Another great place to see all those Warbirds is Oshkosh. Seeing all of those planes fly together in large formations is very cool! If you can't make Oshkosh, I believe most of the pilots who have to get rated for performing in their Warbirds at airshows do so the weekened before Oshkosh at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Home of the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, the first place I saw the flight of the Grumman Cats...totally awesome!
As for planes flying over your house, I know exactly what you guys are talking about. Whenever you hear the rumble of a radial you can usually bet it is going to be something special! When I was in High School, our house was in the landing pattern for a small airfield at Lansing, Illinois. I didn't know they were going to have an Airshow, but one morning I got up, and heard a really loud (Meaning Radial Engine) plane appraoching, so I ran outside to see what it was. It was a Grumman Avenger. The first Warbird I had ever seen in real life. Man that was awesome. Now where we live in N.W. Indiana, the local branch of the Confederate Air Force has a C-47 and Ju-52 they fly out of Gary Airport. Now when I see that C-47, it's just sort of like, `Yeah, I fly one of those in AH.'
. The Ju-52 fly's so slow for it's size it looks like it is barely hovering over the treetops. Always a treat when a Warbird flys over.
[This message has been edited by Sundog (edited 06-17-2000).]
