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Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: aSTAR on October 30, 2003, 02:30:23 AM

My trip last summer.

MANY THANKS to my SON Len (psycho001)

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Title: OOPS!
Post by: aSTAR on October 30, 2003, 02:31:25 AM

FORGOT the WEB site.

http://www.mts.net/~lcymbal/index.html

Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: Gixer on October 30, 2003, 05:21:51 AM

Nice pics.


...-Gixer
~Hells Angels~

Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: gofaster on October 30, 2003, 08:59:03 AM

Nice collection in that hangar!

Loved this quote:

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Just this past summer of 2003 Ed got to experience a thrill many will never have the opportunity to, and that was a number of flights in a P51D owned by his flying buddy Chuck Greenhill. Ed's comment after flying the P51 was WOW, imagine pulling out of a split-S at 400 knots and 6Gs, lower Gs than when flying aerobatics, but Oh what a rush………..

Interesting camo schemes on Geraldine and Lou IV.  What theatres are they supposed to represent?

Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: crabofix on October 30, 2003, 09:18:48 AM

Nice shoot of the Gunbay thanx!!

Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: Engine on October 30, 2003, 09:53:55 AM

Wow, it's not illegal to fly with live ammo?

Title: How True. Engine.
Post by: aSTAR on October 30, 2003, 11:23:30 AM

It is my error, Iwas so excited about the
web site I missinformed that.
GOOD catch, thanks.

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Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: cpxxx on October 30, 2003, 11:24:00 AM

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Originally posted by gofaster
Nice collection in that hangar!


Interesting camo schemes on Geraldine and Lou IV.  What theatres are they supposed to represent?

The colour schemes are based on that that of the 361st Fighter Group based in Bottisham in Cambridgeshire in England.  Geraldine has the more accurate scheme of the two. Lou IV was the mount of the CO of the 361st, Col. Tom Christian.  Lou IV's blue scheme arose from a famous sequence of air to air colour Kodachrome shots which were often printed with a distinct blue cast.  In fact the actual colour used was probably Olive Drab as seen on Geraldine.  Having said that this is still subject to some controversy. Some suggested insignia blue, darker than that on Lou IV, was used at one point when supplies of OD was low.  I find that hard to believe, let's face it. When was the US Army ever short of Olive Drab? :rofl

Title: Thanks CPxxx
Post by: aSTAR on October 30, 2003, 03:52:37 PM

TY, was going to rserch that.

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Title: P51D Excitement Adventure.
Post by: aSTAR on November 01, 2003, 08:20:51 PM

Many thanks to the nice responces:)
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