Sorry it took so long to update ... but here's our OSH 2006 pics...

n468ac · #1 08-10-2006, 06:56 PM

http://www.checca.net/n468acOSH2006.htm

Just got the site updated with our 2006 OSH pictures ... sorry for the lateness.

prporter · #2 08-10-2006, 07:34 PM

Did you like the Titan T-51 you have a picture of?

n468ac · #3 08-10-2006, 07:53 PM

It was neat ... the really sad thing is so few P51's made it this year ... seams since the 90's the number has gotten smaller and smaller.

Bob Axsom · #4 08-10-2006, 08:24 PM

You got good coverage of the area and I'm sure a lot of owners will be doing just like I did trying to find my plane in your photos. Alas, even though I recognized the area I was gone already or hadn't arrived yet. The shots of the runways and taxiways sure brought back memories.

Th P-51 sure is a special plane isn't it. When I was in Radio Maintenance school in the 3rd area of Scott Air Force Base they had F-86Ds in the alert hangars and we liked to watch them in our time off but one day a P-51 (the official designation was F-51 by then) came in with that special engine sound and every one rolled out of the barracks to see what it was. When I was at K-2AB the Koreans were using them (D model) as their fighters (the shooting war was over by then). I climbed in one and one of my buddies took a photo that I still have today. Nearly 50 years later I was flying home from work one night cleared to land on 19R at John Wayne Airport in Santa ana, CA and there stands a P-51D holding short of 19R on Taxiway L. It was so beautiful - like a unique work of art, instantly recognizable. I wanted to say something but it just seemed inapropriate. I cleared the runway as quickly as I could and got in a position where I could watch the departure. Sometimes I think just one is better to see than a whole flock.

Bob Axsom