Thanks. Sometimes we don’t see or appreciate the things that are closest to us until they are gone. I was quite surprised to discover the base all those years ago when I started going up there. I had never heard of it. You may remember the fantastic set of static displays they have on the main entrance road. Sadly,…

Got a link?

For the last 20 years, I’ve been playing in the Abilene Philharmonic, and whenever I’m in town (I live in Austin), I spend my free time out at Rister Park, smoking cigars and watching the show. I’ve gotten some pretty good spots out there, including this E-4 and this P-8. And here’s a Dyess Bone for good measure.…

#COTD (we’ll keep this one for tomorrow)

You’re welcome. I try to play to the room.

He’s the one guy who would survive a Godzilla attack. While everybody else is running headlong down the same street that Godzilla is on, this guy takes the side street and survives.

But of course.

F.A.B.!

I’m not sure where to begin. I never drove one of these, but I would imagine visibility is terrible over that square-acre-sized hood.

I suppose it could have been ordered by the judge. He’s going to get a license eventually.

The reason that doily keeps showing up is because they only have one plane that still flies.

Exactly. If we’re talking about them, it’s working.

Out in Sweetwater, TX, about an hour or so west of Abilene, is the WASP Museum. It sits on the site of what is still called Avenger Field where the WASPs trained after the two units were combined. It now houses the Texas State Technical College. I’ve been there a couple of times, and it’s a wonderful tribute to those…

You are absolutely right, and as I said to another commenter who took umbrage at my words, that comment was directed more at Jcarr than the community as a whole. There is an extraordinary amount of work, skill, expertise, professionalism, experience, etc. that goes into these shoots. And I honestly don’t believe that…

Thanks. All the best.

Thanks for crossing that out. This is an inside comment between me and Jcarr. I’ve been doing aviation photography for a few years now, and work on getting better every time I go out. I’d give my eyeteeth for a chance to go up on a photo shoot, or even have access to the flightline at a NAS. And after twenty years of…

Really? No hate for Flo? Progressive should have put this ad campaign out of our misery years ago.

I was just writing today about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS), who ferried aircraft from factories to USAAC bases during WWII. Despite the indispensable service they provided, the women pilots were not allowed to be commissioned, and when they died in training or on active duty (as 38 of them did), their…