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In Flight USA Celebrating 38 Years
October 2021
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tillwater Oklahoma has a remarkably busy GA airport (KSWO). Not a surprise, given that it is home of Oklahoma State University’s aviation program, with frequent visits by Air Force students in their Textron T-6 Texan 2 trainers. Just yesterday, while turning left base with a student for Stillwater’s runway 17 (the ILS runway), the tower snapped a quick request that we extend our downwind to the “T-2 on the ILS.” Just as we rolled wings level, the Texan sucked up the gear and accelerated away into the missed approach, making the kind of “right brake” that you expect from a military aviator. Once again, as I have often mused when the Texans are in town, I mumbled under my breath, “I got to get me one of them things!” How aptly named, the “Texan 2,” following in the tradition of the original AT-6 Texan, legendary WWII advanced trainer. But the original name of the “Texan” was not given by accident, as the State of Texas played a critical role in the air battles fought by our “Greatest Generation.” At the risk of gaining a frown from my fellow Oklahomans (many of whom consider Texas as the southernmost county in Oklahoma), I like Texas … I mean really like! That T2, arching back to the VOR for another approach, reminded me that a terrific Texas tradition is back in play, the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow celebration, boldly declaring a theme of “Texas Goes to War.” The show is returning to Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD) from October 29-31, 2021, and is hosted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), and Frost Bank. The interactive event features spectacular flying demonstrations, battle reenactments, veteran appearances, living history encampments, hands-on family and educational activities, aircraft rides, cockpit tours, and more. A press release and show poster appear in this issue of In Flight USA. This writer remembers a similar event back in the mid 70’s, when the CAF was based out of Harlingen, Texas. A documentary film maker wanted to shoot the entire airshow from the air, in a specially equipped Lear Jet, having turret mounted cameras on the fuselage and a nose camera. Asked to be the co-pilot on that flight, we ended up spending nearly two hours in low-altitude mock combat and close formation with some of the most historic aircraft flying. The British Sea Fury gave us a run for our money! From personal experience, be warned. This show is loud, authentic,
fast-paced, full of American patriotism and outright flag waving. We have a generation (perhaps two) that know little about the people and machines that fundamentally saved the world more than 70 years ago. There is nothing like the assrippling thunder of these great machines and the noise and fire of the Pearl Harbor recreations to wake up a youth that has been dulled by an agendized education system. Be ready to wave the American flag and cheer for the good guys. Texas and the CAF know how to put on a show! The history of how Texas contributed to final WWII victory is highlighted with a variety of displays and memorabilia. Look for the Beware Rattlesnakes – which leads the way to the story of Pyote Army Air Force Base. This LEGIT warning was posted for U.S. Army Air Force flight crews stationed at Pyote Army Airfield, also known as Rattlesnake Bomber Base, in far West Texas during World War II. Construction of the field started in September 1942 and consisted of two 8,400-foot runways and a taxiway that, together, formed a triangle. Within months of its opening, Pyote Field became the largest bomber base in the U.S., growing to a population of 6,500 by October 1944. During the War, B-17 bomber crews and, by Summer 1944, B29 crews trained at the Rattlesnake Bomber Base. After the war, Pyote served as a storage site for as many as 2,000 aircraft, including the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay known for dropping the atomic bomb. A Museum Complex at the old base (Pecos, Texas) houses Rattlesnake and five additional museums and three outdoor exhibits. Check it out at Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum | Pecos (visitpecos.com). And for those of you who think Texans talk funny, you should have been in Terrell, Texas during WW II. That is when the Brits showed up. It took a while to teach them that “Y’all” is a real word. It was a friendly invasion of young men who wanted to learn to fly. Britain was already at war in 1941 and America’s Lend-Lease Act provided support for the British. With daily dogfights and notoriously bad weather, the British were desperate to train pilots to defend their country. Six civilian flight training schools were set up across the southern United States to train British pilots. The first and largest was in Terrell, Texas. “The seas divide but the skies unite” was the motto of the Terrell locaContinued on Page 21
