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Re: Way Cool!!!!
Posted by Steve T on Mon Nov 03, 2003 09:43:28 PM
In reply top Re: Way Cool!!!! posted by Martin Keenan on Mon Nov 03, 2003 09:50:15 AM
Martin--
: That day (Sept. 24, 1988) is still my favorite aviation me
: mory, and I still feel a bit of that wonderful day every t
: ime I see the Lanc fly. I'm relatively local, and I see i
: t fairly often, but it's a thrill that just doesn't go awa
: y.
It sure doesn't. Every time I hear THAT sound (and there is NO mistaking it for anything else) I bolt for the nearest clear sky view, and muse that, at this moment, I'm witness to something that can be seen in only one other spot on Earth...and wonder if anyone else nearby gets the significance.
I seem to recall that the police utimately had to clos
: e the roads into the airport after 20,000 people showed up
: ...
Yep! (I got there early in the morning though...)
: I never thought about the 'zenith' of CWH, but I guess you
: 're right. It's sad to see what's happened in the interve
: ning 15 years.
The new building is nice; support displays are far more comprehensive than once they were; and the aircraft on show are still a diverse and interesting grouping...but something is just plain missing up there now. (I haven't been a member since '99 even though I live in Hamilton; the focus simply shifted away from what I believe it should be. For a lot of people I know the sale of the Corsair was a kind of last straw; I wouldn't quite say that was true in my case, but I do think it was symptomatic of a dismaying loss of focus at that time.)
S.