Apr 29 2009
Sun N Fun 2009
This little event in the air show circuit happened last week. The Bowl took a Saturday and some sunscreen to Lakeland Linder Regional Airport to check out the flotsam…
One of the cool but slightly dangerous things about the Fun N Sun, is that you are on active taxiways. Granted, there are motorcycle escorts, but still, your ten feet from a T-28 Trojan as it parks.
T 28 Trojan (click on picture to see a 1200 x 900 image)
Ever seen a Yak – 52? Me neither.
YAK-52 (click on picture to see 1200 x 900 image)
But one of the neatest things was a little presentation called “An Unlikely Reunion: - Reconciliation in Vietnam.“ Dan Cherry and Hong My gave side by side accounts of the same dogfight that happened on April 16, 1972. And by side by side, I mean US and North Vietnam sides. Their first encounter was as warriors. Their second was as friends.
(Click on the pictures to see 1200 x 900 images)
It was a moment I will remember.
Join us over the next few days as the Brass Bowl posts more images. We took a lot of pictures, and it’s hard to pick just a few.
Nice pix, George. It would’ve been nice to see the ‘Unlikely Reunion’ but I was ‘with child’ and he didn’t want to see much besides the Oshkosh Stiker 1500 ARFF truck.
Heck, it also would’ve been nice to do a B-24 walk-around but I missed that, too. Oh well, maybe I can go see the -24 over at the Fantasy of Flight one of these days.
The P-51s, A-1E and F-4Fs were cool, though!