Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:13 am
I apologze, myself. I should have known better than to think you would make comments like that intentionally. I've suffered foot in mouth syndrome myself (once or twice here I believe)
It's funny (good funny) that you know so much about Baltimore's black migration and white flight. I was stationed in DC for a while, and used to go with a black buddy of mine to Baltimore, to his grandparents house--where they talked about this very subject--very bitterly I might add. Heath and I used to catch the Orioles when we could, and he took me to my first flag day at Locust Point. Despite all they've endured, black Baltimorians are proud of, and love their home. Knowing his family is one of the reasons I would move to Baltimore in a heartbeat. That and the Inner Harbor
It's funny (good funny) that you know so much about Baltimore's black migration and white flight. I was stationed in DC for a while, and used to go with a black buddy of mine to Baltimore, to his grandparents house--where they talked about this very subject--very bitterly I might add. Heath and I used to catch the Orioles when we could, and he took me to my first flag day at Locust Point. Despite all they've endured, black Baltimorians are proud of, and love their home. Knowing his family is one of the reasons I would move to Baltimore in a heartbeat. That and the Inner Harbor
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:24 am
Well, all that noise about somebody not winning some war has finally been most eddicational, in the end. Thanks guys.
Thanks for that. Certainly I've found aviation in America to be very much 'shared' but we need more there and anywhere else vintage and 'fun' aviation is needed.
The only people buying column inches on aviation in the media is the big corporates when the trade show comes to town; otherwise it's light aircraft and airliner crash scaremongering from the mainstream media. When operating warbirds, making sure the point of hono(u)ring the veterans and those that didn't come home goes over; getting reenactors involved is great, and generally a great enhancement to the warbird aviation scene.
Making people feel welcome (yes, even with the dumb questions) at shows is a critical thing, and most crews do that well, but as we know, one bad incident can undo a lot of the good work by everyone else at the show.
Cheers,
T33driver wrote:Great point James on being good aviation ambassadors. When EAA's B-17 made a tour stop at our airport, we went the extra mile and got other warbirds on static displays and a few of us did some flying. We also got reenactors and a local radio and TV station involved to give away a free B-17 ride. We can't do enough ot this stuff. There's even been ideas about expanding on this and doing EAA Young Eagle rides for the kids etc or even a small airshow....lots of ways to woo the public.
Thanks for that. Certainly I've found aviation in America to be very much 'shared' but we need more there and anywhere else vintage and 'fun' aviation is needed.
The only people buying column inches on aviation in the media is the big corporates when the trade show comes to town; otherwise it's light aircraft and airliner crash scaremongering from the mainstream media. When operating warbirds, making sure the point of hono(u)ring the veterans and those that didn't come home goes over; getting reenactors involved is great, and generally a great enhancement to the warbird aviation scene.
Making people feel welcome (yes, even with the dumb questions) at shows is a critical thing, and most crews do that well, but as we know, one bad incident can undo a lot of the good work by everyone else at the show.
Cheers,
Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:34 pm
If an airport gets closed then the land should be used for city infrastructure or industry rather than housing.
The only permissable uses for the location should be: a nuclear power station, sewerage treatment plant, prison, high security psychiatric facility, fish canning factory or an abbattoir.
That should slow down the developers.
Cheers,
Brett
The only permissable uses for the location should be: a nuclear power station, sewerage treatment plant, prison, high security psychiatric facility, fish canning factory or an abbattoir.
That should slow down the developers.
Cheers,
Brett
Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:48 pm
Brett Wrote:
As it stands now, our airport itself (Creve Couer 1H0) could qualify as a "low security, psychiatric facility".
Funny thing about noise complaints, I almost always get at least one complaint when I fly the Skyraider, but as far as I know I have never had a complaint with my T6. The T6 is far louder than the Skyraider, but it's bigger so the perception is it "flew low, and was too loud".
If an airport gets closed then the land should be used for city infrastructure or industry rather than housing.
The only permissable uses for the location should be: a nuclear power station, sewerage treatment plant, prison, high security psychiatric facility, fish canning factory or an abbattoir.
As it stands now, our airport itself (Creve Couer 1H0) could qualify as a "low security, psychiatric facility".
Funny thing about noise complaints, I almost always get at least one complaint when I fly the Skyraider, but as far as I know I have never had a complaint with my T6. The T6 is far louder than the Skyraider, but it's bigger so the perception is it "flew low, and was too loud".
Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:26 pm
Brett wrote:a nuclear power station, sewerage treatment plant, prison, high security psychiatric facility, fish canning factory or an abbattoir.
You've just described my office at Yankee's hangar....