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Offline indy007

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« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2007, 10:08:35 AM »
Y'all need to come to my place in October. The CAF practices from a small airport near bye. Great view of a good variety of war birds for hours at a time. One of a handful of places where you can still sit at the end of the runway and watch them come in.

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« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2007, 04:17:11 PM »
Before



After




Awful perty...

Almost makes me want to fly one.

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« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2007, 07:04:29 PM »
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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
There was a B-17 circling over my house about 2 hours ago. Flew directly above my house on the final turn.


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« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2007, 07:45:08 PM »
Since Mr. Schoffner died, Glacier Girl has been sold twice.  It is now owned by a man from Texas.
I regret doing business with TD Computer Systems.

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« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2007, 01:04:11 PM »
And where is she now?
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #20 on: June 28, 2007, 04:35:55 PM »
This one was at the Muskegon Air Fair last year.  Unfortunately I don't know the name.  I didn't get into a very good position for this picture.



And it flew


(edit: full size pics of those two, plus some other planes that flew that day, are at http://webpages.charter.net/leighma/)
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« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2007, 06:18:05 PM »
Latest news is that the flight is cancelled because of a mechanical problem.
(The escort is meant to carry on)
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)