Magic carpet.

Last Christmas, Faye astonishingly and generously gifted me a flight on the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museums’ C-47 Dakota. My dad flew C-47s in World War II. The C-47 was a transport plane so my dad flew cargo and paratroop drop missions. He served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, flew paratroopers for D-Day and flew more missions in Northwest Europe afterwards.

I recently took advantage of Fayes’ gift. Here’s a photo of the magic carpet I rode in; this specific plane did drop paratroops on D-Day. I’ll post more photos over the next few days.

Dramatically

This Fokker Dr. III is dramatically suspended from the ceiling of the Early Years Gallery of the Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

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Southbound

Southbound to UPS’ Louisville hub on a lovely morning, a UPS 747 passes the waning moon.

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Warbird in flight

Among the many planes at last weekend’s air show was this P-51D Mustang.

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Catching

During a recent trip to Sarnia we saw this biplane. At Fayes’ urging I stopped, got out, and snapped a few photos, catching it before it was obscured by the trees.

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