This was my third Flying Proms at the Military Air Museum. The first was such a fantastic event, I couldn't help but go again. The second one was a rain out. Last Saturday's was second only to the first one. Imagine, if you can, a full symphony orchestra playing flying movie themes, while the airplanes used in that film are flying around the event. At the end of each number, the aircraft lands and taxies right up to the seating area and at the intermission, you can walk among the various planes, have conversations with the pilots, take pictures and speak to the docents about the real wartime role of these machines was. Every now and again, a WWII vet will seek out the plane he had experiences with and tell his stories about his adventures. (This is a priceless encounter.) At the end of the music and flying, they top it off with a orchestrated fire works show. For an airplane enthusiest, this has to be close to heaven.
Military Aviation Museum @
- Virginia Beach @
, VA @
- Sat, Jun 1, 2013 @
Favorite moment: Speaking to the pilot of the DeHavilland MH-98 Mosquito, the only one flying left on earth. (I bet the Brits are jealous.) @