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Note the suspended owl figurine, intended to keep birds away from the engines. https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1859.jpg50J Stored in KnoxvilleHere is 50J during her period of storage at Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2010. This perspective was an attempt to illustrate how large the aircraft once appeared to me, at a young age.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-jul-21-1-15-10-pm.jpgPhoto Jul 21, 1 15 10 PMN4550J departing Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on July 21, 2015. Here she wears full ALSIB 2015 titles.2015-11-18T22:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thoughtsfromaloft.com/2012/11/29/flying-and-dining-a-visit-to-the-hangar-restaurant/2015-06-08T14:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thoughtsfromaloft.com/2013/12/14/the-true-meaning-of-travel-2/https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/club225lamps.jpgProcessed with VSCOcam with c1 preset2013-12-14T22:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thoughtsfromaloft.com/2013/08/19/airventure-2013-in-photos-part-1/https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_9679_1.jpgC-47 at TwilightThis image is perhaps my favorite from AirVenture 2013. It depicts an immaculate Douglas C-47 basking in the warm glow of the evening sun.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_8442_1.jpgPemberton & StewartThis display redefines the formation takeoff. This impressive maneuver is demonstrated here by Skip Stewart and Melissa Pemberton.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_7395_1.jpgEclipse 500This Eclipse 500 wears one of the most unique paint schemes I have ever seen. The Eclipse 500 is one of the only very-light-jet aircraft to reach production.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_5891_1.jpgPhenom in GrayscaleThe nose of an Embraer Phenom 300, seen in this black-and-white capture. Over 100 have been built since the Phenom 300 was introduced in 2009.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_6418_1.jpgAeroShell Aerobatic TeamThe AeroShell Aerobatic Team, seen during a performance at AirVenture. The team, which flies four North American AT-6 Texans, has been a fixture on the airshow circuit for over 25 years.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2333_1.jpgJet Truck vs. PlaneThe Shockwave Jet Truck, a heavily modified semi capable of speeds over 300 mph, prepares to race a Beech 18 piloted by Matt Younkin.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0696_2.jpgNew American 737N807NN, a Boeing 737-800, wearing the new livery of American Airlines. The aircraft overnighted in Oshkosh, before carrying a group of Vietnam veterans to Washington, DC, on an Honor Flight trip the following day.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_1082_1.jpgTBM AvengerA Grumman TBM-3E Avenger, just before takeoff on runway 27. The Avenger, a World War II torpedo bomber, was the type aircraft flown by the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. This aircraft carries his name, seen below the pilot's canopy.2013-10-14T19:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thoughtsfromaloft.com/2013/07/08/top-of-the-world-a-trip-to-leconte-lodge/https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5544_1.jpgMorning on LeConteThe view from the LeConte Lodge Office on the morning of June 29, 2013...English Mountain, surrounded by patches of ground fog.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5510.jpgOne Last LookMoments before darkness...one last look.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5500_1.jpgThe Smokies at TwilightWhere once there were only clouds...now, a vista as impressive as I have ever seen. The rocks seen in the bottom of the frame are those seen earlier in this post. Pictured looking toward Clingmans Dome from Cliff Top. https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5462.jpgIMG_5462Finally, in the clearhttps://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5412.jpgIMG_5412Above the Cloudshttps://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5337.jpgA Glimpse of SunlightThe sunset appears...and vanishes again. Cliff Top, June 28, 2013.https://thoughtsfromaloft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_5285.jpgCliff Tops in the FogCliff Tops, June 28, 2013. 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