I was jealous...
Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:16 pm
Yes indeed, I was jealous...
...but just for a second. Then I corrected my thoughts and had a great attitude! When I saw these guys flying towards me over downtown San Antonio this day, I initially thought just for a second how fun it would be to be flying that - but then I remembered that I have a great job and a great opportunity to influence the guys who might be flying 40 years from now.
So, I was taking up a 15 year-old and his father for a discovery flight out of Stinson for the flight school. We were circling over downtown San Antonio, then I decided that I would take him over towards Ft. Sam Houston where we celebrated 100 years of military aviation earlier in the week - and I was telling him about the significance of the event and being overhead of that locationg. Right then and there I saw these two fast movers about 500 feet above me and a mile or so out passing from 11 o'clock to 3 o'clock and I was able to snap this shot (with a borrowed camera) at the last moment... VERY neat.
Glacier Girl and a P-51 head back into San Antonio at 2,500 feet this afternoon.
Instead of being jealous, I am grateful to live in the same city where these reside, grateful that there are folks able to keep flying them, grateful for a good job and a great view.
Ryan
...but just for a second. Then I corrected my thoughts and had a great attitude! When I saw these guys flying towards me over downtown San Antonio this day, I initially thought just for a second how fun it would be to be flying that - but then I remembered that I have a great job and a great opportunity to influence the guys who might be flying 40 years from now.
So, I was taking up a 15 year-old and his father for a discovery flight out of Stinson for the flight school. We were circling over downtown San Antonio, then I decided that I would take him over towards Ft. Sam Houston where we celebrated 100 years of military aviation earlier in the week - and I was telling him about the significance of the event and being overhead of that locationg. Right then and there I saw these two fast movers about 500 feet above me and a mile or so out passing from 11 o'clock to 3 o'clock and I was able to snap this shot (with a borrowed camera) at the last moment... VERY neat.
Glacier Girl and a P-51 head back into San Antonio at 2,500 feet this afternoon.
Instead of being jealous, I am grateful to live in the same city where these reside, grateful that there are folks able to keep flying them, grateful for a good job and a great view.
Ryan
Re: I was jealous...
Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:42 pm
Wow! That must have been quite the sight to see!
What did the 15 year-old think when he saw them?
What did the 15 year-old think when he saw them?
Re: I was jealous...
Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:55 pm
Bluedharma wrote:Wow! That must have been quite the sight to see!
What did the 15 year-old think when he saw them?
I think they didn't spot them nearly as quickly as I did, or understand the significance. I think they were VERY impressed by how fast I scrambled for the camera...
. The dad said later that he was happy to see an instructor who was passionate and enthusiastic about aircraft. I think it maybe was a little worse (meaning nuts!) than that, but at least they put a good spin on it!Ryan
Re: I was jealous...
Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:51 pm
wow!! talk about perfect timing!!! the warbird gods were shining on you!!! 
Re: I was jealous...
Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:02 am
And wasn't today the anniversary of the end of some sort of minor fracas involving an adobe church filled with anti Mexican miscreants? 
Re: I was jealous...
Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:16 am
The Inspector wrote:And wasn't today the anniversary of the end of some sort of minor fracas involving an adobe church filled with anti Mexican miscreants?
We flew over that, too. I just didn't shoot any pictures. Probably should have.
Ryan