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EAA Has Kicked Off

POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Sunday, August 1, 2021 20:51
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021 4:02 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


My location for work is across the road from Wittman Field. Taking my Exit while throaty thunderous vintage prop warbirds are climbing in front of me, followed by sleek Learjets, I hope accidents don't result.

I might just sit in the car at work parking lot if I have spare time this week.

This is the All-Star Game, the Indy 500 for Air Traffic Controllers. They can only be volunteers, plus be nominated by their peers, and then be selected for the honor.

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Sunday, August 1, 2021 8:51 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Each year I kinda forget, but because Wittman Field is the busiest Airport in the world, Formation Take-offs are actually commonplace instead of the exception.

3 or 4 birds taking off at once. They seem to make an effort to put similar birds together, even when not having the same paint scheme. But I have seen vintage warbirds taking off along with Cessnas.

For those of you near military bases, this may not be such a big deal. But those are generally military birds, and of active vintage of birds.
So these are almost always privately owned and operated - not to mention retired models, and taking off with more than one bird at a time is almost always prohibited, so this must be such a thrill for these pilots.
All week long, I have been assuming every pilot has a huge grin on their mug, and most of us on the ground also had the same.

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