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Saturday July
16, 2016:
Mark attended a Wings of the North air show. It was at Flying Cloud Airport in Eagan, Minnesota. A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress roared overhead. |
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Entertainment that day was by Urban Star. They are from Minneapolis. Nicely done. |
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| Lots of airplanes to see including this Douglas A-1 Skyraider, along with its pilot. These planes saw a lot of action in Vietnam. They could loiter for hours waiting for a call to dive in and provide devastating support to troops on the ground. Twelve bombs in the racks plus two fuel tanks below the wings. | |
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Mark liked this U. S. Navy plane with Popeye. |
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A formation flyover of no less than seven
North American T-6 Texan Trainers trailing smoke. |
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Yankee Lady, a B-17G Flying Fortress, was there. Built in
1945, she is owned by the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan. A sister ship, Aluminum Overcast, was flying at La Crosse, Wisconsin, that day. Both were giving rides to the public. |
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| Yes, passengers were having a great
time. The pilots check everything and are a bit more serious. |
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| The crew is a tight-knit group.
They take care of their lady. |
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| A
Curtis P-40 Warhawk in its
Flying Tiger
war paint and a
Douglas TB3 Devastator torpedo bomber. Both are World War II vintage and in like-new condition. |
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| Sweet Revenge is a
North American P-51D Mustang from
Fagen
Fighters at Granite Falls, Minnesota. This one is aptly named. The Japanese and Germans started World War II. Americans finished it. |
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| Old vintage airplanes were on site for
rides too. WWII re-enactors were on hand as well.
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| A salute to victory. The P-51 Mustang and the TB-3 Devastator flew over the crowd in formation. | |
Quote of the day:
Real airplanes have propellers. Mark
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Questions, Comments? Email Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com |
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