Showing posts with label airshow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airshow. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2009

Airshow



Last weekend, a group of us rented a van and headed out to Edwards Air Force Base, scene of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound-barrier in the Bell X-1 in 1947. He did it again on Saturday, with an authoritative sonic boom, this time as a co-pilot in an F-16. He is 86.

Here are my home movies of the day. Enjoy ....

Monday, March 16, 2009

Remembering Pearl Harbor



This weekend, a bunch of us drove out to Yuma, AZ to view an airshow at the Marine Corps Air Station there. The highlight was a re-enactment of Pearl Harbor staged by a group known as the Commemorative Air Force. I remembered to pack my videocam. Following is their tribute (and mine) to the greatest generation.

Enjoy ...