Re: ot planes

Posted by John A. on January 26, 2007 at 21:43:51 from (65.150.16.9):

In Reply to: ot planes posted by ken in texas on January 26, 2007 at 09:47:08:

Ken, Guys, I grew up in the shadow of airplanes but new got to pursue that avenue. Real airplane engines are Round!! LOL!
Dad...Crew Chief of a P-51 pilot. All members from pilot & Dad on down were Texans. He and Pilot for fun would fly under bridges in France
My Uncle on my Mom's side, Navy flight instructor, @ Corpus Christy NAS. Was leader of a flight of 3 on a routine training flight that let them very close to his and his future wifes parents homes. They bussed his FIL home them His parents home all the neighbors were watching for they had called ahead to say they would fly over. Long story,short ....one of the other pilots got to doing loops and crashed an AT6 Texan, The pilot died in my mothers arms, after my Uncle landed his plane to assist in gettin him out. There was one H3LL of a stink pitched by the Navy over this deal.
OBTW he was a Charter member of the Conferderate Air Force. He and my Dad have since passed on.
Back to B-25s CAFs "Devil Dog" done up in Marine Blue lives 6 months of the year here @ Georgetown, Texas and the other 6 months in Houston, Texas. It is a frequent sight in our Central Texas skies from time to time. There is also an old pre WWII DC-3 homebaseing out of Georgetown too. There is NO sound like that of a Radial!
On an another airplane note I have lost 2 Spray pilot Friends in the panhandle of TX/OK! over the yrs. Plane crashes tent to be quite serious, No such thing as a small, or insigificent wrecks or crashs!
Later,
John A.

Replies:

• Re: ot planes CRUSADER 07:16:58 01/27/07 (1)
  • Re: ot planes John A. 12:00:39 01/27/07 (0)

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