[FASTBULLITT]

Sweet Eloise
Where is she now (Hint - south of the big chicken) , and what Highway can you see her from (hint - I was born on the back seat of a Greyhound bus, rolling down
Highway ?? You have 5 seconds….

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[Badkharma]

Very nice!

 

[TBBullitt]

Eglin AFB in Tampa FL? "...rollin' down Highway 41"

 

[Nvr2Fast]

McDill is in Tampa. That plane most certainly is not.

 

[FASTBULLITT]

OK, that's the highway (41). But your too far south!

 

[TBBullitt]

McDill is the base I was thinking of, just had the wrong name DOH! I'm at a loss as to the location though. Where might the big chicken be?

 

[BLT5103]

The "Big Chicken" is in Marietta, Ga. Highway #41 is close by and that plane has to be near Dobbins AFB!

 

[TBBullitt]

And here I was thinking the Big Chicken was Atlanta because of the NFL team.

 

[BLT5103]

The "Big Chicken" is actually a Kentucky Fried Chicken place. Not sure if it still stands.

Hey, the Falcons were called the "big chickens" when I was growing up in "Hot Lanta" 1960-1978. Ooops! I am aging myself here...:smile:

 

[FASTBULLITT]

BLT5103 got it!

It's parked out side the front gate to Dobbins ARB, off Hwy 41, just south of the Big Chicken in Marietta.

Yes, the Big Chicken still stands. It's a historical land mark now. KFC still operates it. They tried to tear it down a few years ago, but rebuilt it instead. All the years of pigeon crap screwed up the gears that operated the eyes and beak. When they rebuilt it, they made them work again. They also put a prickly roof on the chickens head, to ***** pigeons in the butt if they try and land on it.


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[BLT5103]

I swear the story you are about to read is true...

When I was in high school (yeah gonna age myself a bit more here!)I think about 1975 or 1976, me and some of my football team buds decided we would get tanked up and cruise around town in a guys parents convertable Bonneville or some such beast.

We were all from the Roswell area not too far from Dobbins AFB.

Long story short we got so sloshed (4-5 of us) we ended up on the tarmac in this guys car at Dobbins. None of us realized it/cared until a jet flew over the top of us coming in for a landing. This was no small jet fighter but some huge plane that scared the S--t out of us. We quite singing whatever song we were singing and hightailed it out of there.

We never saw an MP, cop ect... I forget what happened after we hit the main road. I vaguely remember seeing that plane that night, which is posted here, gotta be my old age.:smile:

Tells you alot about security back then!

 

[BLT5103]

Oh, and the song lyrics quoted are from a Lynyrd Skynerd (sic?) song from the 1970's....

 

[FASTBULLITT]

Allman Brothers.

 

[BLT5103]

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Yep, I went to bed after posting the wrong band, you are right song I think is "Rambling Man".

 

[FASTBULLITT]

Rambling Man is it. I had a hard time remembering who sang it to.

Although this link states it’s parked at NAS Atlanta, it’s not.
It’s parked on the Air Force side (Dobbins ARB)

http://www.heavybombers.com/b-29restored-4470113.html


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