I have attended and uploaded photos from what may be my last two events of 2013. First up was the Flying Heritage Collection’s Fly Day on July 20th. The theme was “Allied Aces”, and attendees were treated to two Mustangs (“Upupa Epops” from the FHC, and “Impatient Virgin?” from the Historic Flight Foundation, also located at Paine Field), and the FHC’s Spitfire.

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Towards the end of the flying program, I pulled out my video camera and caught the last couple passes. Crank up the volume to really hear the merlins!

Also, a first for me, I headed down to Hillsboro, Oregon to the Oregon International Air Show. When I first started planning to attend the show, the Blue Angels were headlining, and I was looking forward to seeing them at a real air show (as opposed to Seafair, where the flight line is much too far from the crowd line). Unfortunately, the US Government happened, and the Blue Angles had to cancel. In their place, though, the organizers at Hillsboro managed to snag the Patriots Jet Team, the premier civilian jet act on the circuit.

Besides the Patriots, the album also features Kirby Chambliss and the Red Bull Air Force, Greg Colyer in the T-33 “Ace Maker”, Bob Carlton’s jet-powered Super Salto Sailplane, and a surprise flyover from Alaska Airlines.

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I’d like to offer a big “thank you” to people who have stuck with the site. If only the whole “higher education” thing didn’t have to get in the way.

If not sooner, I’ll see you all next year!