Peck Butterfly House 2024 | a 7 Image Story

9/07/2024 Peck Butterfly House 2024 | Menelaus Blue Morpho HeadPeck Butterfly House 2024 | a 7 Image Story  The Peck Butterfly House had the largest array of butterflies I’ve seen in several years.

Menelaus Blue Morpho Head  Blue Morphos are known for their brilliant blue wings and are a symbol of life in the Central and South American rain forests.   Papilio Memnon the Great  The Great Mormon comes in a number of forms with definite differences between males and females. With its large wings, it lives in a several environments from forest edges to open landscapes.   Menelaus Blue Morpho  Instead of pigments like other butterflies, the Blue Morpho’s wing color comes from microscopic wing scales that reflect light.   Zebra Longwing  This butterfly’s zebra coat appearance with its bold wing coloring warns predators of their toxicity, which helps it survive longer than many other butterflies.

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TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | T-6/SNJ Texan

5/31/2024 TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | T-6/SNJ Texan

TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | T-6/SNJ Texan   The North American T-6 Texan is a military single-engine aircraft primarily used as a trainer. Its first flight was on April 1st, 1935. Nearly 16,000 planes were built. The T-6 Texan was used extensively during WWII and the Korean conflict.

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TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | T-6 Aerobatics

5/30/2024 TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | T-6 Aerobatics

TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | T-6 Aerobatics  The T-6 Texan makes a nice aerobatic machine.  This image was captured looking straight up.

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TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | A-1 Skyraider

5/29/2024 TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | A-1 Skyraider

TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | A-1 Skyraider   The A-1 Skyraider was designed during WWII and entered service in December 1946.  It saw extensive action in the Korean War by the U.S. Navy and USMC. In the Vietnam War, it again saw action as primary ground support attack aircraft and as one of the Skyraider’s most famous roles: the “Sandy” helicopter escort on search and rescue operations.  Its pilots and crews bestowed many names on the Skyraider including Sandy, Spad, Hobo, Zorro, and Firefly.

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TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | DC-3 Landing

5/28/2024 TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | DC-3 Landing

TBM Avenger Reunion 2024 | DC-3 Landing   The airshow parachutists departed from this Douglas DC-3 to open the airshow at the TBM Avenger Reunion 2024.

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