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Magical Moments....and I'm just 19
Posted by Ryan Harris on Fri Mar 07, 2003 08:49:41 PM
In reply top Re: Magical Moments posted by Ryan Keough on Fri Mar 07, 2003 07:40:40 PM
Wings Over Houston 2001 airshow. I was a 17 year old kid crewing on the Collings Foundation B-25 that weekend and got to stay on the ramp when they ran the crowds off.
They did a 100 plane flyover that year and everyone cranked at the same time. I was standing in the middle of 6 B-25s, 2 B-17s, A-26, B-29, C-46, C-47, AT-11, Ju-52, 2 P-51s, P-47, P-63, F8F, Sea Fury, Spitfire, Yak-3, and whatever else I can't remember. Either way it was amazing. Then, when the 6 B-25s taxied out together in a perfect row I thought I was watching the Doolittle Raid. I think the wind was blowing as hard too.
Also, one late night with a foggy situation, I walked around the Collings Foundation B-17, B-24, B-25, and F-4 with just barely any light falling on them. It was another one of those dead quiet airports. Just like Ryan K. I talked to the planes too. Its funny how attached you get to these beasts.
I can't forget the dead silence at Hobby being broken by us running the A-26 at 2 in the morning. For a 9 year old kid, this was heaven.
Ryan