Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:28 am
Bill,
I havent seen any numbers yet but there were lots of people. I was going back and forth from the B-17, Ride tent & PX and the crowds were thick! Saturdays attendance seemed to be higher than Sunday.
I havent seen any numbers yet but there were lots of people. I was going back and forth from the B-17, Ride tent & PX and the crowds were thick! Saturdays attendance seemed to be higher than Sunday.
Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:33 am
Ryan
Nice uniform. Looks like it fits TOO well! Hope you have one of these on your belt. Looks about the right period! I've got one in brass as well
Nice uniform. Looks like it fits TOO well! Hope you have one of these on your belt. Looks about the right period! I've got one in brass as well
Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:50 am
John,
Great photos!
But I must say that the shot of the Huey takes the prize! What a great picture!
Thank you for sharing.
Saludos,
Tulio
Great photos!
But I must say that the shot of the Huey takes the prize! What a great picture!
Thank you for sharing.
Saludos,
Tulio
Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:55 am
Holedigger wrote:Ryan
Nice uniform. Looks like it fits TOO well! Hope you have one of these on your belt. Looks about the right period! I've got one in brass as well
Nope. Don't have one of those. Just a generic one.
Ryan
Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:03 pm
Wish I had bought more than the two buckles, but at the time, I was a college student. Army surplus store in Seguin (don't bother looking for it, think it closed in about 1982!), you know, that little bump in the road between San Antonio and Houston!
Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:27 pm
Ryan,
Give this guy a try:
http://www.overlordmilitary.com/
3008 Woodson Rd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63114 USA
(314) 423-6644
The owner, Tony Petruso (well known at the Creve Coeur airport) is a super nice guy. And his store has lots of original items.
Good luck!
Tulio
Give this guy a try:
http://www.overlordmilitary.com/
3008 Woodson Rd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63114 USA
(314) 423-6644
The owner, Tony Petruso (well known at the Creve Coeur airport) is a super nice guy. And his store has lots of original items.
Good luck!
Tulio
Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:47 pm
Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:41 pm
Ryan,
WE ALMOST met...
I was da dude talking to Steve in the tent when you came up.
We were ALL engrossed but I could tell you wanted to get a word in edgewise!
That was a GREAT uniform!
SPANNER
WE ALMOST met...
I was da dude talking to Steve in the tent when you came up.
We were ALL engrossed but I could tell you wanted to get a word in edgewise!
That was a GREAT uniform!
SPANNER
Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:18 pm
SPANNERmkV wrote:Ryan,
WE ALMOST met...
I was da dude talking to Steve in the tent when you came up.
We were ALL engrossed but I could tell you wanted to get a word in edgewise!
That was a GREAT uniform!
SPANNER
You mean Hinton? If that's what you mean I wish I'd known... I asked them about what suggestions they'd have for a wannabe in my shoes. Mr. Hinton mentioned that he started out in an L-5 that he apparently still has!
Ryan
Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:48 pm
Guess I had the wrong Steve. Seems Spanner was talking about the CAF tent.
Ryan
Ryan
Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:24 pm
Parking lot probably looked thinbecause they also parked a ton of cars on the south ramp just north of NASA. Cars were also parked offsite due to the show organizers pushing the park and ride. I saw taxiway Kilo ( new taxiway ) covered with inbound people well into the afternoon. We were down by the South entrance and there was a steady flow of inbound folks coming off of the shuttle buses.
parking
Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:33 pm
The airborne shots that show the parking lots perhaps 20 % full may have been made in the morning before most folks got there.
Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:50 pm
Good stuff! It was an exceptional weekend for early morning light photos on the flightline.
It was a great airshow but the show stopper for me was Friday when Ol 927 arrived and made a low fly by. To say that I was impressed would be quite an understatement. Good job, CAF!
Geez, I missed a meeting a bunch of friends. I was doing p.r. at the Dauntless and stayed engrossed in that.-good photo SCFan. But I'm glad you didn't get me stuck in the gunner's seat. It wasnt' made for gunners over six feet!
Bill, the airborne photos were late in the day after the show had closed when LS was doing rides.
I agree with Elroy 13 that Saturday's attendance was greater.
Sunday, I had a lot of people come by and ask if the SBD was a Hellcat, but by quittin time Saturday I was ready to whack the next joker who came up and asked "Isn't that what George 41 was shot down in?"
For Lone Star, it was kind of a homecoming. We all needed a fun weekend away from smelly rubbish and disheartening destruction. Even though we have come a long way. We have all the planes that flew out back in the Houston area now, too.
blue skies,
Doug
It was a great airshow but the show stopper for me was Friday when Ol 927 arrived and made a low fly by. To say that I was impressed would be quite an understatement. Good job, CAF!
Geez, I missed a meeting a bunch of friends. I was doing p.r. at the Dauntless and stayed engrossed in that.-good photo SCFan. But I'm glad you didn't get me stuck in the gunner's seat. It wasnt' made for gunners over six feet!
Bill, the airborne photos were late in the day after the show had closed when LS was doing rides.
I agree with Elroy 13 that Saturday's attendance was greater.
Sunday, I had a lot of people come by and ask if the SBD was a Hellcat, but by quittin time Saturday I was ready to whack the next joker who came up and asked "Isn't that what George 41 was shot down in?"
For Lone Star, it was kind of a homecoming. We all needed a fun weekend away from smelly rubbish and disheartening destruction. Even though we have come a long way. We have all the planes that flew out back in the Houston area now, too.
blue skies,
Doug
Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:25 pm
Here are some shots that show the kind of crowds I was seeing on Saturday...
Around the statics
View from the autograph tent
No, I don't think all of these folks were just P-38 fans (sorry Mudge!)
The whole line was probably just as think.
Like this...
And I think I had a decently good vantage point to estimate that.
Ryan
Around the statics
View from the autograph tent
No, I don't think all of these folks were just P-38 fans (sorry Mudge!)
The whole line was probably just as think.
Like this...
And I think I had a decently good vantage point to estimate that.
Ryan
Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:36 pm
Some more shots (hope you all aren't tired of them yet!).
You'd think with all our modern equipment, the Japanese couldn't catch F-16s on the ground for a sneak attack...
Now I can't understand why they had the Mustang chase the Zero around - even though a P-40 took off at the same time in a formation takeoff. :huh:
Here's proof that they were together
I have to admit that Tora is my favorite show - for the history they keep in the minds of my fellow citizens.
Ryan
You'd think with all our modern equipment, the Japanese couldn't catch F-16s on the ground for a sneak attack...
Now I can't understand why they had the Mustang chase the Zero around - even though a P-40 took off at the same time in a formation takeoff. :huh:
Here's proof that they were together
I have to admit that Tora is my favorite show - for the history they keep in the minds of my fellow citizens.
Ryan