And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, July 18, 2025
Never goes away. Just did that last week, without thinking.
The chop of a Huey grabs me every time... I live near the beach in San Francisco. Recently a couple of 130s sailed by, headed south. I savored the moment.
I spend some time in north Texas that happens to lie on final approach to an airbase. You never know what might be landing there, usually it's fighter jets of one variety or another - noisy !. The strip is just 4 or 5 miles away, and they go right overhead. It's fun figuring out which plane they are. A B-52 went over once and I'll never forget what that one looks like. Wow.
If that base was Carswell at Fort Worth I visited ehe small outdoor aircraft museum on several Saturdays about twice a month. They had a B-36, a B-58 hustler, a F-111 swing wing bomber and several other fixed wing aircraft. There was also one big helicopter that I can't remember the model. The Airforce was flying B-52 bombers and F-4 Phantoms and later F-16s which were manufactured in Plant 4. Building F-35s there now. I need to get back down and see what's going on these days.
i'm 70 and still look up when a plane or helicopter goes by
ReplyDeleteRetired Marine Helo Pilot. My neck hurts.
Delete2 C130's went over yesterday and I almost tore a ligament in my knee getting out there.
ReplyDeleteThe chop of a Huey grabs me every time...
ReplyDeleteI live near the beach in San Francisco. Recently a couple of 130s sailed by, headed south. I savored the moment.
Pro Tip - flightradar24.com
ReplyDeleteCareful. It's addicting. Especially if you live out west during fire season.
As a US Marine Vietnam combat veteran, I can tell you that the sound of a chopper sends chills down my spine... Sixty years later.
ReplyDeleteI spend some time in north Texas that happens to lie on final approach to an airbase. You never know what might be landing there, usually it's fighter jets of one variety or another - noisy !. The strip is just 4 or 5 miles away, and they go right overhead. It's fun figuring out which plane they are. A B-52 went over once and I'll never forget what that one looks like. Wow.
ReplyDeleteIf that base was Carswell at Fort Worth I visited ehe small outdoor aircraft museum on several Saturdays about twice a month. They had a B-36, a B-58 hustler, a F-111 swing wing bomber and several other fixed wing aircraft. There was also one big helicopter that I can't remember the model. The Airforce was flying B-52 bombers and F-4 Phantoms and later F-16s which were manufactured in Plant 4. Building F-35s there now. I need to get back down and see what's going on these days.
Delete78 and an Air Force veteran, still look to the sky when something flies over. TJ
ReplyDeleteI will look to the sky to see what is flying over. As far as a ride in a helicopter, the novelty quickly fades in less than 5 minutes.
ReplyDeleteThe novelty never fades.
DeleteI live 4 blocks from a hospital with a roof helipad. I do that about 5 times a week on my front porch.
ReplyDeleteIt's genetic memory - still looking out for those giant flying reptiles.
ReplyDeleteThe sound of Freedom.
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At 72 my neck doesn't bend like it used to, I have to move around to get to where I can see what kind of helo it is... but I always still look.
ReplyDeleteI just do it to make sure they're not coming to get me.
ReplyDeleteMore often than not I also pull up the FlightAware app to see where they’ve come from and are going. Fun stuff.
ReplyDeleteas a kid in the early 60's we used to look up to see "a jet". now i look up to see a "prop" plane.
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