Von, Sheila, her two babies, and I took a spontaneous adventure today. It started off as a trip to the Air Force Museum, where ironically we ran into Jared and Christian. Then since the big free air show was underway at Hill AFB next door, we decided to take a gander. The Air Force Thunderbirds were slated to perform, but we never saw them fly, since we hadn't planned to be there all day, and hadn't prepared properly...chairs, food, enought water, etc. But we saw much before we left.
Heading in to the Air Museum.
Inside the museum
Alexis in awe of it all.
Von's Goony bird, C-47, that he worked on in Thailand, 1973-74.
Another aircraft similar to the T-29 Von worked on in Duluth, MN 1974-75.
Aircraft similar to the first one (118) that Von worked on at Norton AFB, 1971-73.
A posing mement.
Von's last aircraft, KC 135 tanker.
Pretty small helicopter.
One of many paratroopers who jumped from the C-17.
Several aircraft flew throughout the day. These three represented 3 eras of flying.
The scene at the air show.
The amazing C-17, which made several passes fast, slow, making tight turns, landing at mid field in a few hundred feet, backing up, and turning completely around on the runway.
Von, Sheila, her two babies, and I took a spontaneous adventure today. It started off as a trip to the Air Force Museum, where ironically we ran into Jared and Christian. Then since the big free air show was underway at Hill AFB next door, we decided to take a gander. The Air Force Thunderbirds were slated to perform, but we never saw them fly, since we hadn't planned to be there all day, and hadn't prepared properly...chairs, food, enought water, etc. But we saw much before we left.
Heading in to the Air Museum.
Inside the museum
Alexis in awe of it all.
Von's Goony bird, C-47, that he worked on in Thailand, 1973-74.
Another aircraft similar to the T-29 Von worked on in Duluth, MN 1974-75.
Aircraft similar to the first one (118) that Von worked on at Norton AFB, 1971-73.
A posing mement.
Von's last aircraft, KC 135 tanker.
Pretty small helicopter.
One of many paratroopers who jumped from the C-17.
Several aircraft flew throughout the day. These three represented 3 eras of flying.
The scene at the air show.
The amazing C-17, which made several passes fast, slow, making tight turns, landing at mid field in a few hundred feet, backing up, and turning completely around on the runway.
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