My trip to Wings over Houston (bunch of pics)
Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:23 am
I had a really good time at Wings over Houston. In addition to meeting more folks from WIX than I can ever remember, I was able to visit with my first cousin that I haven't seen in about 12 years. I gave several private tours of the C-17 but we were never able to open up for a static display. Timing and the crowd line just didn't work out. Still, we managed to run a bunch of folks through.
We were able to fly the demo and heritage flight every day. I was also very lucky to ride in the C-47 during the practice on Friday. The post and pictures from that flight are here. http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... highlight=
I very much enjoyed meeting SCFan, Bomberflight, Zane, Karen, Rick and Ryan Harris, Doug Ratchford, Don Price, John Cotter, Ryan Short and some of his family, Chief's Nephew, and many others whose names escape me at the moment. Another highlight of my visit was being able to moon my crew from the C-47 during the heritage flight.
I thought the airshow was great and I hope we get to come back next year. This is my last airshow for the season but I hope my luck holds out and I can take a C-17 to as many next year.
It was nice to visit with so many people about my friend Gary Austin. He'd be quite humbled by the things that people said about him. Now I've got to finish writing out what I have to say at his memorial service on Friday.
Sorry the pictures aren't that great. I'm a loadmaster, not a photographer! Karen, I took a picture of your plane but for some reason it came out distorted. Sorry!
Gary would have gotten a kick out of the fact that his name was spelled out in Duct tape. I thought that was very fitting! I lost two letters during Thursday's flight but replaced them after landing. The name stayed on the airplane until just before we left for home on Sunday.
I thought our shadows looked cool...
We were able to fly the demo and heritage flight every day. I was also very lucky to ride in the C-47 during the practice on Friday. The post and pictures from that flight are here. http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... highlight=
I very much enjoyed meeting SCFan, Bomberflight, Zane, Karen, Rick and Ryan Harris, Doug Ratchford, Don Price, John Cotter, Ryan Short and some of his family, Chief's Nephew, and many others whose names escape me at the moment. Another highlight of my visit was being able to moon my crew from the C-47 during the heritage flight.
I thought the airshow was great and I hope we get to come back next year. This is my last airshow for the season but I hope my luck holds out and I can take a C-17 to as many next year.
It was nice to visit with so many people about my friend Gary Austin. He'd be quite humbled by the things that people said about him. Now I've got to finish writing out what I have to say at his memorial service on Friday.
Sorry the pictures aren't that great. I'm a loadmaster, not a photographer! Karen, I took a picture of your plane but for some reason it came out distorted. Sorry!
Gary would have gotten a kick out of the fact that his name was spelled out in Duct tape. I thought that was very fitting! I lost two letters during Thursday's flight but replaced them after landing. The name stayed on the airplane until just before we left for home on Sunday.
I thought our shadows looked cool...
Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:26 am
Nice set of pictures. Thanks for posting them...
Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:45 am
Not to worry, Brad.....enjoyed our conversations more.....and you can see the black bird in background in several. Seems appropriate to have a "distorted" picture after dodging planes trying to hit me during the weekend....LOL 
Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:52 am
I didn't see the Bearcats Saturday, did they come in Sunday or did I just miss them the day before?
bill word
bill word
Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:58 am
The two Lewis ones came in on Sunday.
Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:52 am
Nice set of pics, Brad! 
I still say you have WAY too much fun.
It's amazing how small the C-47 is in comparison to the C-17.
The Super Guppy looks really freaky when viewed head-on!
Cheers,
I still say you have WAY too much fun.
It's amazing how small the C-47 is in comparison to the C-17.
The Super Guppy looks really freaky when viewed head-on!
Cheers,
Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:32 am
Brad,
Thanks for posting the great pics. I didn't get to go so this is the only way I get to see.
Thanks for posting the great pics. I didn't get to go so this is the only way I get to see.
Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:48 am
Brad it was great to finally meet you as well.
Good bunch of pics!
Dang...can't believe the Bearcats were there on Sunday...rats.
Good bunch of pics!
Dang...can't believe the Bearcats were there on Sunday...rats.