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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Spring of 19 - #6 - Valiant Air Museum, Pelican Antics, Sunset

Tuesday April 23rd, 2019
Bryan went to the Valiant Air Command Museum today, while I stayed home.  There was a charge for admission, and although I enjoy reading all the information, we agreed it probably wasn't worth the admission fee for me to go.  I was quite happy to stay at home and catch up on some stuff.

FM-1 Wildcat

Sopwith Camel

P-51

J-33A-35 engine

L-4  Grasshopper

F-11F Tiger

C-47 Tico Belle

T-33A  Shooting Star

Fokker DR,1 Red Baron Replica

L-5  Stinson Sentinel

Fouga CM.70 Magistar

S2F Tracker. Bryan's dad  was assigned to this Squadron.

T-33 Shooting Star

F-4J Phantom

I have to admit I spent quite a while watching the pelicans.  They were putting on quite a show.

Diving for fish.


They were  flying in and landing, it seemed as if in formation, lining up.  There were four separate groups and they would land at the end of a line in one of the groups.  Like they were selecting what team to be a part of.  It was quite fascinating.  It doesn't take much to amuse me, as you all know.

I took a VIDEO of them, but by the time I did it they decided they wouldn't dive anymore.  I suspect either there were no fish or they were full.  They just skimmed in and landed.  At about four minutes into the video, you can see the small bird mentioned in a previous blog.  I called it the Loch Ness monster although its only small.  It keeps disappearing into the water and then coming up again.  It wasn't going under for as long as it did before.  You can also see the sunset on the video.  I warn you I say goodbye, I'm going, three or four times in the video and then something happens that I continue on.  Ha!!Ha!!

The sunset tonight.

Pelican in the sunset
That's it for now.  We're going out again tomorrow, so stay tuned..............

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