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You lucky, lucky...
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Same location, 30 minutes ago -
I spotted the only airworthy B-25H "Barbie III" on a SE heading bound for a weekend of pax-hopping at "sunken" Lunken airport - the pre-CVG municipal airport for Cincy. She was about 4000' and suitably noisy.
Three years ago I had a terrific ride - with a pair of low passes - in this beauty.
Barbie III details
I spotted the only airworthy B-25H "Barbie III" on a SE heading bound for a weekend of pax-hopping at "sunken" Lunken airport - the pre-CVG municipal airport for Cincy. She was about 4000' and suitably noisy.
Three years ago I had a terrific ride - with a pair of low passes - in this beauty.
Barbie III details
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You're obviously intent on making us earthbound misfits intensely jealous - still, if you are ever over in Blighty, please do come and have a proper beer with us listners!
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Sunken Lunken
A brief history & photos
This airfield was the site of the original Aeronca factory, a stop on Charles Lindbergh's 1927 "victory tour", and a WWII bomber modification center. It lies in a valley at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Miami rivers, surrounded by hills, hence the "Sunken Lunken" nickname.
Annual flooding (especially the 1937 flood) led to the building of a dike on the perimeter.
This airfield was the site of the original Aeronca factory, a stop on Charles Lindbergh's 1927 "victory tour", and a WWII bomber modification center. It lies in a valley at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Miami rivers, surrounded by hills, hence the "Sunken Lunken" nickname.
Annual flooding (especially the 1937 flood) led to the building of a dike on the perimeter.
