Dallas B-17 visit!!!!!!

[kiwi#9582]

HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!  
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Where:               Dallas Executive Airport, (RBD)

                              

When:                Friday, October 3rd.  Depart Hooks at 9am. Fuel stop. Arrive Dallas Executive

Airport at 11 am.        

                              Sunday, October 5th: Departure  at 5pm. Arrive Hooks at 6:30 pm.

 

Schedule:          Friday: Rides and Tours on arrival.                                                                                                                       Saturday and Sunday: Rides and Tours at 9 am – 5 pm.

[kiwi#9582]

http://www.airpowersquadron.org/#!caf-wwii-air-expo-dallas/c1lm

[kiwi#9582]

I will be riding in GUN FIGHTER ( P-51 )  next Friday.... Hope to see everyone Saturday or Sunday. Mark your calendars and plan a ride.

[kiwi#9582]

"Disco" Dave.....  Thanks for the personal reply.... looking forward to seeing you and your Dad and friends Next week at the air show.   

[kiwi#9582]

Hey, Dave and everyone that showed up.... GREAT meeting you all.....  It was a VERY busy weekend!!!!  GREAT turnout....   continuous tours and rides all  3 days!!!!   How did you like it...   encourage everyone that did noit go to go bext year and make it even better.  Texas Raiders made lots of mony on tours, rides and T-shirts and other memorabilia....  Sorry I was so busy...  looking forward to going back amd maybe making it to HOT GLUEs party next year.

ThaNKS AGAIN AND HOPE YOU HADE A GREAT TIME.  lET ME KNOW SO i CAN PASS IT ON TO THE HONCHO'S     

[planecrazygal]

So glad we had a chance to visit with you and happy to hear that your crew had a fun and profitable day.  Hope to catch up with you again soon!  I've been a fan of TR for a long time through some photography connections.  Top notch crew!  Glad to have VRCC brethren among them!

Hey, Dave and everyone that showed up.... GREAT meeting you all.....  It was a VERY busy weekend!!!!  GREAT turnout....   continuous tours and rides all  3 days!!!!   How did you like it...   encourage everyone that did noit go to go bext year and make it even better.  Texas Raiders made lots of mony on tours, rides and T-shirts and other memorabilia....  Sorry I was so busy...  looking forward to going back amd maybe making it to HOT GLUEs party next year.

ThaNKS AGAIN AND HOPE YOU HADE A GREAT TIME.  lET ME KNOW SO i CAN PASS IT ON TO THE HONCHO'S     

[Disco]

We had a great time, Dennis.  Thanks for the invite.  I wish we had been able to spend more time together, but you were busy and that's great.

The respect shown the veterans by the hosts, participants, volunteers, and even the visitors was truly heartwarming.  In fact, I think there were several swarms of gnats flying around RBD along with all the war birds.  Mix in the music, weapon demonstrations, uniforms of the day, and of course the static displays and flying demonstrations, and it was about as close to a time warp as I can imagine.  Top it off with a crawl through Texas Raiders and it's easy to understand why the men and women of that era and effort are rightly known as "the Greatest Generation".  The sacrifice, expenditure of treasure, and industrial output was staggering.  And to think that we did it all in 45 months, or so, shows we have forgotten how to fight and win wars and convert former enemies into allies. 

Can you imagine building 276,000 airplanes in less than four years???  And that's just planes!!!

Here's a link with lots more numbers and statistics, courtesy of GearJammer. 

http://pippaettore.com/Horrific_WWII_Statistics.html