This is a nice little park on the shore of Lake Underhill. It is named in honor of Col Joe Kittinger, a combat pilot in Vietnam as well as an X-15 pilot and a space-parachute jumper. He’s worth an entire history diary all by himself.
The park is also right next to Orlando’s Executive Airport.
So it was a nice place to have lunch, then hang around, look at birds, and look at birds.
Some photos.
For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and am traveling around the country, posting photo diaries of places that I have visited. :)
Kittinger Park. An F-4 Phantom flown by Kittinger in Vietnam.
Lake Underhill, with Executive Airport in background
Coots and Moorhens out on the lake.
Little Blue Heron
Some Yellow-Rumps who wanted part of my lunch
Glossy Ibis
Turtle yoga
Pied-Bill Grebe
Loggerhead Shrike with lunch
Birdies of a different sort ….. Coming in for a landing
And a takeoff
I’m not “up” on my general aviation planes, so if anyone can ID these, that’d be great :)
Tourist helicopter
A pair of these Navy guys dropped in
I love this paintjob. :)
Another takeoff
This egret then flew by to show us humans how flying is REALLY done.