Comments on: Prince William County Defines “Cool”

By: citizenofmanassas

citizenofmanassas — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:26:31 +0000

We went on Sunday and had a blast, no pun intended.

By: Cargosquid

Cargosquid — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:22:33 +0000

The Huey was active. The VA NG was nice enough support the effort.

We bloggers REALLY need some identifying marks. I was there yesterday and ConcreteBob was there all weekend.

Outstanding video.

Bob loaded some up at our site.

By: Greg L

Greg L — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:34 +0000

That one sure didn’t look like it had been retired. It had all the markings of a VANG bird, and I assumed when I saw it that it was part of the grop that supports the 29th ID. The crew were in uniform, but I didn’t look closely enough to tell whether they had insignia.

The UH-1 is a great piece of equipment that I had the chance to ride in on quite a few occasions, and I’m sorry to see them going away, even if the Blackhawk is a nice replacement. Lotsa fun memories of helocasting, sitting in the door with my legs dangling in the breeze during an NOE flight, and getting from one place to another in a hurry.

A lot of armor rounded out this pretty incredible collection. What didn’t get in this short video was a lot of relatively obscure British scout cars and a Matilda and Challenger tank, lots of Russian stuff including a T-72, BRDM, BTR-50 and the T-55 in the video, and the bevy of U.S. vehicles including M-113s, the 105mm SP in the video, half-tracks, Shermans, a Patton, and even a Sheridan light tank. There must have been at least thirty tracked vehicles there, and all of them seemed operational. It’s the most impressive collection I’ve ever seen and included a lot of pretty obscure stuff I thought I would never see.

A truly awesome event. I wish the weather had been better on Saturday or I would have been there both days.

By: mnd

mnd — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:28:40 +0000

Ah! That explains the UH-1 I saw yesterday while riding in the area.

I was confused because it was in military colors but they’ve all been retired from active duty and the Yankee models that the USMC uses are distinctive.

Pretty cool.

By: Manassascityresident

Manassascityresident — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:51:07 +0000

Great video, Greg!

By: O. P. Ditch

O. P. Ditch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:35:54 +0000

I’ve been to this event in years past, they are AWESOME! Good job on the video Greg.

By: me

me — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:41:57 +0000

Awesome simply awesome…..wish I had been there!!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:35:16 +0000

I was there, and it was a picture perfect day. Got my T-shirt to boot! I’ve been going to the open house for years, and there’s always something new to see. Alan Cors’s hobby has resulted in the creation of a national museum, and for that effort we owe him a debt of gratitude. Don’t forget the VMMV site where it all started: http://www.vmmv.org