Comments on: Airshow Weekend Approaches!!!

By: Parrothead Jeff

Parrothead Jeff — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:27:12 +0000

No need to feel old about this, Glenn – I grew up going to airshows featuring all those airplanes and remember them well. We really need to get you to Chino

By: Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired

Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:12:06 +0000

Way back it was the Gathering of The Warbirds at Madera. Round piston engines, Vee piston engines making blue smoke and noise. Lefty Gardner’s P-38 Lightning and Mike Dillon’s P-40 Warhawk. T-6s and a few SNJs everywhere. A PV-2 Ventura in that most sexy Navy Blue. B-26s, B-25s, a B-17, A PBY Catalina. And there were still TBM/TBF Avengers all over the place.
At NAS Corpus Christi in 77 was an SB2C Helldiver and and an SBD5 Dauntless. The Marines brought a Harrier, in 77, my first wife had an orgasm watching that thing show off. Dead Serious. She said if that had she met a Marine with Wings of Gold, I would have been SOL.
When I was a pup in my early teens, we would visit family in the Bitteroot Valley. During the fire season, over Hamilton, MT, one would see Catalinas, Flying Fortresses, Liberators, Marauders, Invaders, Havocs and Avengers. But also there would be Travel Airs and Ford Tri-Motors for the smoke jumpers.
One of these days I will shut up, OK?!?!?!?!?!
But every now and then, it happens, I feel old.
But I still love you guys.

By: Parrothead Jeff

Parrothead Jeff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:34 +0000

I don’t know about that, Kath – there could be plane pictures along with the pictures of planes

Yes, I still use film – I have two film SLR cameras along with my digital point and shoot. I’ll probably borrow a friend’s digital as well – my current one got dust in the lens elements again so you get spots when I zoom.

I doubt I’m going to dust off the old peel-apart Polaroid cameras this year or the TLRs for that matter – just too much $$$ for those.

I will have the camcorder, though

By: Kath

Kath — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:16:12 +0000

Can’t wait to see the pictures!! Close-ups of planes and then maybe some plane pics, and then — oh, I know, pictures of planes!! Whoo-hoo!

Film? You actually still have film? I have 3 rolls in the fridge that I don’t even remember what’s on them. I do kinda miss the fun of taking pictues and seeing how they turned out later. Brings the fun back. But it’s also SUPER nice to see if you messed up and, quick, take another one with digital.

Raining, “breezy”, and 47 degrees here. Ick. But should be better this weekend here, too.

By: Parrothead Jeff

Parrothead Jeff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:05:12 +0000

Jet fuel, diesel generator exhaust, and barbecuing hamburgers and hot dogs – that’s Summer to me after all the years of the Miramar airshow being held in August in the times gone by. But yeah, the sound and smell of Freedom

Just never taste the jet fuel No, it wasn’t intentional, but it’ll probably be a blog post sometime in the very near future