Author Topic: Airshow (Read 758 times)

midnight Target · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2002, 10:59:37 PM »

Well funked never answered his phone, but there were lots of warbirds flying today.

From Memory - Fly by's from the following:

FM2 - two of these
Spit 9
Spit 14
Spit 19 (Griffon with contra rotating props)
P51 Mk2 (P51-A)
Kittyhawk
Warhawk
Hurricane (II I think)
TBD - (One USN Avenger and one English version I forget the name.)
Dauntless
F6F3
F6F5
P-51D - 2 or 3 of these
B-25H (3 at once )
B-17G
F4U-1
A-1 Skyraider
Mig 15
F-86
P-47
Sea Fury
F8F Bearcat
F7F Tigercat
P-38(L?)

A hell of a show, here is a sample:

midnight Target · « **Reply #31 on:** May 19, 2002, 01:06:21 PM »

Some more, from the pre-flight area.

Kanth · « **Reply #32 on:** May 19, 2002, 01:07:55 PM »

Kanthy

Pei · « **Reply #33 on:** May 19, 2002, 01:11:17 PM »

Midnight; I think Funked was having reception issues with his phone (serves him right for using Sprint

).

in our group we had

FunkedUp
Mietla
Bumwipe
Icemaw
tbmaw
Animal
Mathman

The show was awesome, my favourite part being the aerobatics display by the Sea Fury; you don't often get to see a an old plane pushed that hard.

The FAA TBF/TBM was called the Tarpon (thought the FAA later started calling them Avengers).

2 of the B-25s were J models and one looked like an earlier version. All three were used in the filming of Pearl Harbour.

The P-38 was a J I think.

The Spit 9 was an LF.
The 19 was a PR.19 with sidemounted camera (the lens at least was still present).
The 14 had a bubble canopy and looked like it had 4 cannon armament though the wings themselves only had breach bulges for 2.

They opened the ramp up after the show so we got to walk around the a/c.

Steven · « **Reply #34 on:** May 19, 2002, 01:29:30 PM »

I don't remember any P-47s there anywhere. They did have three Grumman biplanes (one a floatplane) flying a display together and they also had that 1/3 scale flying wing aircraft perform.

The F-86 and MiG-15 flight display was way cool. Those were the hotrods of the day. The Corsair looked the most graceful to me and the Bearcat as though it had trouble not overspeeding everyone.

I didn't know they'd open the ramp or I would've stayed. Though, it's still early Sunday and I can go back...nawww.

Kanth · « **Reply #35 on:** May 19, 2002, 02:45:24 PM »

Excellent pictures Target, keep em coming!! =)

Kanthy

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Some more, from the pre-flight area.

Pei · « **Reply #36 on:** May 19, 2002, 02:56:15 PM »

They flew a P-47G in the show and there was a P-47D-40 on the ramp but it didn't fly (I don't know why but probably a mechanical).

The Grummans biplanes were F3Fs (one was a 2 seat trainer) and the floatplane was a Duck.

midnight Target · « **Reply #37 on:** May 19, 2002, 03:13:57 PM »

Forgot the Duck. Guy at the gate said it was privately owned and operated by the pilot. I also spoke for a little while with Bud Oxman ('Ox'). He spoke of one Japanese torpedo plane kill he got at Leyte Gulf in his P-38. Somebody asked him about reducing the power to the bottom engine on a turn to decrease turn radius. He laughed and said he kept it to firewall at all times.

the Ox:

midnight Target · « **Reply #38 on:** May 19, 2002, 03:16:07 PM »

The P-38 cockpit:

Steven · « **Reply #39 on:** May 19, 2002, 03:44:25 PM »

I quickly snuck my camera into the P-38 cockpit section to try to get a pilot's eye view. I was surprised how high up the gunsight is and how forward from the panel towards the pilot it is.

funkedup · « **Reply #40 on:** May 19, 2002, 10:14:31 PM »

Just got back, had a great time.

Sorry to Target and any of the others I missed. I had 5 bars on my cell phone reception but for some reason most of the calls were not getting through. I kept getting voice mail but not any calls.

Anyways to all the guys who were there, it was great meeting those I could. Mietla and Bumwipe took a lot of pics and we'll put those up on our website asap. We also had a little party with Animal and Frenchy on Friday night and we have some pics of that too.

mietla · « **Reply #41 on:** May 19, 2002, 11:37:56 PM »

Great show everybody.

Really glad to meet you all in person.

BTW, Animal and I talked for an hour with Jack "Fox" Olson. An awesome fellow. He told us everything about the action pictured on the Stan Olson painting (the one shown on a back of their trailer).

We both got a poster of that combat scene autographed by both Jack "Fox" Olson and Bud "Ox" Oxman.

What a treat.

mietla · « **Reply #42 on:** May 19, 2002, 11:50:51 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
The P-38 cockpit:

What is the chance?

That is "my" rendition...