tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post3476443028443417920..comments2024-03-28T09:46:22.919-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Old Warbirds TourBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-77618277431077895192018-10-11T21:04:05.433-04:002018-10-11T21:04:05.433-04:00A client, who became a friend, flew B-17s over Eur...A client, who became a friend, flew B-17s over Europe.<br />He still had a piece of shrapnel that had landed in his lap after it had ricocheted around the cockpit.<br />He, also, flew a taildragger for the CIA into North Korea and then Skyraiders over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.<br />I hope his stories do not die with me, but are retold around campfires for many generations to come.<br />He gave me a small Buck knife with mother-of-pearl scales.<br />It is my Sunday-Go-To-Meeting knife.<br />I think of him and the stories he shared, with humor, every time I slip it into my coat pocket.<br />Hopefully these planes will freshen the memories of those who still surviive so that "he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did this day." , so that the stories may long be told.<br />They may have rightfully earned the title of "The Greatest Generation", but an even greater test lies ahead for this nation, and we will need the remembrances of these men to carry us through the coming trials.waepnedmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114411043832799988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-65011142487352933202018-10-11T08:32:20.000-04:002018-10-11T08:32:20.000-04:00$15 per adult to get in for self-directed tours of...$15 per adult to get in for self-directed tours of the planes. The B-24 and B-17 you could get into! (So cool! Unmanly fanboy squee!) The B-25 you could touch and look in the bomb bay. The P-51 was off limits, but not too far for decent pictures.<br /><br />Decent merch, but I didn't buy any.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-54812281538121671412018-10-11T05:46:37.656-04:002018-10-11T05:46:37.656-04:00Can't make it on Friday: I still work :-(
Th...Can't make it on Friday: I still work :-( <br /><br />Thanks for the announcement, though. One of these days, I will save up enough to fly in a 51, the kind that they had to pay my dad to fly.igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485690142676607096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-14369328187892151882018-10-10T18:20:32.602-04:002018-10-10T18:20:32.602-04:00Most definitely awesome stuff!
I used to go to th...Most definitely awesome stuff!<br /><br />I used to go to the Planes of Fame airshow every year in Chino. One year they had a B-17 escorted by six P-51D's go by, and it was music!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-21264194664377814572018-10-10T10:02:14.888-04:002018-10-10T10:02:14.888-04:00We're going this afternoon. Rain tomorrow. F...We're going this afternoon. Rain tomorrow. Friday should be comfortably cool, though.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.com