smclinton wrote:
Here was the best I had Brad
Thanks for those! They will make great additions to the "I love me collection". It looks like we just gave birth to Karen's O-2!
bilwor wrote:
Thanks Brad for posting the photos AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. Don't apologize for your pix they were great especially the Avenger with the light behind it.
bill word
Thank you Bill, that's very kind of you.
bluehawk15 wrote:
Brad,
Sorry I didn't get by the C-17, but I did see you (didn't know it was you at the time, but I guess it was you) sitting on ramp when ya'll were blasting back once.
Yep that would have been me. I saw you at the Yellow Rose but yall were busy and I didn't want to bother you.
richkolasa wrote:
A little disappointed at no Legacy Flight, B-52, AC-47, B-24, "Made in the Shade" flying, or visiting warbirds. I'd give the Saturday show a solid "B" rating. Weather obviously kept some aircraft away (made our trip from Newark into a 19-hour debacle on Friday, and Sunday stunk big time too...got home at 2am)
Rich
The B-52 actually cnxd a couple of weeks ago. The weather in Houston kept the AC-47 at home so that is why we didn't do the heritage flight on Saturday. We did actually work up a plan to use the R4D on Sunday but the weather stopped that from happening. There would also have been a FM-2/F-18 legacy flight on Sunday but the weather put a stop to that as well. Actually, all but a handful of the planes on hand were visiting warbirds. The CAF keeps very few at Midland most of the time. I believe I heard that Saturday's show was short about 24 planes due to weather cancels.
I was able to meet a few people that I've been wanting to meet, missed a few I wanted to meet, hung out with my family, they got to see me and my crew fly, one of my pilots got a ride in Gunfighter, the other loadmaster was able to taxi in her on Sunday and my other pilots were able to taxi in Sentimental Journey as well. I had a great seat for the airshow on Saturday, sitting on the ramp of the plane. I was able to have a good visit with Larry Lumpkin and his lovely bride, Jeff Linebaugh and a few of the other P-51 folks. I had the opportunity to tell them and Doug Rozendal semi-humorous stories about flying on C-130s after they toured our plane. Brad Lang took the time to let my pilot and I sit in the P-51C. Scott Slocum spent quite a bit of time with my crew, my wife and I. I was able to visit with Alan Brooks on a few occasions, enjoyed a visit with Karen of O-2 fame and just generally have myself a good time. On Monday I spent most of the day with my good buddy Gary Austin and Monday night we drove over to Big Springs and had my Mama make us a home cooked meal. If all goes according to plan we will head out on Tuesday at about 10AM.
I think that Gena, Randy Wilson, Mark Baxter and everybody else that I saw running around like chickens with their heads cut off, doing every little thing they could to make a success out of this show, did a fine job. I hope we get to come back next year.
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