What a day to be in the midwest! | FerrariChat
Buy

What a day to be in the midwest!

Discussion in 'Aviation Chat' started by RWatters, May 1, 2010.

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

  1. RWatters

    RWatters Formula 3

    Feb 21, 2006
    1,075
    Kansas
    #1 RWatters, May 1, 2010
    I spent the day watching three P-51 Mustangs (Gunfighter, Sweet Revenge, and a P-51C red-tail from the Tuskegee Airmen) fly down the runway 200 feet in the air at full song. Jets may shake your house as they fly over, but the sound a Merlin makes is music to my ears. It sent chills up and down my spine to see these three beautiful planes following each other and when I say beautiful it is an understatement. P-51's have always been my favorite plane even as a kid so to see all of them screaming away was a dream come true. Also flying around was a P-47 Thunderbolt (dark green with a weird animal painted on the front of it), a B-25, and an F4U Corsair.

    Closing out the day was the Blue Angels. This was the first time I have ever seen them in person and they did not disappoint. Their performance was without a doubt one of the single coolest things I've ever seen. The amount of professionalism they show and how close they fly together was nothing short of incredible.

    What a day. :)
     
  2. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Jul 19, 2008
    39,166
    Clarksville, Tennessee
    Full Name:
    Terry H Phillips
    #2 tazandjan, May 1, 2010
    I remember being in our house in Sweetwater, TX in 1955 or so and hearing an airplane fly over the house. My father yells, "that is a P-51" and runs out to the back yard. Sure enough, it was a P-51D owned by one of the local ranchers. You could buy one for $5-15K back then, but our house only cost $14K, so out of reach. My father flew P-47Ds in WW-II and was flying P-51Ds at Shaw Field when I was born. He was base commander at Avenger Field (actually Sweetwater AF Station), WW-II home of the WASPs, and regularly flew a B-25H to get his four hours a month for flight pay. The good old days.

    Taz
    Terry Phillips
     

Share This Page