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The 2002 West Houston Squadron Open House and Fly-In was held September 28 and 29 at the West Houston Airport.  Hurricane Fay cooperated and hit Louisiana instead of Texas (sorry about that...) and we ended up with great weather.  A joint event with the Military Museum of Texas, it was very successful, and thousands of people from the West Houston area visited our new museum, toured our aircraft and learned a little bit about the CAF. 

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Ed & Carol Vesely's beautiful J-3 Cub
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The crowd always gathered whenever the aircraft taxi'ed out
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What would an Open House and Fly-in be without flying??
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Warbirds over West Houston Airport
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Some of the military reenactors pose in front of the N3N
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No one went thirsty, thanks to the heroic efforts of Janis, Gale and Nancy

 

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There are not many warbirds that are prettier than the AT-6/SNJ ... Photo by Don Johnson oh02_at6_dj_01.jpg (62673 bytes) Photo by Don Johnson oh02_snj_dj_01.jpg (67619 bytes)

 

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Photo by Don Johnson  oh02_mus_dj_03.jpg (65859 bytes) The Open House was the official "debut" of the Squadron Museum, and by all accounts it was well received.  Many Wednesday nights were well spent over the past year....

 

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The Open House also was the first public appearance of the C-60.  Hundreds of people toured the aircraft.
 


 

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