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ted3020's Journal
Another beautiful morning at Holden Beach.
As the sun sets, two men wander the beach enjoying the moment.
Early morning as the fishermen go to work.
While waiting for my wife to see old homes, I had a great sunset at the Port Royal, South Carolina harbor.
Calm wind brought out the bugs and the dragonflies. At least the sunset was nice.
A family enjoys the Fall weather and warm waters of Holden Beach, NC.
Looking for colorful trees, I found them after I quit and went visiting relatives.
After traveling through the Saguaro National Park in Arizona, this wasp landed on my windshield. After 50 miles and 70 mph it remained on the windshield. I stopped for some sunset photos and took its photo. A tough wasp. Thanks to Greg Wahl for cleaning up my dirty windshield.
While looking for some Fall photos, a man and his daughter decided to go for a trip in calm waters.
An impressive airplane; but not the same maneuvers Bob Hoover once wowed the crowd with during his routines.
I wonder what it is like to get a ride in a P-51. The B-29 is in the pattern.
From the Air & Space magazine May 01, 2010. Bob Hoover, Simply the best. That Shrike and a bright yellow North American P-51 Mustang he called “Ole Yeller” were Hoover’s signature showplanes, and he flew them all over the world. But they represent only two of the more than 300 types of aircraft he flew, many of those in aerobatic demonstrations. In 1938, when he was 16, he flew his first show, entertaining his family with a Piper J-3 Cub. By the end of his career, 62 years later, he had flown more shows for more people than anyone else in history. “He was the one that everyone wanted,” veteran airshow announcer Danny Clisham says. “He was able to take four distinctly different airplanes in one day and make them all dance in a different way from any other airplane.” At 88, he is still in demand. Through a speaker’s bureau, he entertains audiences with stories revealing a skill so uncanny that it enabled him to perform low-level aerobatic demonstrations in dozens of types of airplanes the first time he flew them. Once, in Moscow, he was arrested for doing that because he upstaged the Soviet pilots in their own Yak-18s. During World War II, as a military test pilot evaluating aircraft delivered to bases in North Africa, Hoover entertained his fellow airmen by improvising an aerobatic routine in a newly arrived Lockheed P-38. Perhaps his most famous first-flight story takes place at the end of the war: After spending almost 16 months in a German prisoner-of-war camp, Hoover escaped, found a Fw 190, hopped in, and flew it to Holland.
As the sun was setting, everything was calling it a day and going home.
A nice sunrise even with the cold and wind.
The sun is coming up over the clouds.
Two girls look at the ocean as the sun sets after a great day at the beach.
Definitely a skill perfected with lots of practice.
The maneuver was nice; but the airplane coming at you is better.
The fog is lifting, giving a great photo opportunity.
Wolfeboro, NH boat races.