Someone who cant stand to be on the ground

[cub3pp]

ok, the wichita aviation festival was awsome. Friday night had a T-34,T-6, and mig17 flyin at dark!followed by 75mm fireworks!(they shot off so many, a hase hovered over the base for an hour).

Saturday, i had my obligations to the band in the morning, then i suited up and recruited people for CAP(and watched the show) for like 4hours.

Waggstaff was amazing, and we had a Waco biplane with a t-38 engene strapped to the bottom, and a crazy guy on top of the wing, after that was the F-117(t-bird replacement), F-18 demos, then we ahd a heritage flight with a F-18, F4u, and F4F. during band, a skywriter was up writing-AIRSHOW!, 100 YEARS, and PEPSI!.that was neat and odviously, we didnt get much done .

Sunday, i got up reeeal early and tried to get on base, then i realized i for got my ID, so i kick myself a few hundred times and headed back at 80mph. when i was 1/2 way home i realized-oh mike you dumb****!. my ID was siting beside me. so i kicked myself even more,and headed back even faster and checked in With CAP, did parking untill it started raining. then i got lunch, and get this, watched Waggstaff fly in pouring rain!(hence the title of the post), and once again watched the crazy guy with a jet powered waco do his thing in a little less rain.
The rest of the day was cancelled, so i volunteered to take down stuff. that was some freakin hard work- running from parking sign to orange barrel, pikin it up and loadin it up in the truck. did that for 2 hours, but it was worth it when we all got warm donated krispy kreme dougnuts  ;D.mhhmhmh(drooling)

so that was my weekend, how was yours?

[OTTOL]

I'd just be 'appy to have the Krispy Kremes right now.............I'm on my fourth tall cup of Home Brewed fresh Columbian cofee, and the prospects for sleep look bleak!!!!

[Tequila Sunrise]

sounds like you had a good time, personally I can't remember last weekend

[OTTOL]

Are you talking to me or him?    ;D

I can't remember lat weekend

Shoot!........you can't even remember how to SPELL it ! !  :-/

[Tequila Sunrise]

there fixed

[Mr. Bones]

no stratotankers? i thought McConnell was called "super tanker base"?

[cub3pp]

yes, there were KC-135's. I guess when you see them every day, hear them every night, and drive by them every week, you just dont notice them as much. uhh, did i mention what the B1B did friday?no, ok hold on to your seats-------I WENT INVERTED WITH AFTERBURNERS AT DUSK!!!! . and there were KC-10s on display, A-10(ooh ya baby!), 2 T-birds, 2 mustangs, 1 p-39, 1 F4f, 1 F4U, i PT-13/19/23, 1 B-17, 1 B-25, 2 T-50's, 1 p-80, 1 P-3 orion, 1 E-8 JSTARS, 1 F16, umm, do you want me to get into civil stuff?ok i will:1 Beech- premier 1, hawker800,baron 58, bonanza, king air C-90, Cessna- 172SP, 182(CAP!), Citation X, Citation 5, Grand caravan,ooh,ya and a lockeed jetstar, and lear45 anniversary( if you didnt know better, you'd think i'd be naming planes strait from FS) Boeing 727.uhh i think thats it, maybe more ill check and come back.

[Rifleman]

Call me next time, send tickets and plane fare, and I promise to take some shots and post them on here for all to enjoy.............

Heck, I'll even throw in a coffee and fresh donuts for you,if you can swing the show for me  ;D

[Mr. Bones]

yes, there were KC-135's. I guess when you see them every day, hear them every night, and drive by them every week, you just dont notice them as much. uhh, did i mention what the B1B did friday?no, ok hold on to your seats-------I WENT INVERTED WITH AFTERBURNERS AT DUSK!!!! . and there were KC-10s on display, A-10(ooh ya baby!), 2 T-birds, 2 mustangs, 1 p-39, 1 F4f, 1 F4U, i PT-13/19/23, 1 B-17, 1 B-25, 2 T-50's, 1 p-80, 1 P-3 orion, 1 E-8 JSTARS, 1 F16, umm, do you want me to get into civil stuff?ok i will:1 Beech- premier 1, hawker800,baron 58, bonanza, king air C-90, Cessna- 172SP, 182(CAP!), Citation X, Citation 5, Grand caravan,ooh,ya and a lockeed jetstar, and lear45 anniversary( if you didnt know better, you'd think i'd be naming planes strait from FS) Boeing 727.uhh i think thats it, maybe more ill check and come back.

that's more like it! i've seen a B-1 doing the same thing, but that wasn't at dusk...

[cub3pp]

ya the night air show was cool