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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
I am lucky to live right under the approach path of 32L at Moffett and I can enjoy watching whatever -- sometimes odd -- birds land there (imagine that: working from home, in the backyard, laptop, cool drink and the VHF handy to do some plane spotting -- doesn't get any better than that :-) ); now, today, June 1st, around 6pm local time, I saw a B17 and a B25 land there (actually did a few landings); I am not making that up, and I am pretty sure I was not dreaming (the cool drinks are non-alcoholic beverages); I don't see anything scheduled today and/or at Moffett on www.b17.org -- anyone knows what's up? I'll drop by the museum tomorrow morning and check it out :-) --Sylvain |
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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
"Sylvain" wrote in message
... I am lucky to live right under the approach path of 32L at Moffett and I can enjoy watching whatever -- sometimes odd -- birds land there (imagine that: working from home, in the backyard, laptop, cool drink and the VHF handy to do some plane spotting -- doesn't get any better than that :-) ); now, today, June 1st, around 6pm local time, I saw a B17 and a B25 land there (actually did a few landings); I am not making that up, and I am pretty sure I was not dreaming (the cool drinks are non-alcoholic beverages); I don't see anything scheduled today and/or at Moffett on www.b17.org -- anyone knows what's up? I'll drop by the museum tomorrow morning and check it out :-) --Sylvain http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm B17 = Nine O Nine B25 = Tondelayo B24 = Witchcraft (If it's there too...) Pics of flying on the B17 at: http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/b17_ride (Shameless plug for the shooter ... Me.) Jay Beckman PP-ASEL Chandler, AZ |
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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
Jay Beckman wrote:
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm thanks for the URLs! glad to see that I was not hallucinating! ;-) http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/b17_ride nice pictures! --Sylvain |
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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
"Jay Beckman" writes:
"Sylvain" wrote in message ... I am lucky to live right under the approach path of 32L at Moffett and I can enjoy watching whatever -- sometimes odd -- birds land there (imagine that: working from home, in the backyard, laptop, cool drink and the VHF handy to do some plane spotting -- doesn't get any better than that :-) ); now, today, June 1st, around 6pm local time, I saw a B17 and a B25 land there (actually did a few landings); I am not making that up, and I am pretty sure I was not dreaming (the cool drinks are non-alcoholic beverages); I don't see anything scheduled today and/or at Moffett on www.b17.org -- anyone knows what's up? I'll drop by the museum tomorrow morning and check it out :-) --Sylvain http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm I saw the B25 flying overhead at lunch yesterday in Mountain View near the Ampitheatre -- I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for the info Jay! Chris -- Chris Colohan Email: PGP: finger Web: www.colohan.com Phone: (412)268-4751 |
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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
Chris Colohan wrote:
"Jay Beckman" writes: "Sylvain" wrote in message ... I am lucky to live right under the approach path of 32L at Moffett and I can enjoy watching whatever -- sometimes odd -- birds land there (imagine that: working from home, in the backyard, laptop, cool drink and the VHF handy to do some plane spotting -- doesn't get any better than that :-) ); now, today, June 1st, around 6pm local time, I saw a B17 and a B25 land there (actually did a few landings); I am not making that up, and I am pretty sure I was not dreaming (the cool drinks are non-alcoholic beverages); I don't see anything scheduled today and/or at Moffett on www.b17.org -- anyone knows what's up? I'll drop by the museum tomorrow morning and check it out :-) --Sylvain http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm I saw the B25 flying overhead at lunch yesterday in Mountain View near the Ampitheatre -- I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for the info Jay! Chris Darn. I was a passenger with my friend flying (first time as a passenger in 3+ years). I tried to get him to fly the ILS into KNUQ but he didn't want to. Damn, we could have been in the pattern with those planes at the very same time. Instead we were in the pattern with a mighty PA28-161 and a C152 at PAO. ;-) (Note, I'm a big man flying PA28-181's ;-) ) Gerald |
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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
GS wrote:
Darn. I was a passenger with my friend flying (first time as a passenger in 3+ years). I tried to get him to fly the ILS into KNUQ but he didn't want to. Damn, we could have been in the pattern with those planes at the very same time. Instead we were in the pattern with a mighty PA28-161 and a C152 at PAO. ;-) (Note, I'm a big man flying PA28-181's ;-) ) Gerald One of my last solo practice sessions for my checkride I flew from Orlando Executive (KORL) to Leesburg (KLEE) to shoot some landings. When I tuned in the CTAF, I heard "Catalina final for 23, Leesburg." Sure enough a PBY was landing and I watched from the air. About 3 trips around the pattern later, they took off and headed back to Lakeland (Sun-n-Fun was underway). What a great sight. I really like those old warbirds, and seeing one form the air is tremendous! John Stevens PP-ASEL |
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B17 (and B25) at Moffett (KNUQ) today? (June 1st)
On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:16:42 -0700, "Jay Beckman" wrote:
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm B17 = Nine O Nine B25 = Tondelayo B24 = Witchcraft (If it's there too...) Nice pix, Jay. My dad and I took a ride in Nine O Nine today. What an incredible experience. Just standing on the tarmac at Moffett watching those three great machines come and go was a blast. Actually flying in the B17, sitting in the nose, sticking my head out the open top as we cruised over the bay...awesome. Blair |
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