This was a very cool day. Once a year all the pilots get together and fly in to the airstrip near Central Farm. There are ultra-lights buzzing around and taking visitors for a ride, or just hanging about talking to their old flying buddies.
As you can see, they come in yellow or red and are scary as hell since all they really are is a kite with a lawnmower engine. However, these guys know what they're doing and everyone had a great time.
The planes arrived one by one which is a really good thing since flying in tandem should be left to the Blue Angles. I will not refer to the American team because I can only remember their nick name which has something to do with Hawks.
This pilot is what we refer to as a cowboy. I don't know why. There are no cows in the air and they do not hang out the window and twirl lassos. They do however do loop de loops and fly up-side-down much to the delight of the cheering crowd below. He could at least have worn a Stetson.
This is a Belize Defense Force pilot. I'm not sure how the guy in the trees got there before him but I think it was a very good trick.
If memory serves (and it usually doesn't) this plane came from Blue Creek. It is very sleek and has a wicked blue flame on the side. I gotta get me one of those!
This helicopter is flown by Abe and owned by George. Two very nice fellas who I think are also from Blue Creek. Hey! Wasn't the cowboy from there too? Notfair. You guys have all the planes and stuff.
Okay. that's all for this blog but next one you'll see the Brits in action!
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