As we completed our final orbit over TUL, we heard a very uncommon request to air traffic control. A plane was actually departing! We were in perfect position to capture the American 737 as it took to the skies. It was almost as if the departing 737 was meant to inspire its grounded sisters in the background, for these jets will fly again.
Crazy times. Really is sad why those aircraft are all there but it’s a cool sight seeing so many of them lined up despite the sad reasoning why they are.
Wow! These are breathtaking, also a bit sad at the same time… The Kansas City ones is interesting. I’ve flown in and out of there all the time because I have relatives there. Weird to see the usually not so busy KC filled with aircraft…
At the risk of sounding way corny, the way those aircraft’s are situated is like a priceless work of art. It is beautifully sad, as mentioned in the earlier posts, and quoting Shannen Heartzs:
“And just as the Phoenix rose from the ashes, she too will rise. Returning from the flames, clothed in nothing but her strength, more beautiful than ever before.”
Not as satisfying as seeing them doing a MITO (Minimum Interval Take Off), B-52Gs and KC-135As used to do them a lot in the good ol’ days of the Cold War
