On July 4th we had nice weather and the day off work, so before the local bombardment started (and, for the record, it’s still going on out there tonight, four freakin’ days later!) I had opportunities to get out the big camera and lens and take pictures of hummingbirds and lizards. Then, just before sunset, I heard the unmistakable sound of a group of Texans.
No, not the citizens of that US state between New Mexico and Louisiana. The WW2 training aircraft!
While scrambling to grab the camera and get outside I missed their first pass overhead, but they’re often on training flights over us so I figured they would loop back over. They did! With smoke on, so they were performing for someone!
To my delight, they then came back right overhead for a third pass, still in the diamond formation.
And a fourth pass!! This time in trail. And then it was off to the northeast, back toward their home at Van Nuys Airport.
I can only assume that someone paid them to put on a show for their party somewhere in the neighborhood nearby. There were a number of big parties going on and I don’t know who hired them, but we all enjoyed the show.
Gotta love that “sound of round” from those big old radial engines!
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