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Title: My Sunday
Post by: Widewing on September 23, 2007, 09:26:38 PM: I spent today at a small local air show here on Long Island. Only 5 warbirds showed. A P-51D, P-40E, P-40M, FG-1D and a TBM-3. There were several SNJs, Stearmans and assorted antique biplanes.

Rides were available in a Waco and there was a twin Beech offering rides as well. However, the Beech was nearly wrecked when a sudden 20 knot crosswind gust caught it just as she lifted off. The port wing angled up to about 45 degrees and the starboard wingtip made contact with the runway. The pilot corrected and stayed airborne, but only just barely. I was standing there chatting with the Corsair pilot when we both saw the near-accident. "Jesus!" yelled the pilot, "I thought for sure we were going to witness a crash."

I snapped a photo just as the wing began to lift.. It was about 1/4 mile distant, so the image is only so-so as I was at max zoom.

The Beech went around the pattern, and the pilot carefully landed the plane (I shot video of the landing). He taxied it to parking ramp, shut down and examined the scraped and dented wingtip... It didn't fly again.

I shot about 140 photos, and about 10 minutes of digital video.

Here's a few shots, reduced in density and size for here...

The wayward Beech:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/BeechDance.jpg)

P-40E fly by:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/P-40E.jpg)

Three fighter fly by:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/FLy-By1.jpg)

(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/Fly-By2.jpg)

P-40E:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/P-40E-2.jpg)

P-51D:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/P-51D-1.jpg)

(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/P-51D-2.jpg)

FG-1D Corsair:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/FG-1D.jpg)

My regards,

Widewing
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Widewing on September 23, 2007, 09:33:37 PM: Some more images:

Various Stearmans:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/NavyStearman.jpg)

(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/USAAC-Stearman.jpg)

Allison exhaust stacks:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/Stacks.jpg)

P-40 cockpit:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/P-40Cockpit.jpg)

TBM-3:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/TBM-3.jpg)

Some stunting:
(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/GreatLakesRibbonCut.jpg)

My regards,

Widewing
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Meatwad on September 23, 2007, 09:47:05 PM: Great pictures!!!
Title: My Sunday
Post by: AirFlyer on September 23, 2007, 10:38:26 PM: Excellent pictures. :aok
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Widewing on September 23, 2007, 10:53:15 PM: Thanks for the compliments gents....

By the way, one shot I took became my new wallpaper...

(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/Desktop.jpg)

If anyone wants the image, you can get it here. (http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/Stearman-PT-17.jpg)

It's a large image/file, so it will take a few minutes to download the image using dial-up. Once you have the image, right click on it and select "Set as background". The image will be automatically resized to fit you monitor/display.

My regards,

Widewing
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Angus on September 24, 2007, 10:10:17 AM: Wonderful!
TY
Title: My Sunday
Post by: GtoRA2 on September 24, 2007, 12:42:06 PM: Awesome shots WW!!

Thanks for sharing.
Title: My Sunday
Post by: NitroFish on September 24, 2007, 02:04:17 PM: You need more icons, the bottom isn't full. :D
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Nilsen on September 24, 2007, 03:17:55 PM: nice pics.. thx for sharing :)
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Spikes on September 24, 2007, 04:03:43 PM: Geez...got enough AH icons? :D
Title: My Sunday
Post by: MjTalon on September 24, 2007, 04:19:20 PM: :aok Wonderful pictures widewing :aok . You have ALOT of destop icons' :p and i've never seen that corsair before... FG-1D?
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Widewing on September 24, 2007, 05:17:49 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SpikesX
Geez...got enough AH icons? :D

I have 4 different versions installed.... Better to compare aircraft performance over updates.

My regards,

Widewing
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Spikes on September 24, 2007, 05:27:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Widewing
I have 4 different versions installed.... Better to compare aircraft performance over updates.

My regards,

Widewing

Ohhh....no wonder you're so smart! :D
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Gianlupo on September 27, 2007, 03:12:22 AM: Quote
Originally posted by MjTalon
and i've never seen that corsair before... FG-1D?

It's a D Hog, Mj. The Corsairs built by Goodyear were designated FG instead of F4U.

Nice pictures, WW, are you going to publish them all, somewhere on the web? And what about the movies?
Title: My Sunday
Post by: pipz on September 27, 2007, 04:38:53 AM: Cool pictures!Thanks for posting them.

Pipz
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Charge on September 27, 2007, 07:09:56 AM: Nice pics! Any more of that Avenger? It would be nice to see the paint scheme.

-C+
Title: My Sunday
Post by: scottydawg on September 27, 2007, 11:14:31 AM: Great shots, Widewing!

Do you have high-res of either the three fighter flyby or the 40 stacks? I need a new desktop.
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Widewing on September 28, 2007, 07:26:31 AM: Quote
Originally posted by scottydawg
Great shots, Widewing!

Do you have high-res of either the three fighter flyby or the 40 stacks? I need a new desktop.

You can get a hi-res, 1.2 meg copy of the P-40 Allison exhaust stacks here. (http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/Stacks2.jpg)

I'll leave it up for a few days.

My regards,

Widewing
Title: My Sunday
Post by: Widewing on September 28, 2007, 07:27:42 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Charge
Nice pics! Any more of that Avenger? It would be nice to see the paint scheme.

-C+

Here's a side view....

(http://home.att.net/~ww2aviation/TBM-3A.jpg)

My regards,

Widewing
Title: My Sunday
Post by: scottydawg on September 28, 2007, 07:28:55 AM: Thanks!