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    Looks like a great weekend. I'll bet those stories were interesting to hear.

    As a pilot, I have always wanted to fly several of the old warbirds. However, just listening to the engines, is enough to make me smile.

    Although, I think Alex said it best,...

    Quote Originally Posted by cessna152towser View Post
    ...Kilts AND Planes AND Bonnie Lassies all in the one action packed weekend, I wish I could have joined you!
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    Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highlander31 View Post
    Looks like a great weekend. I'll bet those stories were interesting to hear.

    As a pilot, I have always wanted to fly several of the old warbirds. However, just listening to the engines, is enough to make me smile.

    Although, I think Alex said it best,...



    One of the great things about the weekend from a reenactor's perspective is that while in camp, or marching about, or talking to the visitors about your unit, there is the constant taking off and landing of these period aircraft.

    Some times they take off and land in squadron strength, with the roar of engines in unison. You look up from a conversation to see a sortie of Mustangs banking just enough off the deck...it is enough to make you think you have traveled back in time. There is no other experience like it. I recommend putting the weekend in your itinerary for next year.
    "Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobsYourUncle View Post
    There is no other experience like it. I recommend putting the weekend in your itinerary for next year.
    In order to put it our itinerary next year, the dates and details need to be posted well in advance before the event. Not read about it after the fact and wish we had been there. If it was posted before hand this year, I regretfully missed the post and don't want to be critical with this post.

    Great pics, looks and sounds (literally with the roar of the engines) like a fantastic weekend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobsYourUncle View Post
    One of the great things about the weekend from a reenactor's perspective is that while in camp, or marching about, or talking to the visitors about your unit, there is the constant taking off and landing of these period aircraft.

    Some times they take off and land in squadron strength, with the roar of engines in unison. You look up from a conversation to see a sortie of Mustangs banking just enough off the deck...it is enough to make you think you have traveled back in time. There is no other experience like it. I recommend putting the weekend in your itinerary for next year.
    I was a regular at the Reno Air Races for almost a decade. Loved the sound of those engines (when we moved here, I discovered the neighbor at the end of the road builds engines for the Reno Races.) Seeing the old warbirds in their time period sounds like a great experience. (Since I would be out there anyway,...it would also give me the excuse to drop down the coast and see some old associates.)
    [I][B]Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you really want to test a man’s character,
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