Warbird Information Exchange

Brian,
I think by now you are sharing in the heat misery!!!! Two more days...and then hopefully some relief. Hope it's nice next Tuesday, I'm off to see and fly in the Collings Foundation B-17 and B-24.
Keep cool! PJ

an old thread ... but worthy of reply. this summer has been hotter & dryer than a witches left boob!!! none hotter since 1988. rainfall down 6 inches to date!!! death valley days here. lake erie 75 degrees, like pee water. you have to go to erie pa to get a limit on perch or walleye. no fishing in the dead center on the north coast!!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I had to chuckle at one of our local TV stations. Across the bottom of the screen they run the names of the counties in the region where heat advisories are in effect. Apparently they don't realize that that's pretty much two-thirds of the country right now

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today is supposed to be the hottest day of the year. it's a friggin armpit up here!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

HOT,HOT,HOT,HOT,HOT! And did I mention Sticky! And HOT! We've had a couple of breaks with heavy rain and a couple of cool evenings. AND let me qualify the above statement. It's way hotter then we like here in the republic, BUT, I KNOW alot of you would trade down to our high eighties and mid nineties with coresponding humidity! As a wise old mailman once said to me,"Stay out of the Hot sun!"(hard to do when you're delivering mail! )

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I never said the jokes were Good, they're just Free! You gets whatchyas pays for!

AHHHH!!!! Relief at last! Currently 64 degrees F. Only supposed to be in the 70's today. I'm not sure how we survived the Summer of 1988 when it was unbearably hot all summer.
PJ

HOT! Texas HOT.

No, you don't understand, you think that you have Hot weather, but "it ain't Texas hot weather."

And to make it even more miserable, add the high humidity levels we "enjoy" here in the Gulf Coast.

My air conditioning unit has been working hard at keeping the place at an acceptable level.

Storms are expected today, probably will only help to bring even more humidity to the already HOT Texas weather : )

Saludos y'all!


Tulio

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Why take the best part of life out of your life, when you can have life with the best part of your life in your life?

I am one of them 'futbol' people.

Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English.

Sooooo, how am I going to know to press 1 or 2, if I do not speak English????

And of course I have a meeting in San Antonio on the 9th of August. August is never a good time to have a meeting in Texas!

Anything to see down that way?

The weather has been pretty rubbish this week here in the far North East of England.

Yes, the FW-190 and some other stuff at the Texas Air Museum (at Stinson), the Alamo Liason Squadron's place off 1604 (I could get you a contact phone number if you're interested). Besides those rotting hulks over at Lackland... which I don't know about gettting access to.

Oh, and by the way. Yes it's hot in TX, but not unbearably, especially if you've lived here all your life. And the weather's nearly always good enough for flying. I mean, the local airshow at the Air Force bases (they switch off different years) here is in November. Can't think of anything else easily or readily accesible warbirds wise. Wish there was a better presence here in town, especially with all the veterans still living here.

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Thanks Ryan. I'll book my flight tomorrow and see how much extra time I can sqeeze into the schedule.

Brandon

Right now it's probably Broken clouds around 4000 ft. 84 degrees F on my back porch with a nice breeze and a hint of a possible light rain shower. Not bad at all compared to what I've heard on the radio.

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Ha! Decided to see how close my guess was... Here's the closest METAR to me:

METAR text: KRND 280006Z COR 13012KT 7SM -TSRA BKN040CB BKN100 BKN250 31/21 A2994 RMK TS 4W MOV N OCNL LTGICCC COR 0028
Conditions at: KRND observed 0006 UTC 28 July 2005
Temperature: 31.0°C (88°F)
Dewpoint: 21.0°C (70°F) [RH = 55%]
Pressure (altimeter): 29.94 inches Hg (1014.0 mb)
Winds: from the SE (130 degrees) at 14 MPH (12 knots; 6.2 m/s)
Visibility: 7 miles (11 km)
Ceiling: 4000 feet AGL
Clouds: broken clouds at 4000 feet AGL
broken clouds at 10000 feet AGL
broken clouds at 25000 feet AGL
Weather: -TSRA (light rain associated with thunderstorm(s))

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/metars/index.php

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

As I remember, I let the Republic on a HOT August 3rd and Arrived at a little Texacan cowtown called San Antone at about 2230hrs. If my memory serves me(it WAS 1978) the terminal was as hot and humid inside as it was outside in Maine at NOON! And then we got to fart around Lackland AFB until about 0100hrs. It was STILL HOT! But I still say that anything over 65deg is too warm and over 80deg is HOT!

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Brandon,

If time allows it, and if you have a car, San Marcos, TX (North from San Antone on I-35) should have at least a P-40, a T-33, a P-39 and other aircraft, to see. The CAF squadron there is housed in a hangar that is a national architectural landmark.

On I-10 West, there is Boerne Stage Field, with another CAF squadron, but for sure they are only open during weekends.

If time permits, and if you are interested, you could visit the Mooney aircraft factory in Kerrville; but in order to do so, you must be there by 0900 because they only have one tour a day if I recall correctly; you take I-10 West to Kerrville, and look for the factory at the local airport.

Stinson Field has already been mentioned.

Hope you enjoy San Antonio, heat and all!


Saludos,


Tulio

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Why take the best part of life out of your life, when you can have life with the best part of your life in your life?

I am one of them 'futbol' people.

Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English.

Sooooo, how am I going to know to press 1 or 2, if I do not speak English????