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Offline Banshee7

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Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« on: May 04, 2026, 01:17:44 PM »
Anyone going? I will be there Saturday, June 6.  LOTs of WW2 warbirds supposed to be there.  Here's what's been announce so far:

P-51D (2x)
P-51C
Me-262
Spitfire
C-47
P-38  :x
B-25
B-29
TBM
F6F
A6M
F4U

Of course, the Blue Angels are the headliners, but as soon as I saw the P-38 on the list I had to buy tickets.  If all the above show up, I will be able to knock several off the list of WW2 birds I've never seen in the air.


https://spirit-airshow.com/
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2026, 01:42:57 PM »

Looks like fun.

Pics and vids or it didn't happen.  ;)
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2026, 03:07:53 PM »
Very cool. I'll Be in Florida. Make sure you take loads of pictures.

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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2026, 04:54:39 PM »
Sounds like a neat time  :aok

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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2026, 05:43:32 PM »
Man, that sounds awesome. Hope you take tons of pics as that plane lineup is sweet-especially the P-38!

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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2026, 06:57:12 PM »
I keep forgetting about it. I need to go at some point
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2026, 06:59:36 PM »
Whoah! That's one awesome line-up! Definitely want to see that 38. Gonna sell this to Household6. Hope to go  :cheers: :salute  :pray
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2026, 08:34:15 AM »
I think it’s a good reason for me to be in FL, maybe visit TX next.
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2026, 09:27:33 AM »
So much for that...looks like I cant come out to play...hope someone gets some great videos and pics  :salute
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2026, 07:15:18 AM »
I think it’s a good reason for me to be in FL, maybe visit TX next.

Come on down!

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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2026, 07:18:20 AM »
Animl, you enabled them. Everytime you commented back it gave them a chance to fire back. If you didnt give them anything to work with, they would have eventually got bored an left.

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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2026, 08:08:06 PM »
the airshow was AWESOME by the way.  The 262 backed out due to mechanical issues, but it was great to finally see a P-38 in the sky.  I will try to upload some pics soon!
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2026, 08:49:47 PM »
the airshow was AWESOME by the way.  The 262 backed out due to mechanical issues, but it was great to finally see a P-38 in the sky.  I will try to upload some pics soon!

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Which P-38 was there?
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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2026, 09:41:54 PM »
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Which P-38 was there?

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Re: Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2026, 10:36:53 PM »
the airshow was AWESOME by the way.  The 262 backed out due to mechanical issues, but it was great to finally see a P-38 in the sky.  I will try to upload some pics soon!

I was kinda shocked that a 262 would even be there and when you said it was out due to mechanical issues, I wasn't surprised at all. Imagine trying to keep a legit version of that running. At least the later versions had that regulator valve pump thing or whatever it was but still.

I wanna see photos. Did I miss something?