IHBA World finals pics!

[Toejam]

I hope those of you who saw Buzz's pics aren't disappointed, lol

http://kingnitro.smugmug.com/gallery/2155271

 

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Great pictures as usual Joe!!

That old plane is a WWII B-17 bomber. It’s owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force. It's been on display at the Arizona Wing CAF Aircraft Museum at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ. I think they sell rides on it for about $450 for a 45 min flight.

Arizona Wing CAF

 

[Suzanne]

Wonderful pics, thanks so much for sharing! Great commentary too, slideshow set up is cool too!
Great plane by the way, Id love to take a ride, a lil pricey though!!
Just curious, how long does it take you to drive here? I had considered coming to the strip in NM, but have no idea how long it takes to get there.

 

[Toejam]

Wonderful pics, thanks so much for sharing! Great commentary too, slideshow set up is cool too!
Great plane by the way, Id love to take a ride, a lil pricey though!!
Just curious, how long does it take you to drive here? I had considered coming to the strip in NM, but have no idea how long it takes to get there.

Suzanne, it's been about 6 years since I've driven cause flights are so cheap. But as long as you don't hit any construction on the Beeline Hwy. I've made it in 6 hrs. before.

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

Excellent shots as always Joey!
By the way, pic #58 was actually the Crap Shoot II TAH. Seems O.H. Casey had more money to pour into this sport and decided a championship Pro Mod boat wasn't enough so they built a Top Alky boat to match. Scott Loomis stayed the driver of the Pro Mod boat however. That kid is something!
Thanks for the great pix!

 

[vegasnitro]

Great pictures as usual Joe!!

That old plane is a WWII B-17 bomber. It’s owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force. It's been on display at the Arizona Wing CAF Aircraft Museum at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ. I think they sell rides on it for about $450 for a 45 min flight.

It has always been a pipe dream of mine if I ever got extremely wealthy to own/restore/maintain/fly a B17. It breaks my heart that there were over 100,000 of them built and less than 100 are flightworthy today.

There is a place in England I saw on the History Channel that maintains a few B17s and Lancaster bombers and they will let you go through a few weeks of training based roughly on the WWII training program and the conclusion of the program is a practice bombing run in which you drop bags of sand at prescribed targets in the English countryside. You can be the Bombardier, Co-Pilot, Radio Operator or Navigator. Some RAF cadets went thru the programs with their Grandfathers who actually crewed the bombers in WWII, it was very cool to see.

Oh yeah, good pics as usual Joe.

 

[Mr. Jean]

Great stuff Joe. Thanks for sharing.

 

[dragboatphoto]

thank ya, more please lol I didn't get to go, hope ya had fun. Great job.

 

[Toejam]

Mike I cannot believe you'd miss the Biggest Boat drag of the year!

 

[dragboatphoto]

Mike I cannot believe you'd miss the Biggest Boat drag of the year!

$$$

No, I just recently started a new job a could have only gone sat-sun due to not having any vacation built up so...next year we will most likely his 80% of the races.

 

[Toejam]

$$$

Lol, now you know why I got a second job!

 

[BlueStangGT]

Mike I cannot believe you'd miss the Biggest Boat drag of the year!

You must be confused, Joe. Mike didn't miss the biggest DB race of the year. That was in OKC back in July.

 

[Toejam]

You must be confused, Joe. Mike didn't miss the biggest DB race of the year. That was in OKC back in July.

I had planned on going to Bricktown but $$$ canceled that. From the Racers I talked to who were there, it was so Muggy you could cut it with a knife! Worse than marble falls.

 

[dragboatphoto]

I had planned on going to Bricktown but $$$ canceled that. From the Racers I talked to who were there, it was so Muggy you could cut it with a knife! Worse than marble falls.

Yea, it was a little warm and I got food poisoning that sat. so I had quite a wonderful time lol. very warm