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Offline swoopy

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Flying Legends at Duxford....
« on: July 02, 2003, 02:07:37 PM »
12th and 13th July

heres the plane list so far

Flying Legends Air Show - Aircraft Participants
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July
Hurricane x 3
Corsair x 3
Spitfire x 12    ------ 12 eeek:)
Gladiator
Bristol Fighter x 2
Firefly
Yak 3 x 2
BBMF Dakota, Spitfire & Hurricane
Blenheim
P-51 Mustang x 7
LA9 Lavochkin
B-17 Flying Fortress, Sally B
A-26
Junkers 52
Me 108
B-25 Mitchell
Jungmeister
TF-51 Mustang
P-40 Kitty Hawk
P-47 Thunderbolt
Bearcat
Hellcat
Wildcat
Tigercat
1930's Nimrod

cya there peeps :)
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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2003, 02:10:21 PM »
Was there last year.  Freakin amazing.  You guys on that side of the pond sure know how to put on an airshow.  And how to run an air museum, too.  

Still trying to get all my pictures from that airshow scanned :D
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2003, 02:32:54 PM »
Probably definitely going. It was amazing to see the Yaks flying a couple of years ago - but that flying La-9 will be awesome.

Tarmac, they are building an all new American Air Museum hangar there to replace the current one - it's supposed to be much bigger. Which is saying something, considering the current one has a B52 and a B17 in it :):

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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2003, 02:49:03 PM »
A new one besides the current tapered-hangar thingie with the glass memorial panes around it?

Where will it go?

When I was there, it looked like they were remodelling the current one by replacing the main glass face.
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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2003, 02:55:34 PM »
Strange. I'm sure I saw plans for an extended building at some point, but I can't find any info about it on their website.
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« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2003, 03:12:00 PM »
I remember the current building being hyped as "new" in the brochures when I was there.  Could have been old brochures, or it could have been recently built.  It's been there a couple of years... I remember one of my friends describing it to me 3 or 4 years ago.  

But it'd be nice if they'd make it a bit bigger, so you could walk between the planes and really look at them.
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« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2003, 03:20:06 PM »
From just looking at Dowdings picture.

1 - ?
2 - ?
3 - ?
4 - B24
5 - P51
6 - C47
7 - B17
8 - P47
9 - ?
10 - B29
11 - A20
12 - SR71
13 - B52
14 - U2
16 - UH1
17 - F4
18 - F14
19 - A10
20 - wtf?


Soo...what did I miss?
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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2003, 03:24:48 PM »
Very good! No. 20 was pretty impossible if you haven't been there and don't know anything about field ambulances. :D

1.   Spad S-13 (r, s)
 2.   Boeing Stearman PT-17 (s)
 3.   North American AT-6D Texan (s)
 4.   Consolidated B-24M Liberator
 5.   North American P-51D Mustang (r)
 6.   Douglas C-47 Skytrain (s)
 7.   Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
 8.   Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
 9.   Grumman TBM-3 Avenger (s)
10.  Boeing B-29A Superfortress
11.  North American B-25J Mitchell (s)
12.  Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
13.  Boeing B-52D Stratofortress
14.  Lockheed U2-C (s)
15.  North American F-100D Super Sabre (s)
16.  Bell UH-1 Huey
17.  McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
18.  General Dynamics F-111E
19.  Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (s)
20.  Dodge T214-WC54 Ambulance
21.  Ford M718 MUTT Ambulance
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2003, 03:48:06 PM »
Trying to find a good picture of the glass memorial at the American Air Museum... anyone see one?
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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2003, 03:52:25 PM »
No. But my bro (Swoopy) and I will probably be going and we will have a digital camera - I'll take a few snaps.

Trying to decide whether take my dad and surprise him with gold passes to the display.
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« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2003, 04:22:33 PM »
12  Spits!!

The Bish will be there?
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« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2003, 06:10:37 PM »
I hope to be there on the Sunday.
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« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2003, 06:13:17 PM »
No P-38? LOL WHAT A CRAPPY AIRSHOW
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« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2003, 06:36:38 PM »
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1930's Nimrod


This is the July picture on my Ghosts Calendar. I'm wondering what a Nimrod means to you all in GB, cause I would hate to be called a Nimrod here in the States.
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« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2003, 12:42:29 AM »
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Originally posted by Animal
No P-38? LOL WHAT A CRAPPY AIRSHOW


we burned them all cause they weighed less than a duck


and when they are all in the air at the same time at the end of the show is amazing:eek:
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