Northeast Oklahoma Railfan

My name is Ken Madison and on this blog I hope to share with you some of the pictures that I have taken and information that I gathered while I am enjoying one of my favorite hobbies, railfanning. The majority of the pictures will be of the BNSF, KCS and UP railroads that run through central, eastern and northeast Oklahoma. On occasion I travel to other states, Texas, Kansas, etc. and hope to include pictures from those journeys. Hope you enjoy the pictures and GOOD HUNTING!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Not all trains all the time

Being an airport manager has its perks as I found out late today when I returned to the airport and found a piece of aviation history sitting at the fuel pumps.

The aircraft is a General Motors FM-2 Wildcat (license built version of the Grumman F4F)

Picture of the nose/fuselage art Felix the Cat and kill markings while pilot completes pre-flight/startup checklist,

On the roll and lift off from runway 17 at Sand Springs Pogue Airport, OK,

Now the hard part begins as the pilot has to reach down and crank the handle (up to 38 times,) to retract the landing gear,

Always enjoy seeing this historical aircraft.

1 comment:

oklacnw said...: Ken, Beautiful! Love those old planes of my time period.; May 3, 2009 at 4:34 PM

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