Corsair and Dauntless

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 8 June 2009 in Transportation and Portfolio.

My son and I attended the World War II Weekend at the Reading Airport this weekend. For this event, which is held annually, a World War II-era airfield is re-created, complete with vintage aircraft, flight demonstrations, army vehicles, weapons, old cars, an O Club (for you non-military types, that's an Officer's Club), period radio show broadcasts, music from the era, and lots and lots of re-enactors in vintage uniforms.

The highlight of the show was the aerial demonstrations by vintage war birds including mock dogfights. Pictured here is a Chance-Vought F4-U Corsair fighter being followed by a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Although I love the sleek look of the Corsair, the SBD Dauntless holds special meaning for me as that is one of the planes my father flew in in WWII in which he served as a gunner.

"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

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