Stay tuned, more pictures to come!
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Re: T-6 Gathering 11/01/08
Trey,
Always a pleasure to see your work here at AAFO. Where was the advance notice of the gathering? Oh, I see, you wanted them all to yourself. Keep them coming, as I am sure they will be great.
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I appreciate the compliment Dave
There was no advance notice of the gathering, as my father got an email about it, and we didn't know if we were going until Haloween night.
The day started off at Indianapolis International at 730, and dad let me fly over to IL from the front seat while he coached me on the finer points of instrument flying on the way. We (namely I) forgot the time-change from Indiana to Illinois, so we arrived an hour early. We found our airport (not even on a sectional!) and went to another airport in Paris, IL to fuel up. Here are a few shots from Paris.
TC
Early morning in the fall is absolutely beautiful here in the midwest!
Note the General Lee in the background!!!
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The Arrivals
Just imagine 10 T-6's just raining down on a little 2500' grass strip, and this shot just shows the seemingly never-ending line of Texans that filed in!
"The Pickle"
President of Warbirds of America, Rick Siegfried...
Vlado and his son Michael...
The Lenoch's flew in Danny's T-6...
El Norteamericano T-6 Texano
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One quick picture before school!
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Next stop, Lee Bottom and 4,000 feet of lush grass!
There was a T-6 Fly-out there in 2003.
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Those are great pictures looks like a great fall day in the midwest.
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The more the merrier!
The Attendees
Les Heikkila
I believe one of the Schiffers now owns "The Pickle", Tim knows!
Rick Siegfried, President: Warbirds of America
Tom Adle
Dan Schiffer
Ralph Lutes
Chuck Marshall
Al Schiffer
Dave Folk
Tim and Mike Gillian
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A couple of generic shots too...
My un-artistic attempt at framing and composition.
If you haven't taken a picture of polished aluminum and appear in that same picture, shame on you! (And this was the only angle I could get the most T-6's in the reflection)
Probably my favorite...
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The Departures
This is the awaiting thunder when I crossed the runway for the better lighting...
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The final pictures...
Go Around.
Down on the farm...
Here's the man whose airfield we invaded. Don Bussart, he's one of the most extrordinary men from our greatest generation. He flew C-46's over The Hump, C-47's for various air forces in the Orient. He flew for the CIA, and was one of the last US aircraft out of Vietnam when we pulled chocks on the war. He raced a Mosquito in the last Bendix race, and got it to true out at 510mph, using 105 in. and 3100 rpm!!! Lost his T-6 in a poker game in Shanghai, and now at 89 years old, retires to the same room he slept in as a kid on the family farm. He out-drinks anyone in Scotch, and tells stories 'till the cows come home! He's phenomenally sharp for his age, rattling off dates of friends who have passed, where they passed, and what happened. Don has a collection of vintage planes, and classy cars. Life has been good to Don so far.......
Group photo...
A quick shot of 7055C before we tucked her in for the night at Indy INTL.
I hope you all enjoyed my photo-report as well as I did.
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Re: T-6 Gathering 11/01/08
Fantastic job Trey! Thanks for posting your shots here for the rest of us.
Matt
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Re: T-6 Gathering 11/01/08
Great story & photos Trey. Thanks for posting.
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