Sunday I died and went to Heaven

[Plthijnx]

then I had to go to work. but here is a photoblog of what happened. I hope you enjoy it.

my great friend and employer is a pilot also. saturday he asked if i wanted to go fly sunday before i had to be at work. hell any opportunity to fly i'll jump at and we do go fly regularly. well this trip was a surprise to me. we planned to fly to brenham texas for lunch and return. i show up at work at noon to meet up with him and go to the airport. on the way there he was mentioning that he didn't get what he wanted for xmas. a clock/thermometer with an aviation theme. he said you know what i want to go to galveston and get it. we'll eat lunch on the seawall. hell yeah i said, why not! here goes. sorry for the ass load of pics but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. i've been flying for 14 years and have never been to the place we went to.

trip down there was in a cessna 152.

downtown houston:


downtown1 by plthijnx, on Flickr

minute maid park. home of the astros:


minute maid park by plthijnx, on Flickr

deep up the houston ship channel:


houston ship channel 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr


houston ship channel 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr

the San Jacinto Monument

san jacinto monument 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr

the flight school i used to work for (hanger closest to you). boy, he used to have twice as many planes. times is tough. yeah some are prolly rented out but still....


old school by plthijnx, on Flickr

clear lake. nice area of town!


clear lake 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr

the Kemah Boardwalk if you ever come to houston you should go there for entertainment. great food and fun!


clear lake 4 kemah boardwalk by plthijnx, on Flickr

west bay on approach into galveston:


west galveston bay 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr

Tiki Island. was wiped out from hurricane ike from what i understand. now rebuilt.


west galveston bay 2 tiki island by plthijnx, on Flickr

approach to runway 13:


gls 13 approach 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


gls 13 approach 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr


gls 13 approach 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


gls 13 approach 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr


gls 13 approach 5 by plthijnx, on Flickr

bossman a little left of centerline but that's all i can complain about on his landing!


gls 13 approach 6 by plthijnx, on Flickr

now HERE is where i died and went to heaven. i walked into the museum, my first aviation museum ever mind you, and this was the first god of war i saw:


B-17 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr

i will let the pictures talk now....
(i apologize for the fuzziness of the closeups my blackberry is retarded)


B-17 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-17 1b by plthijnx, on Flickr

[Plthijnx]

B-17 1a by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-17 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-17 3a by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-17 6 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-17 5 by plthijnx, on Flickr


Corsair 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


Corsair 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr


Corsair 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


Corsair 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr

sbd dauntless:


SBD 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


SBD 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr


SBD 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


PBY 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


PBY 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr


PBY 2A by plthijnx, on Flickr


PBY 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


PBY 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 1a by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 4 by plthijnx, on Flickr


B-25 5 by plthijnx, on Flickr

a sling wing in the mix:


Huey 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


Huey 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr

[Plthijnx]

P-47 thunderbolt by plthijnx, on Flickr

hurricane Ike destroyed this place. link to follow later. extensive restoration going on here.


P-47 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


P-47 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr

new engine for the P-47:


P-47 3 by plthijnx, on Flickr


AT-6 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr

[Plthijnx]

F6F 1 by plthijnx, on Flickr


F6F 2 by plthijnx, on Flickr

and finally, the clock/thermometer we went to get!


wall clock n temp by plthijnx, on Flickr

HERE is a link to photos 36 hours after hurricane Ike hit. they have come a long way since then......hope you enjoyed the trip!

[FlyboyGil]

Dude all I have to say is this!! 

AWSOME!!! 

[Frank N. O.]

Going to be an aviation museum, in an airplane, that's about as good as it gets, I wish I could do that (Stauning Denmark and Cosford UK spring to mind).
I wonder if I'll ever see a Corsair in real life, I doubt there are any nearby, same goes for a Lightning

Frank

[Fabo]

Frank: The RedBull one flies around Europe quite a bit. Chances are, it will be on an airshow within reach in next year or two.

[Stef]

Awesome! Thanks for the pictures! Really looks like you had a great day there!  Just sorry you had to die for that! 

[meganite]

Wow, cool photos, thanks for sharing I especially liked the aerial shots. Houston is surprisingly beautiful from the air (well, all I usually get to see of it is the traffic on I-10 -_- ) I need to visit that San Jacinto monument sometime.

[vldflight]

Which museum, is it in Galvaston or Houston...Thank you so much for the pics. this is well worth a future road trip.  Heaven it is.

[Mike]

post more Corsair photos !!