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| By Mark Nankivil |
During a visit with family in Minnesota, I stopped at the Owatonna Degner Regional Airport. The airport has a distinctive display that you
cannot miss seeing as you drive by on I-35 - a trio of Northrop T-38As dressed
in Thunderbirds markings positioned as if they are in the midst of a bomb burst
during an airshow. The display
has been at the airport since 2006 when they were moved to their present location
from the now closed Heritage Halls Museum previously located north of the
airport.
We also
had the opportunity to photograph a few other aircraft on the apron. There was a Thrush 510P that was
in the area to spray the corn and soybean crops with fungicides. Fungus is a concern this time of year for
crops where wet conditions allow fungus to flourish. While taking these photos, we could see a helicopter spraying fields well off to the west but it was never close enough
to photograph. Also on the apron was this Cessna 185 on Aerocet amphibious floats. In the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," this set up
would be a lot of fun to have!
