Posts tagged WWII
WWII warplanes at Boulder Municipal Airport
0June 16, 2012
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Boulder Airport Day to be held June 18 COOL FUN VIDEO #boulder
0June 13, 2011
by Ron Baird, news editor
in News
Boulder Municipal Airport will host its sixth annual Airport Day and open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, at the Boulder Municipal Airport, 3327 Airport Road. The public is invited to climb into dozens of different types of aircraft and enjoy the region’s rich aviation history. Admission and parking are free for this event.
“With lineage dating back to 1928, Boulder Municipal Airport has played an amazing part in aviation history,” said Boulder Municipal Airport Manager Tim Head. “On Airport Day, we bring out the planes, old and new, to celebrate. It is a great combination of fun and education that everyone in the family can enjoy.”
In addition to showcasing airport amenities, the event will feature numerous types of aircraft, including military helicopters, sport airplanes, experimental airplanes, WWII aircraft and antique airplanes. There will also be kids’ activities, shops, food vendors, and rides for purchase in a helicopter and an open-cockpit bi-plane.
At approximately 6:30 a.m., there will also be up to six hot air balloons conducting a joint lift-off. Spectators may park on the east side of the terminal building, at 3335 Airport Road, to watch the launches from up close.
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Is Donald Trump going to be the next president of the United states? Good chance . Here’s Why.
3April 27, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
Will Donald Trump be the Obama spoiler? Is he already too big too powerful and too much of a Juggernaut to be stopped? Does he resonate with working people ? He’s a worker himself. Will republicans and Democrats alike abandon the feel good politics of Barrack Obama?? It’s starting to look that way .
Donald Trump wants to bring jobs back to American from India, Mexico and China and he says he has a plan. The plan is to stop the Chinese from jiggling it’s currency, making billions at our loss. He wants the yen to be in line or he will tax them 25% on all exports to the USA.
He’ll do the same with India and Mexico if they don’t immediately get their wages in line with ours. Can he do that?? Yes he can. The problem with NAFTA is that the past three administrations were looking out for the world economy and not ours. NAFTA did not worked and it has put us into a 14 Trillion dollar deficit. China made a 1/2 trillion dollar profit last year from us .
You may think Donald Trump is a joke but a lot of people trust his business sense and they are willing to trade Barack Obama in on that point alone.
Donald Trump wants a payoff to go to war in the Middle East. He unabashedly says ….If we go into Libya to free them, we want their oil. Right now China gets all of their oil and we are paying for the war in Libya, while China pays nothing. The Arab league wants the USA to pay for the Libyan war but they have paid nothing and have not given us any oil in trade. In fact they raised oil prices to $4.00 a gallon in Vail today. What Trump says is “screw that”. No more Mamby pambying around. No more America pays for everything.
He is saying what a lot of Americans want to hear. Which is, screw the pansies on the left, He’s going to make other countries pay to do business with us. As an example Iraq has trillions of dollars of oil and they should be paying us back right now. Trump believes in conquering any country we go to war with similar to what we did during WWII, not go in lose American lives, trillions of dollars and then leave with nothing.
Donald Trump is shaking up the political world in New Hampshire and the Democrats are in big trouble. He could very well be the American maverick who caught Barrack Obama flat footed on this day and storm his way to the white house. We give him a 60-40 chance.
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Airport Days -WWII dance . Three 90 year old vets and one Girl from the French Resistance
0June 20, 2010
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
We went to Boulder airport days and night where there were several WWII vintage airplanes. It was pretty much a hoot and I will put up some video on Boulder Channel 1 later.
At night there was a dance in a huge hanger at the back side of the airport. The whole area was set up with army tents, jeeps, a tank, reenactment men in uniform. Inside the hanger was a big stage with a 10 piece orchestra playing swing tunes. There was a Bob Hope comic, Frank Sinatra guy and 3 Andrews sisters. Plus there were a couple of thousand people. All Boulder all fun night.
People were having pictures taken with the soldier on a jeep in front of an Avenger bomber. On man who saluted me as I was videoing was an older gentleman and apparently not in costume. He was in his WWII army dress uniform. I aimed the video camera straight at him through the crowd and he gave a salute. He was a captain in the army during the war. His infantry badge and campaign ribbons told it all. He said “Oh this is real all right, I was there”. You lead men” I asked. He shook his head yes and turned and walked away before I could ask more. WWII combat vets are like that. I tw as a night in history,
I met a 88 year old man from army intelligence smartly dressed in his uniform. He had married a 17 year old girl from the French Resistance who was actually dressed in a red striped shirt, Black dress and back beret. Couldn’t the Germans spot you as resistance we asked? No this is what all girls wore. She was a bike messenger for the resistance. She met her soldier and married him. 66 years later they looked as happy as can be. Unbelievable.
Another 90 year old man was staring at a Bomber. On his shoulders it said Army Air corps. He flew B-17s in General George Patton’s army against the German Afrika Korps Led by Rommel in Tunisa in 1942. His dress uniform was even desert tan. Rommel put up a hell of a fight he said, but he was no match for us. We just kept coming. All of these men were very fit 90 somethings. They were up , walking and alert.
