Reno 2005

Sept. 15, 2005

This Navy Heritage Flight had an Air Force guest. Leading the flight is a rare FJ4 Fury, the naval version of the North American F-86 Sabre. On his wings are a pair of F8F Bearcats. Bringing up the rear is a P-51 Mustang flown by retired astronaut Gen. Bill Anders.

Reno 2005

Sept. 15, 2005

Racing was in full swing today. Here is a Sport Biplane passing the home pylon.

Reno 2005

Sept. 15, 2005

The Thunderbirds returned to the air space twice today to practice for their shows Friday and Saturday.

Reno 2005

Sept. 14, 2005

Before he left the air space at Reno-Stead Airport, Thunderbird 8 flew directly over the crowd at show center.

Reno 2005

Sept. 14, 2005

Besides racing, a main attraction this week is the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. This is Thunderbird 8, the team's advance pilot.

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Sept. 14, 2005

There is some interesting artwork on some of the planes. This happens to be on Lickety Split, a T-6 racer.

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Sept. 14, 2005

The Jet Class was also out on Wednesday qualifying for this year's races.

Reno 2005

Sept. 14, 2005

A vintage F-7 Tigercat, "The Big Bossman," takes to the skies to qualify for racing this week at Reno.

Reno 2005

Sept. 14, 2005

It may only be Wednesday, but the T-6 Class was mixing it up on the race course.

Reno 2005

Sept. 14, 2005

This control tower will be a very busy place over the next few days.

Reno 2005

Sept. 14, 2005

The first arrival of the day was a vintage B-25 Mitchell bomber.

Dachshunds' Delight

Aren't they cute?

Another rainy day in Tucson

The rains moved in this afternoon and even produced some hail in parts of Pima County. It's a welcome change to the hot and slightly humid weather we've had the past week.

A beautiful day in downtown Tucson

The sun comes up on a beautiful day in El Presidio Park in downtown Tucson. A far cry from the rains of Aug. 23.

D'Backs win 2-0

Kathy and her friend, Deb, enjoyed the D'Backs win over the Phillies by the score of 2-0.

D'Backs win

Kathy and I, joined by our friend Deb, went to Phoenix today to see the Diamondbacks beat the Phillies 2-0. Left you see Kathy favorite player Luis Gonzalez at bat in the first inning.

Star dog

Star is the birthday boy's older sister. She has to put up with his nonsense.

Comet's Birthday

Comet will be 2 years old on Sunday, August 28, 2005

Ms. Khloe

Ms. Khloe likes to check everything out around the house. She also like ear rubs and to give little kisses to the ear rubber on their nose. (By the way, click once on the picture to make it bigger)

Mr. Kona

Mr. Kona, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, likes to relax on the footstool on a recent Sunday afternoon. (By the way, click once on the picture and it gets bigger.)