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Holy Poop! Just got buzzed by a PBY! I can't even remember how long it's been since I've seen one in the air! Low over the house, turned and climbed.....
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I kept telling doc that was your house... 
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Yup....at least 12 flybys so far, another in process right now, somebody is trying real hard to burn up$10K in avgas!
One pass was low and right up the driveway (had a B-17 do that once).
Over the lake, don't know if he tried any touch-and-goes on the water. He's east of us now, heading 000, probably back to Paine Field, and I guess the Boeing Museum of flight restoration center. Get outside, Don, he's coming your way! Yellow belly! Can't miss it!
One pass was low and right up the driveway (had a B-17 do that once).
Over the lake, don't know if he tried any touch-and-goes on the water. He's east of us now, heading 000, probably back to Paine Field, and I guess the Boeing Museum of flight restoration center. Get outside, Don, he's coming your way! Yellow belly! Can't miss it!
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This flew over us at the NJ Historics at NJMP a few years ago. Very cool...a car race and an air show together.
There was also a P51, B25, several T6s, a DC3 and even an L3 (like mine).
A Spitfire too, but none of us could determine if it was real (unlikely, I think). We never got close enough to tell.
There was also a P51, B25, several T6s, a DC3 and even an L3 (like mine).
A Spitfire too, but none of us could determine if it was real (unlikely, I think). We never got close enough to tell.
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I live a few miles from Falcon Field in Mesa. The B17, Sentimental Journey flies frequently in the cooler months. I hear the sound and still have to get out of the house/ garage to see the plane. During the winter a B25 flies from the same field. What a sight, the B17, B 25 and several AT-6s.
A few years ago- maybe fifteen- the Scottsdale airport had an open house. Several Spitfie aircraft and and couple of Hawker Hurricanes flew to the event. The pilots- some veterans of the Battle of Britain were there. They brought the planes in low sweeping approach and after landing, spoke to the crowd. I was sruck by the way they talked about their experiences- as if they were just landing from a sortee, not something fifty years ago. I guess risking one's life- being a target would do that to you. An old gentleman from the free Czech air force was near tears as he talked about his experience. He saw a T shirt with three Spitfires on it. One of the aircraft carried his number.
Several of the Spitfire car owners had pictures taken with the plane aircraft. One of the aircraft owners was quite upset that we were crowding his plane. He was not the least bit civil. The next day he came by apologized for his rudeness and took car owners for rides in the aircraft.
A few years ago- maybe fifteen- the Scottsdale airport had an open house. Several Spitfie aircraft and and couple of Hawker Hurricanes flew to the event. The pilots- some veterans of the Battle of Britain were there. They brought the planes in low sweeping approach and after landing, spoke to the crowd. I was sruck by the way they talked about their experiences- as if they were just landing from a sortee, not something fifty years ago. I guess risking one's life- being a target would do that to you. An old gentleman from the free Czech air force was near tears as he talked about his experience. He saw a T shirt with three Spitfires on it. One of the aircraft carried his number.
Several of the Spitfire car owners had pictures taken with the plane aircraft. One of the aircraft owners was quite upset that we were crowding his plane. He was not the least bit civil. The next day he came by apologized for his rudeness and took car owners for rides in the aircraft.
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I wish you could all meet a couple of my old pals from the 49TH. Fighter Assn. I belong to. They are WW2 Vets...both flew P-38s in North Africa. One is an Ace with 5 kills, the other had three within minutes but was shot down trying to get number four. Captured, and was a POW but escaped after a year but had to hide in caves in Italy for a year until he could walk out and was rescued. They sit there and talk about it like it was yesterday. Both about 93 and are in pretty good condition. Super sweet guys...and don"t consider themselves heroes. Thanked me for my service in Vietnam. Pretty humbling.
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I wish we could, too!
That always makes me feel awkward as well. And when it's one of these "new" kids goin' downrange <span style="font-style: italic">repeatedly</span>, it REALLY makes me cringe. The generations both before and after ours are the heroes in my mind. I just did my job, same as before and after the service.
But I <span style="font-style: italic">did</span> get to ride in some Sierra Hotel aircraft! :wink:
Jack said:
That always makes me feel awkward as well. And when it's one of these "new" kids goin' downrange <span style="font-style: italic">repeatedly</span>, it REALLY makes me cringe. The generations both before and after ours are the heroes in my mind. I just did my job, same as before and after the service.
But I <span style="font-style: italic">did</span> get to ride in some Sierra Hotel aircraft! :wink:
