Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
As I promised in my last post, this post will cover the planes and the Flight Deck on the USS Lexington. The weather and the skies The weather looked promising for the day. The sky often had clouds, but you could tell there was potential for more stormy weather based on cloud color in the … Continue reading Texas: On the USS Lexington, part 2
I promised in my last post that I'd share photos of the A-10C Thunderbolt II and the P-51 Mustang at the Thunder Over Dalhart airshow. 🙂 A-10 Demonstration Team Captain Haden “Gator” Fullam was the certified demonstration pilot, who performed aerial maneuvers and showcased the combat capabilities of the A-10. The demonstration jet has a … Continue reading Texas: A-10 Demonstration Team and Heritage Flight
I admit it. A sponsored ad on Facebook got me - an ad for the Thunder over Dalhart airshow. I found out about it a couple weeks ahead of time, so we made plans to attend. Dalhart is approximately 69 miles away from our RV park, and we'd never been there before. The venue Dalhart … Continue reading Texas: Thunder over Dalhart airshow (overview)
Friday, May 8, 2020 was the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day. I know of at least three flyovers (Phoenix, AZ; Portland, OR; and Houston, TX). The flyover in Phoenix was courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona museum in Mesa, AZ. Three planes were in the flyover: a B-25 Mitchell "Maid … Continue reading Arizona: Sentimental Journey at Luke Days (2018)
About a month after we moved Arizona, we took a day trip down to Tucson and checked out the Pima Air and Space Museum. We had been wanting to visit this museum for several years, as they have an outdoor exhibit dedicated to Bob's time in the Air Force. The icing on the cake was … Continue reading Arizona: Pima Air and Space Museum (2014)
At the end of 2012, Bob and I drove to Tillamook, Oregon to check out the Tillamook Air Museum. This wasn't the first time we'd been there, but it was the last time we saw some of the airplanes there. Some of the airplanes have since been moved to the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, … Continue reading Oregon: Tillamook Air Museum
In our last week in Oregon, we used our Harvest Hosts membership to stay at the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon. Harvest Hosts is a network of wineries, breweries and distilleries, farms, and attractions that invite RVers to visit and stay overnight for free with no hookups. The membership is a reasonable price, and … Continue reading Oregon: Erickson Aircraft Collection
One of our favorite museums to visit is Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville. Conveniently, our RV park happened to be located behind the museum, so I took advantage of the proximity. I took my dad to the museum for an early Father's Day celebration, since we were originally planning to be on the … Continue reading Oregon: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
In the first two parts of our experience with the B-17G known as Sentimental Journey, The Sentimental Journey, Part 1 and The Sentimental Journey, Part 2, we looked at the outside and the inside back half of the plane. Now we'll finish up by looking at the inside front half of the plane. To get into the front … Continue reading The Sentimental Journey, Part 3
