Austin, MN

Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:32 pm

I saw on the local news tonight there is some severe flooding in Austin, MN. I didn't see the airport on the news, does anybody know if it's above water? At a minimum, I know there is a Mustang based at the airport.

Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:11 am

OK, I'll bite.

What P-51 Mustang would be based at the Austin, MN airport? The only ones I know of are all based out of the Twin Cities, or Ron Fagen's, which is based at Granite Falls.

Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:15 am

OK, I'll bite.

What P-51 Mustang would be based at the Austin, MN airport? The only ones I know of are all based out of the Twin Cities, or Ron Fagen's, which is based at Granite Falls.

Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:26 am

Roger Christgau bases Sierra Sue II 44-63675/NL1751D at Austin.

For reference, also in the Twin cities area are the static Cavalier at Minneapolis St. Paul Intl 68-15795 and Bill Bruggeman's CA-18 A68-198 which flies out of Anoka.

Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:47 pm

Roger also keeps a T-34, T-28 and maybe even a T-6 there as well.
John gets back into town tonight so we may have a report from him Tomorrow morning.
As a note to local Wixers. If you are interested in having some beers, dinner, and lots of warbird talk, come on out to the CAF's Hanger Dance this Saturday...
http://www.cafsmw.org/news.shtml

Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:18 pm

Warbirdnerd wrote:If you are interested in having some beers, dinner, and lots of warbird talk, come on out to the CAF's Hanger Dance this Saturday...
http://www.cafsmw.org/news.shtml

Wish I could, I'll be babysitting my brother's kids Saturday.

Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:11 pm

Warbirdnerd wrote:Roger also keeps a T-34, T-28 and maybe even a T-6 there as well.
John gets back into town tonight so we may have a report from him Tomorrow morning.
As a note to local Wixers. If you are interested in having some beers, dinner, and lots of warbird talk, come on out to the CAF's Hanger Dance this Saturday...
http://www.cafsmw.org/news.shtml

'Nerd,

No news on the status of the Austin airport but I would guess there's about a .001% chance of it flooding because of its proximity to the river and it's elevation in relation to it. I'll call him tonight for an update.

The only airplanes I saw of interest in Chihuahua Mexico was a T-33 on a stick out in the sagebrush and two DC-4's which appeard to be derelict but complete and in good condition from a distance. Since I was on the companies dime I didn't have a lot of opportunities to set out on my own. Not much else to see there but big, industrial city in the middle of the desert.