Gallery Update: Road Trip Stop at Hood River

I am finally back home with my family in Oregon! I made what's hopefully the last long trip I'll make for the rest of the year, getting an early start out of Idaho and making my way through Oregon. I planned it this way so I can have some time to check out the Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River, Oregon. Like when I went to Nampa just a few months back, I drove through Hood River many times on past road trips and I figured since I was travelling by myself, it was about time to check the place out. I will admit, after volunteering at the Legacy Flight Museum for the past seven months, it's actually quite nice to be able to check out another museum. As the name of this museum implies, this place has older, more antiquated wood and fabric aircraft as well as retro automobiles so  it's a little different from the usual museums one might be used to. Here's the link:

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum

Preview:

Hanging from the museum lobby is the 1912 Parker Curtis Pusher (N8Y).

LET L-13 Blaník (N6286) glider parked in front of the museum.

Gallery Update: One Last Go at the Museum

I made this my last day volunteering at the Legacy Flight Museum before I head home from school. So I made one final round for photos. I will miss being with great people and being around what's been the greatest sources of inspiration while at school, but I will be back next January. Here are the links:

Legacy Flight Museum Revisits (Updated)

Rexburg (RXE) 20

Preview:

The 'Mormon Mustang' (N551BJ) was finally back at museum hangar.

Cockpit of the Grumman S2F-1 Tracker (N8115M).

Visiting Cirrus SR22 (N3LW) parked on the ramp.

Gallery Update: Flight of the Texan, among other things...

Another day at the museum, another day with opportunities to snap some photos. In this case, the museum's T-6 Texan was taken up for a paying customer's joy ride so it was a good excuse to snap some photos, among other things spotted during airport activity today. Here's the link:

Rexburg (RXE) 19

Preview:

North American SNJ-3 (T-6) Texan (N676JD) doing a touch and go. At the controls none other than John Bagley!

Pilatus PC-12/45 (N535MJ) on landing.

Ameriflight Beechcraft C99 Airliner (N330AV). This is a former Air Vegas aircraft.

Cessna 210F Turbo Centurion (N3778Y) departing Rexburg.

Gallery Update: 4th of July Fly-Overs and Drones! (100th Post!)

Happy American Independence Day to you all! Given that this is the 100th post for this blog, I figured the 4th July would be appropriate for this occasion. I'm with relatives in Ashton, ID again this year for the 4th and if you've been following this blog for a while, you might have guessed there were P-51 fly-overs for the Ashton 4th of July parade. Well, once again the off-airport album has been updated:

Off-Airport 1 (Updated)

Now, I didn't snap many photos but I got some good shots:

Head-on pass with 'Ole Yeller' and the 'Mormon Mustang.'

A local Ashtonite buzzes the town in his American Champion Citabria (Bellanca 7GCAA) (N88473).

Someone had a camera-mounted remote-control drone flying around to catch aerial coverage of the parade.