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01-03-2011, 09:32 PM | #1 |
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Sunday I died and went to Heaven
then I had to go to work. but here is a photoblog of what happened. I hope you enjoy it.
my great friend and employer is a pilot also. saturday he asked if i wanted to go fly sunday before i had to be at work. hell any opportunity to fly i'll jump at and we do go fly regularly. well this trip was a surprise to me. we planned to fly to brenham texas for lunch and return. i show up at work at noon to meet up with him and go to the airport. on the way there he was mentioning that he didn't get what he wanted for xmas. a clock/thermometer with an aviation theme. he said you know what i want to go to galveston and get it. we'll eat lunch on the seawall. hell yeah i said, why not! here goes. sorry for the ass load of pics but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. i've been flying for 14 years and have never been to the place we went to. trip down there was in a cessna 152. downtown houston: downtown1 by plthijnx, on Flickr minute maid park. home of the astros: minute maid park by plthijnx, on Flickr deep up the houston ship channel: houston ship channel 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr houston ship channel 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr the San Jacinto Monument san jacinto monument 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr the flight school i used to work for (hanger closest to you). boy, he used to have twice as many planes. times is tough. yeah some are prolly rented out but still.... old school by plthijnx, on Flickr clear lake. nice area of town! clear lake 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr the Kemah Boardwalk if you ever come to houston you should go there for entertainment. great food and fun! clear lake 4 kemah boardwalk by plthijnx, on Flickr west bay on approach into galveston: west galveston bay 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr Tiki Island. was wiped out from hurricane ike from what i understand. now rebuilt. west galveston bay 2 tiki island by plthijnx, on Flickr approach to runway 13: gls 13 approach 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr gls 13 approach 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr gls 13 approach 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr gls 13 approach 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr gls 13 approach 5 by plthijnx, on Flickr bossman a little left of centerline but that's all i can complain about on his landing! gls 13 approach 6 by plthijnx, on Flickr now HERE is where i died and went to heaven. i walked into the museum, my first aviation museum ever mind you, and this was the first god of war i saw: B-17 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr i will let the pictures talk now.... (i apologize for the fuzziness of the closeups my blackberry is retarded) B-17 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-17 1b by plthijnx, on Flickr (not done yet! hit the limit on pic posts)
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01-03-2011, 10:10 PM | #2 |
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B-17 1a by plthijnx, on Flickr B-17 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-17 3a by plthijnx, on Flickr B-17 6 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-17 5 by plthijnx, on Flickr Corsair 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr Corsair 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr Corsair 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr Corsair 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr sbd dauntless: SBD 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr SBD 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr SBD 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr PBY 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr PBY 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr PBY 2A by plthijnx, on Flickr PBY 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr PBY 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-25 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-25 1a by plthijnx, on Flickr B-25 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr
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01-03-2011, 10:24 PM | #3 |
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B-25 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-25 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr B-25 5 by plthijnx, on Flickr a sling wing in the mix: Huey 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr Huey 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr P-47 thunderbolt by plthijnx, on Flickr hurricane Ike destroyed this place. link to follow later. extensive restoration going on here. P-47 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr P-47 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr new engine for the P-47: P-47 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr AT-6 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr F6F 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr F6F 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr and finally, the clock/thermometer we went to get! wall clock n temp by plthijnx, on Flickr HERE is a link to photos 36 hours after hurricane Ike hit. they have come a long way since then......hope you enjoyed the trip!
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01-03-2011, 11:47 PM | #4 |
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Great, now my dick is hard from seeing all those beautiful aircraft.
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01-04-2011, 12:14 AM | #5 |
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Beautiful, I had a chance to fly in a B-17, Liberty Belle, and there's nothing like it.
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01-04-2011, 02:34 AM | #6 | |
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So. Fucking. Jealous. Right. Now. ETA: Plthijinx, Ima check out all your Flickr shit. All ur Flickr r belong to me.
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01-04-2011, 07:10 AM | #7 |
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pljnx, if you ever find yourself in Pensacola, Fl., the US Navy Aviation museum is by far the best one I have ever been to. We have The Mighty Eight Museum here in Savannah, very good but you can do it in an afternoon. I have been to the Air and Space museum in Washington D.C. but none of them compare to the one in Pensacola.
Here is a link: http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/ And a taste of what is inside: http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/g...ibits-(1).aspx The place is frigging huge and if you go on a holiday or a weekend, crowded. You can do it in a day by skimming through exhibits if you get there early when it opens, but it is best to do it over 2 full committed days. Worth the trip. Just thought I would share.
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01-04-2011, 07:23 AM | #8 |
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They have a capsule from the Sky Lab.
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01-04-2011, 08:05 AM | #9 |
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Great pics, plt. I love the pictures of the city from the sky.
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01-04-2011, 11:29 AM | #10 | |
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@splode: @bruce: now i'm jealous! @merc: def need to check that out! @kero: tytyty! i love them all! now i just need to get a real camera!! glad y'all enjoyed the pics! i can't even begin to explain the feeling i had when i walked in that hanger. i literally stopped in my tracks and froze in awe, jaw dropped, looked and felt like a child's first time to toys r us!
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01-04-2011, 11:31 AM | #11 |
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oh and merc? 2 days? i'd need a month!!
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01-04-2011, 11:50 AM | #12 |
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Excellent thread, plth. Thanks for the pix.
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01-04-2011, 11:56 AM | #13 |
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I like the optical illusion prop on the landing pics.
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01-04-2011, 12:43 PM | #14 |
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yeah UT that's my retarded blackberry for ya. you should see video of a prop from the phone. looks like spinning rubber bands. hey wait a minute...think i have one. lemme check.
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01-04-2011, 12:44 PM | #15 |
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yw! glad you enjoyed them!
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