Cannons vs 50s

[Sundog]

 http://www.airzoo.org/

Thats the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. That's where the flight of the Grumman Cats was held every year. Having a Wildcat, Hellcat, Bearcat, Tigercat (personal fav), and Tomcat flyover you very low in formation is an awesome sight and an even more awesome sound! Then watching the Tomcat go vertical in the missing man formation is incredible. If you ever get a chance to see the Flight of the Grumman Cats (I believe they have done this at Oshkosh since I first saw them do that in Kalamazoo about 12 years ago) check it out, you'll love it!

BTW, if you just love watching Warbirds fly, I believe the weekend before Oshkosh, Warbird pilots gather at Kalamazoo to get their Warbird Airshow ratings renewed, so you can see them putting the birds we like to fly online through their paces. I believe there is something about that at the website. Check it out.

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[Citabr]

be very carful reducing firepower effectiveness  

WB is in choas due to their "improved" damage model and ineffective cannons.  


cannons werk great as they should (ie: better than 50 cal when they hit) yet now the polar opposite of WB is in AH where the .50 crowd cries foul.

seems to me both the 50 and the 20mm are dead on.

however 30mm is still too ineffective  

[SC-GManMP]

Yup, seein all those "Cats" together was quite a sight... not to mention the Tomcat goes verticle right over the crowd... justa' bout lost my bladder, shook me st-st-st-stupid!

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[SnakeEyes]

Last I knew, the Bearcat was undergoing repairs for a forced landing.

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[popeye]

Yeah, the Air Zoo is very cool.  Well worth the trip.

popeye

[SC-GManMP]

AWWW wish I had a bearcat in AH.  4 20mm cannons, HP out the blowhole! and untouchable about 10k.

and the trip was only 30 minutes for me  

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[funked]

Seriously, I have no idea where Kalamazoo is.  I've heard the name before though.  Sounds like a cool museum though!  If it's near Illinois I'm goin'!

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[SnakeEyes]

You don't get outta the house much, eh?

Kalamazoo, MI, is about 3 hours from Chicago, right off of I-94.

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[funked]

Thanks!  I will have to go there.  And yeah, as a Californian born in Ohio I know the West and Ohio but very little about Chicagoland or Michigan.    

Seriously, if you wanna go there sometime, let me know.  I love a good road trip.

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[funked]

Holy toejam - this weekend is "Open Cockpit Weekend".  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmm I got gas in the car.  

[SC-GManMP]

heheh lucky you.. i'm so far away from home right now, i'd have to strap myself to an ICBM to get there in time... enjoy.

[MANDOBLE]

Here you can read a good article about
Mk108 monster cannon.
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/neilpage/pauke.html

[Ripsnort]

Hehe, old thread, but contains some good info (Back when Rip was in JG2, Duck flew 'the Chog exclusively'...and Verm was wishing for an LA-7.  

[Lephturn]

I take credit for convincing Duck to fly the D Hog.  

I think I created a monster.  

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[Sturm]

Moving back to Holland MI in 6 weeks, and yes the air zoo has some great planes to check out.  I will be heading there again as soon as I get up there.

 

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