Just Planes, No Trains, No Automobiles

I had just finished shooting in the studio when my boss called and asked if I get airsick. I said 'no,' and he replied with "good, I need you to get to Ellington Field. You're going up in a WWII plane, and you might get to fly over downtown."

I packed up and headed to Ellington. What he didn't tell me was that I was going up in the last flying plane of its kind in the world, a Curtiss SB2c Helldiver. We flew at 1,500 feet with an open cockpit.

Here are some shots from the day.



Dale Morningstar walks under a Texas Raider B-17 as a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver sits on the left at Ellington Airport Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, in Houston. The Curtiss SB2C is the last of its kind flying in the world. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle )