8/10/2023 0 Comments F4 phantom cockpit layout![]() ![]() Look out for the Headless Horsemen himself - and other undead lurking around the area. This is an iconic Sleepy Hollow experience, so be sure to buy your tickets in advance! You Can Get Into An Immersive Theatrical Performance… October 4-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27, 31 November 1-3Īt the Sleepy Hollow Experience, you will quite literally walk through the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.įollow your favorite characters - Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and even the Headless Horseman - from scene to scene while enjoying drinks and treats. If you’re pining for a more relaxed encounter with the Headless Horseman, consider treating yourself to tickets for the dramatic retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in the town’s Old Dutch Church. Washington Irving’s Home Welcomes Visitors October 5-6, 12-14, 19-20, 26-27 November 2-3 While there, you’ll enjoy performances by folks who step into character, plus live music. When you visit Washington Irving’s home, you’ll be invited to revisit some of the stranger parts of 19th-century history (think vampire scares) and learn about how The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has shaped popular culture through the years. You can also participate in a literature-themed scavenger hunt, historic games, and photo opportunities.Īfter getting your fill of the legends of Sleepy Hollow, head northeast to the Halloween capital of the world. Here’s why October is the best time of year to visit Salem, Massachusetts.Disclosure: This article may contain affiliate links. We will make a small commission from these links if you order something at no additional cost to you. There might be no better-known Halloween story than the “Legend of Sleep Hollow” by Washington Irving.įirst published in 1819, the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman was set in Sleepy Hollow in the Hudson Valley. While the story is fiction, some of the places mentioned by Irving still exist today. In fact, the story is so popular that the community of North Tarrytown officially changed its name to Sleepy Hollow in 1996 to embrace its place in the story. ‘We are supersonic and still accelerating, the maniacal engines will not be denied. With nothing else to do, I watch the Mach meter unwind I want to see a number starting with a 2,’ Ed Cobleigh, former F-4 Pilot. The following story appears in Ed Cobleigh’s book War for the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot’s View of Vietnam. Bestselling author Ed Cobleigh has been a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, US Navy, Royal Air Force, Imperial Iranian Air Force, and the French Air Force. He also served as an Air Intelligence Officer working with the CIA, FBI, and M16 on a variety of covert projects. He knows fighter planes, fighter pilots, and air combat well. ![]() His first fighter plane was the F-104 Starfighter and the last was the F-16 Viper. He flew 375 combat missions with the same number of landings as take-offs. ![]() ![]() ‘To record the flight time, I punch the stopwatch stem on the instrument panel it’s time to clock in at the job site. Release the brakes, shove the big throttles forward into afterburner, hold down the nose wheel steering button, pull the stick full back, and we’re rolling. The Phantom, which was straining nose down under full military power against the brakes, leaps forward, eager to be shed of the ground. ‘The twin afterburners torch off with a thump and a kick in the ass, thrust is reporting for duty, a quick check of the exhaust nozzle gages, both full open, no warning lights. Speed is building quickly now as the two J-79 engines howl, blue afterburner plumes blasting the runway behind, pushing the F-4, lightweight for once, into the sky. One hundred knots, release the nose wheel steering, the rudder is effective now keeping us straight down the rapidly disappearing concrete. ![]()
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