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Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 26, 2003, 05:19:07 PM
today i went to this air show thing at willow run air port. i took 40 some odd pictures and here are some.

anyone else from michigan go to this free event?

b-17 hanging out.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987414.jpg)


B-17 starting up her 4th eng getting ready for take off.


(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987559.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 26, 2003, 05:21:17 PM
this is the hanger for the b-17 turned into the eating area. also they had real pilots from ww2 there to talk to. very awsome stories!  
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987637.jpg)


(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987730.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 26, 2003, 05:22:44 PM
C-47 chilling behind the b-17
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987777.jpg)

Old Crow
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987809.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 26, 2003, 05:24:00 PM
just 2 more pics.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987854.jpg)


TBM!
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1053987888.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: hawk220 on May 26, 2003, 07:33:05 PM
Great Pix!
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: vorticon on May 26, 2003, 07:50:44 PM
cool...
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Tarmac on May 26, 2003, 10:04:05 PM
Doh, missed it.  

Got some cool pictures from their Founder's Day open house, though.  

Wish I could have made it to this, would like to have seen some of those planes.  


My Yankee AF museum pics: http://www.msu.edu/~mccar130/
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Mathman on May 26, 2003, 11:48:34 PM
I like the TBM in the Atlantic markings.  Nice break from the three-tone or overall glossy sea blue schemes you see all the time.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: boxboy28 on May 27, 2003, 09:09:09 AM
Im from Waterford Mi.  I was gonna come down with my girl friend but we were up way way too late on sunday night!
Who was the fly by?
I wanted to go Down town Detroit and watch the low level fly by down the river front.  It was supposed to be the B17,P51,TBM,  and a Korean war Jet (i forget what)
It would have been cool to see those things in Formation at 1500ft.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Ripsnort on May 27, 2003, 09:13:19 AM
Thanks for sharing! :)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: gofaster on May 27, 2003, 01:00:18 PM
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Originally posted by Mathman
I like the TBM in the Atlantic markings.  Nice break from the three-tone or overall glossy sea blue schemes you see all the time.


I agree.  Its a nice change-up and really stands out in a crowd.

About that Privateer - is it static display or did it fly in for the event?  Those things are ultra-rare.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: sling322 on May 27, 2003, 01:08:51 PM
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Originally posted by gofaster
About that Privateer - is it static display or did it fly in for the event?  Those things are ultra-rare.


Isnt the Privateer basically a B-24?  The Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX has one in pieces in one of their hangars that they are in the process of restoring.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 27, 2003, 02:03:43 PM
Quote
Originally posted by boxboy28
Im from Waterford Mi.  I was gonna come down with my girl friend but we were up way way too late on sunday night!
Who was the fly by?
I wanted to go Down town Detroit and watch the low level fly by down the river front.  It was supposed to be the B17,P51,TBM,  and a Korean war Jet (i forget what)
It would have been cool to see those things in Formation at 1500ft.



i was at work when it started and they did 2 fly-bys right over us at work! :D  there was about 8-10 planes in a lose formation. i was some p-51s. some jap planes (not sure what ones) and i want to say p47's. i was in such aww i really didnt look at the planes that close. i was just excited to hear what it would have sounded like back then as a squad was flying!  

the show as awsome, they had pilots from ww2 standing by there positions in the b17 and you could ask them questions, they also told some awsome stories!  WW2 vets were all over the place and there stories were something else. Hearing stories from someone who was there is something i will never forget!

im also going to the aug air show air display 2003 (http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airdisplay/air_display.htm)  

i'll post more pics in a second. want to down size them so its not such a load hog on this thread.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 27, 2003, 02:17:40 PM
here are some more pics

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054062773.jpg)


argh the picture site is really slow.. i'll post more later. :mad:
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: midnight Target on May 27, 2003, 03:03:42 PM
Quote
Originally posted by sling322
Isnt the Privateer basically a B-24?  The Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX has one in pieces in one of their hangars that they are in the process of restoring.


Its a B-24 with a single verticle stabilizer, basically a B-17 tail.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 27, 2003, 07:37:16 PM
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054082155.jpg)



(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054082130.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 27, 2003, 07:38:02 PM
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054082121.jpg)


(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054082112.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: vorticon on May 27, 2003, 07:39:07 PM
wow those are nice...i'll have to get me arse to a show sometime...
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 27, 2003, 07:41:31 PM
Tbm taxing to take off.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054082093.jpg)


Tbm fly by.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054082082.jpg)
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Chaos68 on May 27, 2003, 07:44:28 PM
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_69_1054062987.jpg)


I had a great time at this one, plus it was free (cant beat that price)  some people had there RC planes flying in the parking lot. its funny watchihng those things fly around.
Title: Air show (pics)
Post by: Thorns on May 27, 2003, 09:20:12 PM
Ah yes... It was a great day to attend this airshow during the day, and later that night, attend the ballet at the Million Dollar Saloon, over the bridge.  Good airshow, great ballet! ;)

Thorns