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06-04-2008, 12:24 PM
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#16 | | Older Than Dirt
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06-04-2008, 02:05 PM
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Country: | I'll be on my third (or fourth) by the time you and Chris get there! 
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06-04-2008, 02:29 PM
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Country: | I'll be on the floor.
I have a map of the place I'll try to send you. Maybe we could coordinate our advance and join at the IP?
Not working so here it is.
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06-04-2008, 03:42 PM
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Country: | Good luck up there Njaco. I'm going to pass this year just because it's so friggin' hot up. Even when it's in the 80s up there, it's brutal and I don't do so well in the heat. And they're talking about the 90s. But, on the good side, there are a ton of birds flying around. Last time I saw the P40 was up there.
Taking 422 in and out of there is a decent ride. Once you get off the Airshow grounds, it's a pretty fast ride. Avoid 76 and take the Blue Route, it's way faster, especially if you are heading the S. Jersey. Commodore Barry is the way to go getting over to Pa. | |
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06-04-2008, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Njaco  I've got chairs that I've modified with umbrellas that I got at a dollar store. Work great! I was hoping the cooler bit would have gone away by now - guess not.
I've done the broiling on the tarmac bit before.  | plan for Geneseo next year its all grass and you can bring coolers
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06-04-2008, 06:08 PM
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Country: | Thanx Tim. I was debating whether the Commodore Barry or the Walt Whitman. But Blue Route isn't too far and goes right to 422, right? Never went that way. Charles has a GPS - we'll see what it says.
Pb, I don't do heat well either anymore but I think I'll be ok with the umbrellas. Last year it was brutal at Millville and I survived.
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06-05-2008, 08:23 AM
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Country: | Njaco, the Blue Rte doesn't go directly to 422, it goes to the NE Extension. You need to get off at 76W interchange and head West towards King of Prussia and Valley Forge. Once on there, you'll see signs for 422.
Getting off 76W and onto 422W is on a squirrelly interchange. Pay attention to the signs or you might get dumped off onto a local road. Once you get on 422, it is a straight shot to Reading. Getting to the actual airshow is kinda odd as you have to go past Reading, exit onto another road and after about a mile exit into a neighborhood that is near the airfield. There should be plenty of signs.
Enjoy and bring plenty of water. The reinactors are pretty cool too. There are tanks and whatnot all over the place.
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06-05-2008, 08:39 AM
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Country: | Thanx, Tim. I've been through that exchange before. Difficult. Must have been engineered by a 3d grader.
Charles has a GPS and with my limited knowledge we should do ok.
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06-05-2008, 02:26 PM
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Country: | hope the heat and humidity don't knock the visibilty down
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06-07-2008, 09:42 PM
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#25 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | It was definately HOT, today in Reading. The air show was good, the B-17 flew continously, doing passenger flights. The F4U's, P-51, AT-6's by the handfulls, a replica Val, C-47, C-54, B-25's and lots of primary trainers and L-birds and the P-40. Give me a couple days to edit the pic's and I'll put them up.
A good day was had by all.
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06-07-2008, 11:07 PM
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#26 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Sounds like fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the pics.
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06-08-2008, 07:39 AM
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Country: | 96F hot!
But it was worth it.
I'll be posting some pics soon.
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06-08-2008, 07:41 AM
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Country: | It was 96F but factor in the humidity and they were reporting that it was 103F on the flightline! No wonder I feel like a lobster!!
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06-08-2008, 08:09 AM
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#29 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | 103F?! I would have needed my jacket! 
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06-08-2008, 08:47 AM
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Country: | The announcers at the airshow were saying that temps in the cockpits of the fighters in flight were in the 110F to 130F range. Never realized that.  
Sound right to you pilots?
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