Thursday the 9th: I drove up to Ashton to be with my relatives before I left for home and I get an off-airport opportunity when a helicopter landed in a field by the church across the street from my relatives' home.
Friday the 10th: Still in Ashton, I was returning to the home of my relatives when I noticed a jetliner high up in the sky leaving behind a contrail. I snapped a photo of it and when I zoomed in on the photos, I found out it was a FedEx tri-jet (either a MD-10/DC-10 or an MD-11, couldn't really tell which was which from that distance). As a result of these photos, I've started an albums dedicated to contrails and this one will be updated when opportunity permits.
Saturday the 11th: On the drive home, I stopped in Nampa, Idaho just west of Boise to revisit the Warhawk Air Museum. It was about this time last year when I first visited, but I had missed the P-51C Mustang known as the "Boise Bee" by just a matter of minutes. This time, I was happy as a clam to lay eyes (and take photos) of the rare P-51C Mustang! While there, I managed to do a little planespotting by the Nampa Airport Ramp as well.
Links:
Off-Airport 3 (Updated)
Contrails
Warhawk Air Museum (Revisit)
Nampa (MAN) 2
Preview:
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| Air Idaho Rescue's Bell 407 (N160AM) on approach for landing in a field in Ashton, ID. I photographed this very same helicopter three years ago as my very first off-airport photo. |
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| P-51Cs are significantly rarer than the usual D-models. I've waited a long time to see the Warhawk Air Museum's P-51C Mustang (NX4651C), nicknamed the "Boise Bee." This aircraft was fully restored in 2010 and honors five-time World War II fighter ace Lt. Col Duane W. Beeson of Boise, ID. Beeson flew in the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force in England. |
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| The aircraft of the museum's namesake, the Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (NX94466). |
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| Cessna 305A/O-1A Bird Dog (N5263G). |
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