RANDOM PICTURE THREAD

[djfordmanjack]

grew up 5 miles from my place

Arnold....

[CobraJoe]

I can see that, you two guys almost look alike....must be something in the water. 

[djfordmanjack]

So true Joe !
Actually the water is even stronger on my side of the hill. That's why Arnie had to move abroad...

[lalessi1]

Now THAT'S FUNNY!!!

[CobraJoe]

[mustang6984]

I like the poster about minding one's own business Joe...too bad it is not as much of a talent as it used to be...

[FiveSevenLiter]

Here is the Concorde coming in over our house.
Abbotsford Airshow 1986

[mustang6984]

Ugly angle! Coming in to Vancouver or heading down to Seattle? At that height I'll assume Vancouver City.

[FiveSevenLiter]

Coming in to Abbotsford for the Abbotsford International Airshow.  Was in the top three shows in the world back then.
Still going before Covid19 but not as big.
Here are a couple more from the patio.

[mustang6984]

Nice shot of the Blue Angel jet!

[FiveSevenLiter]

It is a very loud three day show.  The Blue Angels traditionally get SHI* for flying too low.
This guy's show smoke drifted into the house.
The Snowbirds, USAF Thunderbirds, French, Italian and Chilean Air Force have all performed.
I volunteered for years and one year I went up with Bud Granley in the Miss America P-51 for a few loops, I can say I have been in a 400 mph Mustang.

[mustang6984]

I have a bad attitude about people who whine bout show planes from our military's (Canadian and American) "flying to low" or "making too much noise" when they come to town for shows. Do these morons not realize that were it not for the strong Canadian and American armed forces that this part of the globe would have long ago been as prone to suffering attacks as other parts of the globe? Jerks!

That must have been a blast to go up in that plane! What a grand memory to have! I'd love to do that as well. Never got up to B.C. for the shows...was always on my list of things to do..."next year"...but well...didn't happen.
Seems most of my time in B.C. was spent at Softball City in White Rock as I was coaching 18-u girls Fastpitch in the mid-to late 80's.
Perhaps when my Courier is done I'll make it a point to head that way on one of my trips across the land and go see the show. I told my youngest he may well inherit that Courier...but it'll need a new motor. He pointed out I am putting a new one it this time around, and I told him that yes...I am...but I plan to drive it...a lot...and wear out that new motor! LOL!!!     

[Ford Blue blood]

Having lived near or on various military installations we call that "The sound of freedom"....

[djfordmanjack]

So true !!!
As a small neutral country we also have to defend our own air space. I clearly remember in 1991 when the Yugoslavian war started in Slovenia and I was at my parents house just a few miles from the border and witnessed a MIG intruding Austrian Airspace, with just seconds behind, our own jets chasing and forcing him away. As I was on a hill, they were at eye level and so close that I was easily able to make out the silhouette of the MIG 21. Our own jets were just turning pretty much over our heads and intercepting the intruding jet. I will never forget that feeling in my life, hearing our own jet engines. It also made me join our Air Force a few years later.
Today I am glad to have made many friends in several of those former Yugoslav countries.

[mustang6984]

Having lived near or on various military installations we call that "The sound of freedom"....

Seems these days we live among a LOT of deaf people...