Author Topic: Corsairs Over CT? (Read 620 times)

Vudak · « **on:** May 23, 2006, 07:53:08 AM »

Just doing a quick google search but couldn't come up with much... Apparently there's a small thing going on Monday, but only 300 tickets and $20 a pop? Or it's too early for my reading comprehension...

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Anyone know if they're having a bigger show like last year or if that was just a once in awhile thing? Knew it happened around Reading time last year, so figured I'd ask...

mars01 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2006, 08:11:13 AM »

Hmm - TWR will have the skinny on it. I hope they are getting more than 1 Corsair. Sounds like it will be quite a bit scaled down, that's to bad.

Morpheus · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2006, 10:11:11 AM »

it was already pretty small, but big for what boring CT will allow for around here.

Rich people move in and want air ports to move out haha.

Hoarach · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2006, 02:03:05 PM »

Having the magazine from last months Air and Space it listed all the major air shows throughout the nation in each state and which one has the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, and Snowbirds.

Only airshow listed for Connecticut is an airshow in Groton (Groton Family Airfest) on June 17 and 18. Maybe the Corsairs over CT is something really minor compared to the airshow in Groton.

mars01 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2006, 02:10:47 PM »

No it's not an airshow. They don't even have a waiver. Last year it was more of a gathering. That is also why they couldn't do much other than low passes.

Rino · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2006, 04:21:20 PM »

It would have helped if they hadn't scheduled it during the Reading
WW2 weekend...PA isn't far enough away to support both crowds.

mars01 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2006, 10:22:24 PM »

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Only airshow listed for Connecticut is an airshow in Groton (Groton Family Airfest) on June 17 and 18.

You ever go to this? Is it any good?

Hoarach · « **Reply #7 on:** May 24, 2006, 04:08:07 PM »

No but maybe worth someone checking out?

DaPup · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:26:57 AM »

My brother is on the Mystic chamber of commerce and he thinks that the airfest portion has been cancelled, he is going to find out for me what is going on.

cav58d · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2006, 02:10:11 PM »

Ive never heard of Groton hosting a show....Nothing will ever top Corsairs over Connecticut for me though...Hanging out with Archie Donahue and Hugh "yogi" Erwin literally for 12 hours a day! that was the tops!

rv6 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2006, 06:52:39 AM »

I saw an impromptu airshow, performed just for me and my pal in Groton (last summer?). Of course, I had no freakn camera when it happened, but was just amazing.

We're digging clams our at Bluff Point across from Groton Airport.. Another ho-hum morning. We hear the unmistakeable rumble of large, WWII type engines starting and run'ups. Hm?

We watch as 3 B-25's slowly lift off heading north, right in front of our eyes. Then, a silver P51 Mustang, takes off and catches them in seconds, we could here the 51 pull power to try and stay in formation with the bombers.

They went 'round & 'round the airport in close formation, RIGHT OVER OUR HEADS. (practicing? I guess?).. Finally going out of sight to the west low horizon.

We start digging clams again, amazed. Then we hear the engines coming again for one final pass. They're coming directly over Groton airport at about 500 AGL! In perfect carpet bombing wing to wing spread, P51 holding out in a finger-4 type position.. DIRECTLY AT MY PAL AND I STANDING KNEEDEEP IN THE BAY.

We dropped the clam rakes and my pal says;
"Jeezuz, what if them bay doors opened now and we saw bombs tumble out?" What a way to go out, I s'pose.. LOL.

Wow. Over they went, and we never saw them again.

Next day in the news I saw where they had the last living survivors of the Doolittle Raid somewhere in Mystic? It was a commeration flight of some sort. Never saw anythng like that in my life. Prolly never will again. No camera. :-(