue streak zipping by between the hangars. It was an F/A-18 Hornet in tri-color blue camo (aggressor?), blazing down the runway about ten feet off the ground at the speed of heat! At the end of the runway, the pilot racked the Hornet up into an abrupt gut-wrenching 180 degree climbing turn to a downwind, pulling about a zillion G's! Awesome sight! Definitely made my morning. I waved at him like a madman from the cab of my truck, but I doubt he saw me. A few minutes later, he flew by me going southbound parallel to IH-35W at fairly low altitude, then made a hard right and departed to the west. Neato!!!

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

Lets see, P-40, a few P-51s , Dauntless SBD, Helldiver SB2C, Spitfire, B-17, B-25, B-25, B-17, Avro lancaster just to name a few.

Look like this? There were a set of "Fighting Omar's" in town to do a fly-over for the Indy Car race on Saturday night at TMS..

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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He bowls overhand...He is the most interesting man in the world.
"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
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