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Offline JB88

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« on: November 26, 2006, 05:00:58 PM »
what kind of planes did they use to train fighter pilots in WW2?
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2006, 05:01:47 PM »
Texan?

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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2006, 05:08:09 PM »


Don't forget the Boeing Stearman.
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2006, 05:11:22 PM »
yep.   i think that might be the one.  

the texan.

at least 2, but up to 4 of them dogfight over my house all the time (a few times a week)...i have been trying to identify them with no luck.

the shape looks about the same...squared wings with rounded tail feathers.

everytime i hear them i stop what i am doing and go out to watch them.

yesterday they had one painted with japanese markings v.  what looked like a typical p51 scheme.

now to figure out how to get up in one of those puppies.


thanks guys.  



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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2006, 05:17:58 PM »
they dressed up a load of AT-6 harvard/texans for the film tora tora tora as A6m's if i remember rightly
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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2006, 05:21:46 PM »
according to this site


"The front of a North American SNJ-5 Texan and the back end of a Vought BT-13
were used to construct replica Nakajima B3N "Kate" torpedo bomber, N3725G"
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2006, 05:22:44 PM »
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Originally posted by JB88
yep.   i think that might be the one.  

the texan.

at least 2, but up to 4 of them dogfight over my house all the time (a few times a week)...i have been trying to identify them with no luck.

the shape looks about the same...squared wings with rounded tail feathers.

everytime i hear them i stop what i am doing and go out to watch them.

yesterday they had one painted with japanese markings v.  what looked like a typical p51 scheme.

now to figure out how to get up in one of those puppies.


thanks guys.  



:)


Theres a few companies around that allow for people to dogfight in prop planes like the Texan. Cost a heck of alot of money.
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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2006, 05:26:04 PM »
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Theres a few companies around that allow for people to dogfight in prop planes like the Texan. Cost a heck of alot of money.


or the right contacts.  i tend to work on that end of things...a little cheaper that way...

for instance, i might say, hey, looky here, i am painting a nice big picture of your airplane that would look great in your office and you can have it if you take me up on the next cancelled flight.

just a for instance...not impossible these things.

must fly in real fighter...must fly in real fighter...must fly in real fighter....
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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2006, 05:33:52 PM »
:lol
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« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2006, 05:36:05 PM »
Saw one of them roll in here forfresh paint a few years ago.  It was marked up like a japanese plane both before and after.
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« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2006, 05:59:22 PM »
88, you in Florida? Maybe THESE GUYS?

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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2006, 06:00:36 PM »
They also used Arado AR 96s and Tachikawa Ki-9 Spruces.
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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2006, 06:07:24 PM »
those are trainers
stallion51.com is who u want teh freebie from
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« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2006, 06:13:50 PM »
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88, you in Florida? Maybe THESE GUYS?

culero


not sure...i don't think so...st. augustine is a pretty long haul from here...i am on the gulf between pensacola and panama city...so unless they have another group that operates here.

thanks culero.

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« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2006, 06:23:35 PM »
Ones I know of are the PT-19, BT-13, then the AT-6 (Texan), in that order of advancing skill.  Probably big holes in that though.
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