Yesterday I was out in the yard and I heard the familiar droning of a heavy plane. Recently we have had 4 mandatory evacuations in the Walker area south of town because of fires and the tankers have been flying to put water and retardant on the fires. Thankfully the fires were put out and the million dollar homes in that area are safe for now. However, the newspaper daily reminds us that we are in a critical fire danger position and we should be fire wise.
Well, I saw this really big plane overhead and thought that it was a tanker and wondered if there was yet another fire started somewhere. Flying also was a small piper, probably one of the Embry Riddle students up for a spin. I thought no more about it until this morning's paper.
the headline says - Flying in for the weekend - last airworthy WWII B-29 plane comes to Prescott. Next to the picture is the explanation - The Commemorative Air Force's World War II era Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Fifi" is among the aircraft on display at the Prescott airport form 9am to 6pm through Sunday.
According to the newspaper, this is the only B-29 that is still in flyable condition. This plane was built in 1944 and it a big four-engine bomber and it supplanted the smaller B-17 and B24.
In years past they used to have an air show here in Prescott, but there will only be a number of historical planes on display this weekend -no air show accompanying them.
Prescott is gearing up for the 150th birthday of Fort Whipple and there are supposed to be big celebrations over the Memorial Day weekend. I will not be here for it - makes me sad - but I will be out in Lincoln with the grandchildren. Usually the Memorial Day weekend with its super large craft show heralds the beginning of the Summer Craft Show and various celebrations here in Prescott. Last weekend they had the Mountain Artists Guild Mothers day weekend show. I went to it and saw some spectacular wood turnings by the Wood guild people and some fabulous hand woven pieces by the Mountain Spinners and Weavers guild. I used to belong to the Weavers guild but could not manage two quilt guilds and one weavers guild all at the same time. There were lots of Jewelry people - mostly people who 'strung' beads. A true beader makes wonderful constructed bead necklaces whereas a stringer just puts a mishmash of beads together and calls it bead work. There was one lady from California who had some Dichoric glass work that was spectacular. Of course there was the usual painters, musicians and the ever present garlic tasting booth and roasted and sugared almond booth. You do not have to be a member of the Mountain Artists Guild to be a participant in the show -you just have to pay a lot of money to have the booth there. Some of the potters there have good work and some of the painters are exhibiting originals. It is easy to spot the beginners from the experts.
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