Simviation Forum - Why I LOVE my local airport!!

May 9^th, 2004 at 6:00pm

Politically Incorrect Offline
Colonel
Personal opinion given
free of charge!
Williamsport, PA

Gender:
Posts: 3915

Because you just never know who'll stop in!!
I arrived just after she landed, but couldn't mistake what she was when I saw her flying over the house!

The first time I ever got a close look at a gun camera! And in the next photo you can see this Corsair was autographed by the original Blacksheep!

But that wasn't all, appears she was followed by some friends,aka P47 Thunderbolts!

And last but not least a TBM!

All in all a awesome day to follow your instincts when they tell you to stop by the airport. These birds came from a airshow, and will be staying here for a few weeks before the next one, when the leave to make some other lucky people smile!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #1 - May 9^th, 2004 at 6:14pm

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Hehehehe. Now that's something you don't see every day. Nice one Fret. Grin

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #2 - May 9^th, 2004 at 8:16pm

Fly2e Offline
Global Moderator
It's 5 O'clock Somewhere!
KFRG

Gender:
Posts: 199132

Incredible shots and you sure are a lucky guy Fret!!!

Dave

Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor 965, 4.2GHz/8MB L3 Cache, Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Intel X58 Chipset Cross
Fire & SLI Supported, Mushkin Redline 6GB (3X2GB) Memory, eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, Vista 64.

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #3 - May 9^th, 2004 at 11:09pm

chomp_rock Offline
Colonel
I must confess, I was
born at a very early
age.

Gender:
Posts: 2718

You sure are lucky fret! I've never seen any of those aircraft in real life! just in the sim Roll Eyes

AMD Athlon 64 3700+&&GeForce FX5200 256Mb&&1GB DDR400 DC&&Seagate 500Gb SATA-300 HDD&&Windows XP Professional X64 Edition&&&&That's right, I'm now using an AMD! I decided to give them another try and they kicked the pants off of my P4 3.4!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #4 - May 10^th, 2004 at 2:52am

Saitek Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 7555

Wow, that was pretty marvolous.
Nice shots. U managed to get pretty close too. Almost an airshow on its own. Roll Eyes

Ben

Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2GHz
GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2) DDR2 6400C4 800Mhz
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
2 x 22" monitors
200GB Sata
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W

Flying FSX with Saitek's pro flight range:
Radio
Switch panel
Auto-pilot
Yoke and throttle quad
Pedals

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #5 - May 10^th, 2004 at 5:06am

Politically Incorrect Offline
Colonel
Personal opinion given
free of charge!
Williamsport, PA

Gender:
Posts: 3915

Yeah I am pretty lucky! I hang out at our local airport allot. The Warbird museum (where these are from) is right here and I became friends with the owners as soon as it opened. Great Group of people! As you could tell it didn't take long before others saw these birds flying overhead and the made thier way to see what was up!
The airport here is also home to many other flying warbirds, T34's, a TBM, The Hun Hunter (T47 pictured) and a occasional T6 Texan. I live on the nearest lake and just about everyday becomes a airshow, the guys that own these birds love to show off!!

They do formation flying, aerobatics, etc just about everyday the weather is good, so it isn't uncommon to have a "air raid" every evening here!

But the way the Corsair is for sale and in my honest opinion for the condition of this beauty at a cost of 1.6 million, is a fair price. Of course I would love too buy it but someday I might have kids that need to goto college. LOL!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2004 at 7:46am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

I cannot believe how lucky you are Fret, I'm a strange greenish colour at the moment, olive would be a good word Lips Sealed

Its not fair Cry

Ozzy

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #7 - May 10^th, 2004 at 8:42am

Wing Nut Offline
Colonel
Hoy-Hoy!

Gender:
Posts: 14173

Fret, which airport is that? It may be worth a drive down to see!

HP p7-1300w
AMD Athlon II X4 650 Quad-core 3.2 Ghz
23" HP Widescreen monitor/19" Dell monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium
16 Gb DDR3 PC10600 Ram
1 Gb GeForce GTX 550Ti video card
1 TB RAID Drives

If you want to see the most beautiful girl in the world, CLICK HERE!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #8 - May 10^th, 2004 at 9:10am

Flying Trucker Ex Member

Great Shots fret....Do you ever try to get rides in anything with more than one seat?

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #9 - May 10^th, 2004 at 5:25pm

Politically Incorrect Offline
Colonel
Personal opinion given
free of charge!
Williamsport, PA

Gender:
Posts: 3915

Pippin: It is Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT) in Sevierville, I know stupid name for a airport in Sevierville, TN!

Flying Trucker: Yes I'm suppose to be taking some flights in a T34 Mentor soon. Was suppose too last fall but the weather never went along with my days off Sad

I'm also working on a flight in the TBM, and also a few times formation flying!!!
I'm taking a camera so you can bet that I'll be here bragging soon Grin

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #10 - May 10^th, 2004 at 5:26pm

Wing Nut Offline
Colonel
Hoy-Hoy!

Gender:
Posts: 14173

Guess that's a bit far for a day trip from Chicago... Cry

HP p7-1300w
AMD Athlon II X4 650 Quad-core 3.2 Ghz
23" HP Widescreen monitor/19" Dell monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium
16 Gb DDR3 PC10600 Ram
1 Gb GeForce GTX 550Ti video card
1 TB RAID Drives

If you want to see the most beautiful girl in the world, CLICK HERE!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #11 - May 10^th, 2004 at 5:52pm