A visit to Santa Paula

[evangilder]

I took the family for an outing on Sunday to the Santa Paula Airport for a little outing. The first Sunday of the month is an open house of sorts. They open the hangars up for you to look in and see the aircraft. It is a tiny little municipal airport with alot of history and character. Remember the picture during the rains where part of the runway was washed out? They have worked out a way to make it work and are flying again.

There is an interesting mix of vintages there, most of them are 40s and 50s.

 

[trackend]

Great pics Eric looks like a friendly little place, everytime I see one of those Texans I like them more she's a cracker.

 

[evangilder]

Thanks Lee. Santa Paula is really off the beaten path, so it's got a very small town feel to it. I have to admit I love the Texan too.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice pics Eric! Some nice planes there it seems with a good atmosphere to the place as well I'm sure.

 

[Wildcat]

I like the paint scheme on the T-6, it looks great.

 

[evangilder]

Thanks guys. The T-6 is appropriately named too: "Miss Thirsty"!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nice pics! I notice lots of 'Vettes there, whats the deal with that?

That Grumman AgCat has a weird kind of rustic charm that I like 8)

 

[evangilder]

During the first sunday events there, they often have other clubs show up. There was a Corvette club there as well. They were almost all newer 'Vettes, no classics. So I didn't bother with pics of the 'Vettes.

Yeah, that AgCat looked like it had seen signifigant usage.

 

[Royzee617]

Great day out - great shots! What camera do you use?

 

[evangilder]

Thanks Roy. I've got a Canon S series, don't remember the number off the top of my head. It's a 5 megapixel digital. I like it for the close in and ground shots, but the zoom is not enough for aerial shots. I'd like to go with a SLR digital at some point.

 

[Nonskimmer]

And a belated "Nice pics" from me.
The boy looks happy.

 

[evangilder]

Yep, he is like his dad. When airplanes are near, life is good. 8)

 

[plan_D]

He's like his dad? So he spits out coffee all over the keyboard too?

 

[evangilder]

hehe, not exactly. But he has had an incident with water and a keyboard. So I guess he does resemble me in a lot of ways!

 

[Aggie08]

Nice pics! I notice lots of 'Vettes there, whats the deal with that?

That Grumman AgCat has a weird kind of rustic charm that I like 8)

Ditto 8)