Well guys,
Since there is a post about WWII Vets in the Lounge. I thought I would tell you what Son and I, along with others did. This was to honor all the WWII Vets and the 70th anniversary of the ending of WWII. This took Place all over the country on 8-16-15 by many Warbird owners.
There were several large sponsor like the CAF, Warbirds Of America, and the USAF Museum along with several others. This helped to pay for the gas these Planes use.
We were a 4 plane formation that consisted of a Stearman, Stinson, Yak 52, and us.
We flew over the USS Lexinton which saw battle in WWII, City of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (NAS), Kingsville NAS, Alice Texas, and the beach of Port Aransas. This was a feel good flight of remembering the students and pilots that have sat in the seat that I was lucky enough to sit in, in our 1943 SNJ-4 Texan . Ones like it trained every WWII Navy pilot during WWII. It was nicknamed the Pilot Maker for a very good reason. President Bush received his wings at NAS Corpus so it's possible he sat in it. :wink:
The Blue Ghost.
The Primary Trainer
Port A
Since there is a post about WWII Vets in the Lounge. I thought I would tell you what Son and I, along with others did. This was to honor all the WWII Vets and the 70th anniversary of the ending of WWII. This took Place all over the country on 8-16-15 by many Warbird owners.
There were several large sponsor like the CAF, Warbirds Of America, and the USAF Museum along with several others. This helped to pay for the gas these Planes use.
We were a 4 plane formation that consisted of a Stearman, Stinson, Yak 52, and us.
We flew over the USS Lexinton which saw battle in WWII, City of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (NAS), Kingsville NAS, Alice Texas, and the beach of Port Aransas. This was a feel good flight of remembering the students and pilots that have sat in the seat that I was lucky enough to sit in, in our 1943 SNJ-4 Texan . Ones like it trained every WWII Navy pilot during WWII. It was nicknamed the Pilot Maker for a very good reason. President Bush received his wings at NAS Corpus so it's possible he sat in it. :wink:
The Blue Ghost.
The Primary Trainer
Port A