Time to stop the influx of Californians now... (Ashland: credit, move)

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

I have always liked watching the different aircraft. We used to have some fighters at Tinker that would fly low around Draper Lake.

When I lived in Love County fighters from Altus would pretend to bomb oil wells around where I lived. Now that would knock you down when they came in flying low just above the trees.

Bet that was entertaining!

I remember the first time I saw 3 A-10's below 100 feet...
I was driving through Franconia Notch, and for a second,
I thought they were radio controlled model planes...
(I was paying attention to the road, not the sky.)

Another time after we first moved up North,
I waved to an A-10 pilot and he was low enough
that I saw him wave back.

The coolest is watching the F-16's simulate dog fights...
One time we got the added bonus of watching them pop flares.
That was cool.

But... Occasionally, the F-16's (out of VT) and the F-15's
(out of MA, which I haven't seen a few years) DO
go supersonic on us.

I a huge air-power fan.
(In case you couldn't tell.)

Will I get to see a lot of air shows in OK?

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by jessaka

earthquakes in Oklahoma? what next? I suppose Arizonans will be bringing their scorpians, Texans their armadillos, someone else their gilla monsters and cockroaches.

Don't worry!

The gilla monsters and armadillos will
eat the scorpions and roaches... I HOPE!

Good see you back Jessaka...
I thought we lost you to SL for good.

[peggydavis]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

Bet that was entertaining!

I remember the first time I saw 3 A-10's below 100 feet...
I was driving through Franconia Notch, and for a second,
I thought they were radio controlled model planes...
(I was paying attention to the road, not the sky.)

Another time after we first moved up North,
I waved to an A-10 pilot and he was low enough
that I saw him wave back.

The coolest is watching the F-16's simulate dog fights...
One time we got the added bonus of watching them pop flares.
That was cool.

But... Occasionally, the F-16's (out of VT) and the F-15's
(out of MA, which I haven't seen a few years) DO
go supersonic on us.

I a huge air-power fan.
(In case you couldn't tell.)

Will I get to see a lot of air shows in OK?

I'm starting a thread about aircraft and air shows in OK. Do drop in!

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

I'm starting a thread about aircraft and air shows in OK. Do drop in!

So you manage the "Do Drop Inn", huh?

[peggydavis]

No, but I have always liked the name.

[jessaka]

Naw, you didn't lose me to SL. This forum here is too good to pass up. I just love talking with Okies and wanna be Okies. I used to think that was a derogatory word until I moved here and found that it is used here by all, "Okies" that is.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by jessaka

Naw, you didn't lose me to SL. This forum here is too good to pass up. I just love talking with Okies and wanna be Okies. I used to think that was a derogatory word until I moved here and found that it is used here by all, "Okies" that is.

You never heard Merrill Haggard? "Okie from Muskogee?

[jessaka]

Merle Haggard is actually my favorite country singer. His music never grows old. I never put two and two together though, so it didn't dawn on my that it was okay to say "Okie." Just that when my mother use the term it was always a put down, "You look like an Okie." And yet her relatives are from here. But then when I moved to Berkeley and came home to visit it changed to, "You look like a hippie." Now I look like an Okie Hippie, but I don't smoke marijuana.

[SeabeeBolt]

Originally Posted by jessaka

Naw, you didn't lose me to SL. This forum here is too good to pass up. I just love talking with Okies and wanna be Okies. I used to think that was a derogatory word until I moved here and found that it is used here by all, "Okies" that is.

So whats your definition of "wanna be Okies"?

[redbird4848]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

No, but I have always liked the name.

Actually there is a place here in OK called the "Dew Drop Inn".

Catchy name, eh?