Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Things That Fly

Although it is a stretch of the topic, "Things That Fly", these first two pictures, do have something to do with flight, that being the flight of a baseball.

On Friday of this week, not only did I get to photograph a bomber named for one of my childhood heroes, that being Brig. General Billy Mitchell, I also had the privilege to fly in the plane. This is probably the most exhilarating twenty minutes of my life, since Vietnam.

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The runner for Spangler scores




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Nanty Glo batter tries to lay down a bunt.


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B-25D Mitchell Bomber "Yankee Warrior" taxis into the
Jimmy Stewart Airport, in Indiana, PA
http://www.yankeeairmuseum.com

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The B-25D comes to a stop on the tarmac at the airport. The bomber, part of the Yankee Air Force, was on display during the weekend. This is the last flying B-25D in the country




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Eleanore Stager, pilot of the B-25D



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The Life Flight chopper at the Jimmy Stewart Airport in Indiana, PA


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This old tail dragger is undergoing restoration in a hanger at the Jimmy Stewart Airport.



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A female hummingbird at a feeder.

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A root maggot fly on a dianthus.


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A Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on a marigold

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Swallowtail Butterfly on a marigold in a planter on our deck

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