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Originally Posted by t6dpilot (Post 12110995)

Nice pic Curt. Looking forward to whatcha got.

Beech Party 2023 Tullahoma, TN. If you are ever in the area, the museum and grounds are definitely worth a visit.

I think I've got 200-300 pics/vids. Might be a while :D What an awesome day in the air and on the ground thanks to Scott!

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Originally Posted by Seahawk (Post 12111016)

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If any of you folks need gas money and a yappy co-pilot, I can help:cool:

Shoulda told Curt to scratch out the N number. You cannot hide today with ADS-B.:p

Those look like buzzards, Byron, a lot of buzzards.

A quick get-away to NOLA for a nearby annual family reunion and then the Gulf Coast.

First stop, the National WWII Museum. I’ve been trying to get here for several years. And I don’t know why it’s in the Big Easy, but many of the famous landing craft - so crucial to our invasion of Europe - were built here by a guy who’d been successful building shallow draft boats for the swamps.

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That famous landing craft. God bless those who faced such horrible circumstances when the ramp was lowered.

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Regardless of why it is where it is, it’s a world class museum, and quite an asset to the city.

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 12113834)

And they were built because a US Marine named Victor "Brute" Krulak, had witnessed the Japanese landings in China, took pictures with telephoto lense.. they got filed as "sent in by some Nut in China"

Krulak built a model of the Japanese boat design and discussed the retractable ramp approach with boat builder Andrew Higgins who then took the ramp idea into the Higgins boat.

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And after WW2 he was instrumental in doing early adoption of Helictopers to hte USMC

Chesty Puller gave the Marines Infantry training, motivation and inspiration, Krulak gave them the Amphibious and Air Assault capabilities they have today.
His son later became USMC Commandant.

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Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 12114507)

Hey man - I didn’t know any of that. Thanks for the great addendum!

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 12114640)

Hey man - I didn’t know any of that. Thanks for the great addendum!

Exactly. I did not either.

Great trip!

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 12114661)

Off down Hwy 90 - the Gulf Coast Highway (and a great Nancy Griffith song to boot!) to Biloxi, Pascagoula and ultimately, the Gulf Coast aka The Redneck Riviera

The day before I left I paid $6.99/gallon for gas near Los Angeles. Ultimately I saw it as low as $2.74/gallon. Unbelievable.

Happy travels. Enjoy your trip. We keep sending photos of gas prices to friends back in CA for giggles. This was a few days ago in Texas:

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Garden spider (female) Just in time for Halloween

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Headed to Panama City? That's what we called the Redneck Riviera, lol.
If you stayed on Hwy90 through Mobile, you would go through the old Bankhead Tunnel then across the causeway where you would see the USS Alabama battleship. Yep been down that trail many times as a kid before I-10 was complete. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...618b138094.jpg

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Very exciting picture today.

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Soybeans will be out Wednesday. I eat the new seed in the pods when they are still green and also the redy to harvest soybeans.

I know: "Olivah" :cool: