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Saturday, July 14, 2018:
The annual Wings of the North
Air Expo event was held at Flying Cloud Airport in Eagan, MN. A thousand people came to see airplanes, especially WWII planes, fly on that sunny day. |
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Nice art on this navy
plane. |
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Sierra Sue II was meticulously restored at
Air Corps Aviation in Bemidji, MN. |
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Owners and pilots of proud
of their airplanes including this
Vought F4U-4 Corsair fighter. |
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Even
MacGyver showed up. Where is he anyway? |
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Plenty of photo
opportunities. |
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(left photo) Jim McDougall
was a U.S. Navy Black Cat PBY Catalina flying boat pilot in WWII.
His book is Conflict to Combat. (right photo) Jim Rasmussen was a navigator aboard a U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bomber over Europe in WWII. There aren't may of those guys left. |
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Danielle
Hemmingsen is a WWII re-enactor
telling the world about
WASPs, Women's Army Service Pilots.
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Then the U.S.
Navy showed up. Very handsome in their uniforms. |
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| Finally it was time to say goodbye to a great day at the show. |
Quote of the day:
Fun to attend air shows. Mark
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Questions, Comments? Email Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com |
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