WW2 Weekend 2011

[AVGWarhawk]

My first lot goes to Jim. Mark 18 Spitfire:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011101.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011103.jpg

Your's truly:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011106.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011108.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011112.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011111.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011113.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011104.jpg

Eventually I had to let the pilot take his plane and power by me at 400kts. This Merlin is a screamer.

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/?action=view&current=Spitfire.mp4

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/?action=view&current=Spitfire2.mp4

This aircraft is a absolute piece of work. I marvelled at it for quite sometime. The Merlin is nothing but raw power. Simply amazing! So much so I picked up a Spitty t-shirt.


Next up and one aircraft I have not seen operate...Wilcat/FM-2:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011137.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011138.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011135.jpg

Here is this bird starting:

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/?action=view&current=WildcatFM2.mp4

Here is me and the wife eating the prop wash!!!

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/?action=view&current=Wildcatprop.mp4

Next up...B-29 FIFI! New plane for me to see operate as well:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011134.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011122.jpg


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011131.jpg

New this year is the Curtis Pusher. The first aircraft to grab a line on a flight deck!

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011119.jpg

Another aircraft of interest:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011130.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011129.jpg

Steerman radial:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011160.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011158.jpg


There was the other aircraft most of you have seen from my previous years postings of WW2 Weekend. All the trainers, Corsairs, P-51's, B-17's, B-25's and scouting aircraft. I found it interesting that a few from England and France came specifically to this event so they could take a flight on the aircraft offering flights. Which is basically all of them. Now that is true fan to fly across the pond to take another flight into the 40's.

[TarJak]

Nice shots AVG. Love the close ups! What rig are you shooting these days?

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice shots AVG. Love the close ups! What rig are you shooting these days?


It is a 5 year old $100.00 digital camera. :up: The close up are great because I'm standing close up! :DL When the aircraft operate you can be as close as 20 feet. You get full effect of exhaust smell, sound and propwash. :up:

[CaptainMattJ.]

Well, ill be damned.

id put my 2 cents on the second to last aircraft being a C-47.

[Stealhead]

Nice pics AVG


The C-46 can fool an observer sometimes it has a more "greenhouse" style cockpit and the C-46 also has a much more rounded tail as well and fatter fuselage.The C-46 is also a bit larger than the C-47.

C-46 top C-47 bottom. The C-46 saw much more use in the PTO and CBI(the Hump) because it had longer range and better cargo capacity.

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m567/donkeyyakov/c-46_2.jpg


http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m567/donkeyyakov/C47.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

WOW! I haven't been to a good airshow in more than a decade. Great planes, great pics! :rock:

This Merlin is a screamer.[/quote[
Mk 18? Shouldn't that be a Griffon?

[quote]New this year is the Curtis Pusher. The first aircraft to grab a line on a flight deck!
Replica I hope. I did see a restored one at the San Diego Air Museum, but it didn't fly.

And it's good to see a Curtiss Commando. I built the old Williams Bros model once, but never saw a real one.

[Oberon]

Wow, don't see many C-46s still around, not to mention flying, very nice, and fantastic to see the B-29 flying too, and a Spitfire is always a treat :03: Mark XVIII would probably be a Griffon engine though, I think they went over to Griffons after the Mk XI.

[AVGWarhawk]

@Steve:

This is a pic of the actual Spitfire at the show:

http://www.maam.org/wwii/images/spitfire1.jpg

SUPERMARINE
SPITFIRE MkXVIII

http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/garywatson/spitfireth.jpg SM969 (http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/garywatson/spitfire.jpg)
SM969N969SMMk.XVIIIeJim Beasley, Pennsylvania, USA.

Built Keevil in mid 1945. To 6 MU on August 30th 1945. Shipped to Royal Indian Air Force as HS877 in 1946. Crashed during aerobatics killing pilot on December 12th 1946. Wreck returned to UK on July 1978. Sold to Doug Arnold and rebuilt at Blackbushe for Warbirds of Great Britain. First flight on October 12th 1985, registered G-BRAF. Left UK shortly after Arnold's death in late 1992 and sold to USA. To Flying A services on May 1998. This aircraft was aquired by The Fighter Collection at Duxford in April 2006 and shipped to Duxford to start its restoration to flight. Re-traction tests on the undercarriage on 4-5-08 in the TFC hanger (see photo). Restoration finished in 2008 and painted in No 28 Sqn markings. Sold to Jim Beasley (American warbird pilot) in late 2008 and to be registered as N969SM. SM969 made its post-restoration flight in Pennsylvania on 21.12.08. This Spitfire had not flown since 1992.
(photo taken in the TFC Hangar at Duxford on 4th May 2008 by Gary Watson)


Steve is absolutley correct! I heard the announcer wrong. I suspect he was talking about all of the engine offerings in the Spits over the course of the war.

Click link. On the right is list of videos. #3 is this exact bird and it states Griffon engine run up. :up:

http://wn.com/Supermarine_Spitfire_Mk_XVIII

[Gerald]

Very nice picture, :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice pics AVG


The C-46 can fool an observer sometimes it has a more "greenhouse" style cockpit and the C-46 also has a much more rounded tail as well and fatter fuselage.The C-46 is also a bit larger than the C-47.

C-46 top C-47 bottom. The C-46 saw much more use in the PTO and CBI(the Hump) because it had longer range and better cargo capacity.

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m567/donkeyyakov/c-46_2.jpg


http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m567/donkeyyakov/C47.jpg


Yup, she was the top picture. Short and fat plane! Looked like a 47 on steroids. :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

Replica I hope. I did see a restored one at the San Diego Air Museum, but it didn't fly.

And it's good to see a Curtiss Commando. I built the old Williams Bros model once, but never saw a real one.

Yes sir. Replica. She did fly and came sputtering by to her display area. Last year would mark 100 years since the pusher had flown off and landed on a deck of a carrier.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Curtiss_Pusher_Naval_Aviation_100_Years_203574-1.html

[danasan]

Very impressive shots here. From what I have read a while ago, the B 29 "FIFI" could be the only one still in action.

[Jimbuna]

My first lot goes to Jim. Mark 18 Spitfire:

Your's truly:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011106.jpg




Thanks Chris, I feel honoured mate :salute:

I meant to ask you the other day on my diecast thread if you were due to go to any displays soon because you always put up an excellent set of photos :rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

Pleasure was all mine Jim. My first thought was to get some nice shots for you.

This aircraft is a true piece of art in motion. The lines scream fluid motion. If anyone were to ask me what the British had built right I would immediately say the Spitfire. What an incredible machine. The owner/pilot Jim Beasley is not afraid to open her up either. His on the deck balls out pass is a sight/sound/feeling to experience. It climbs like a bat out of hell! It leaves nothing to the imagination that the Hun would run from this warbird. I was also astonished to see that the control surfaces are in fact canvas. Take a close look at the tail. :03: What a gorgeous aircraft. For me the Spit is on the same level of cool/graceful scale as the P-40. Glad you enjoyed them!

[AVGWarhawk]

Very impressive shots here. From what I have read a while ago, the B 29 "FIFI" could be the only one still in action.

Could be. I'm not sure. I can say she lumbers down the runway and the engines are extremely loud. It was great to see one inflight as with all the warbirds.

[Schroeder]

I still think that the Wildcat gets the price for the ugliest aircraft ever.:dead:

Nice shots by the way.:yeah:
Could use more Me 109s, but still.:O::D

[Jimbuna]

Pleasure was all mine Jim. My first thought was to get some nice shots for you.

This aircraft is a true piece of art in motion. The lines scream fluid motion. If anyone were to ask me what the British had built right I would immediately say the Spitfire. What an incredible machine. The owner/pilot Jim Beasley is not afraid to open her up either. His on the deck balls out pass is a sight/sound/feeling to experience. It climbs like a bat out of hell! It leaves nothing to the imagination that the Hun would run from this warbird. I was also astonished to see that the control surfaces are in fact canvas. Take a close look at the tail. :03: What a gorgeous aircraft. For me the Spit is on the same level of cool/graceful scale as the P-40. Glad you enjoyed them!

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee360/colslife/Spitfire2002.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Yes sir. Replica. She did fly and came sputtering by to her display area. Last year would mark 100 years since the pusher had flown off and landed on a deck of a carrier.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Curtiss_Pusher_Naval_Aviation_100_Years_203574-1.html
Absolutely amazing video. I own a couple of books on Glenn Curtiss and his aircraft, and this is my favorite period of aviation history. If I were ever to own and fly a plane it would probably be an ultralite, just because they represent the modern descendents of those planes.


Thanks for that.




Oh crap! Went looking and found this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHrxxyBPaY4

this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k854UKAKL1w

this one's pretty cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnmGZwl5wkU

[BossMark]

Wow what bloody marvellous pics AVG well done sir :salute:

[Raptor1]

I still think that the Wildcat gets the price for the ugliest aircraft ever.:dead:


Ehum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F3F).

Oh, excellent pictures.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Wish there were some FW 190s or a BF 109

Maybe even a corsair :)

[AVGWarhawk]

Wish there were some FW 190s or a BF 109

Maybe even a corsair :)

There was corsairs and P-51. I had posted pictures from previous years of the same aircraft. I only posted new aircraft this year. :up:



Here is Airboss:

http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Warhawk1-avg/?action=view&current=WW2Weekend2011145.mp4

[Spyguy101]

I knew I should of gone today :damn:

[AVGWarhawk]

I still think that the Wildcat gets the price for the ugliest aircraft ever.:dead:

Nice shots by the way.:yeah:
Could use more Me 109s, but still.:O::D


I think after seeing the wildcat in person it is a nice looking plane. She is raw power as well.

Here she is on a fly by:

http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Warhawk1-avg/?action=view&current=WW2Weekend2011146.mp4

[Sailor Steve]

I knew I should of gone today :damn:
Mayhap you should of went. Sorry, my grammar-sickness kicked in. It's "should have". :sunny:

[nikimcbee]

I with they'd do something like that out here. Great pictures:salute:.

[AVGWarhawk]

It really is a great show. The museum does a nice job with it all.

[Schroeder]

I think after seeing the wildcat in person it is a nice looking plane. She is raw power as well.

Well to me it's ugly and missing any form of elegance that the Mustangs, Airacobras and 109s have. It's just a garbage can with a rectangular metal plank punched through it and a big engine.
But it's all a matter of taste.:O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Well to me it's ugly and missing any form of elegance that the Mustangs, Airacobras and 109s have. It's just a garbage can with a rectangular metal plank punched through it and a big engine.
But it's all a matter of taste.:O:

The Wildcat can not be compared to the likes of Mustangs, Aircobras or 109s! These aircraft's roots started somewhere and often as an ugly duckling. The Wildcat transformed into this:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Riverside2007/Highlights/Minzi07.jpg

http://airpower-aviation.com/images/aircraft/cats.jpg

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. To me....nothing beats this:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jpOFRESTPKQ/TUR7oU4-sHI/AAAAAAAAAeI/TS0oZRMdfTo/s1600/flying-tiger-theme-eight.jpg

Was she the best for air to air combat? Not always but in the right hands she was formidable.

[MH]

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Fighters/AmericanProps/GlacierGirlCloseup.jpg


http://military.discovery.com/tv/showdown/wallpaper/images/p-38-lighting-showdown-air-combat-1280.jpg


http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Fighters/AmericanProps/P38LandingChino2006.jpg

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2009-8/2/55923.jpg



My favorite - p38 lightning.
Soomday Want to build model of it from scratch and want it to be BIG :D

[Jimbuna]

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC SHOTS ON THIS THREAD!! :rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

Some of my favorites from my own $100.00 digital camera!

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010009.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010051.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010028.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010016.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010101-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Woah!!

A Lanc? :o

[AVGWarhawk]

Woah!!

A Lanc? :o

yes sir. She was there last year!

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010038.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010037.jpg


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010031.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010062.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010063.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010031.jpg


I did not get to see her operate though.

[AVGWarhawk]

(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010038.jpg)http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010038.jpg

[Gerald]

Excellent pictures, :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

This was neat...the Corsair owner let vets that flew in the Pacific sign the wheel flap.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2010007.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

This was a tank used in the movie, "Band of Brothers." This was there the very first year I attended WW2 Weekend.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WWIIWeekend070.jpg (http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WWIIWeekend070.jpg)

[AVGWarhawk]

This P-40 was the first I have seen operate in person. The owner/pilot was the nicest gentleman I spoke with. We talked about the aircraft for a good 30 minutes. He enjoyed sharing his 'toy' with me. Said to say not but 8 months later he was at an airshow in NY. He went down in the Hudson. His body and plane never recovered.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WWIIWeekend032.jpg

[Jimbuna]

yes sir. She was there last year!

I did not get to see her operate though.

Yes I remember now...not many of them left :nope:

[Sailor Steve]

Glad I have a Terrabyet hard drive to save all these on. :sunny:
This was neat...the Corsair owner let vets that flew in the Pacific sign the wheel flap.
"Let"? I'm sure he was highly honored. :rock:

[GoldenRivet]

I used to work with one of FiFi's pilots.

nice guy, i never scored a ride though.

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes I remember now...not many of them left :nope:


Sad to say I did not see them run up the engines. It was looking like rain and did it rain. My daughters and I made it to our car just as it hit. She is a beautiful bomber.



"Let"? I'm sure he was highly honored. :rock:


I'm thinking you are correct. :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

I used to work with one of FiFi's pilots.

nice guy, i never scored a ride though.


She is very loud and lumbers down the runway. She used just about all of it in the takeoff run. It was great to see one actually fly. I have seen the Enola Gay at the Hazy museum. Not quite the same as she sit silently with the other aircraft. Not sure if flying her again is a good thing. I can say that all walks of life were taking plenty of pictures of her.

[AVGWarhawk]

Steve,

I went through my pictures and this one my daughter had taken the same day. Much closer and can read more names/squadrons. Can see Pappy's wingman signature!

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010012-1.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

A few more I have not posted in past postings:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010050-1.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010049-1.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010110-2.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Everything was going great then the darn Germans showed up...


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend108.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Steve,

I went through my pictures and this one my daughter had taken the same day. Much closer and can read more names/squadrons. Can see Pappy's wingman signature!
Wow.

Just...wow. :yep: :rock:

[HunterICX]

Great shots!

a Lanc and a B-17 at the same spot..you lucky dog! :rock:

HunterICX

[Schroeder]

Everything was going great then the darn Germans showed up...



Did someone call me?:O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Yea..they were all:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend107.jpg

then they were like:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend110.jpg


And the British were like:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010008.jpg


and the USA was like:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010013.jpg

meahwhile the Germans thought it was in the bag...

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010001.jpg


But us Allies decoded everything...


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010025.jpg


Then the USA rolled in with this

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010054.jpg


and some of these:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010059.jpg


It was a group effort:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010072.jpg


The Germans fought back...even with their school buses!

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010111.jpg


The Allies prevailed and we all began wearing silly hats and shirts with total disregard for anything.


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WW2Weekend2011123.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Class post Chris :yeah:

[AdeptCharge]

Class post Chris :yeah:Personal terms given the friendly nomenclature. Class?? hmm...Fascinating - pictures with words. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Personal terms given the friendly nomenclature. Class?? hmm...Fascinating - pictures with words. :hmmm:

Pardon?

[nikimcbee]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/CayseyWW2Weekend2010001.jpg

Is that Farve in the officer's cap?:o

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, and his nose tackle on the left.

[CCIP]

Awesome posts!


I believe I'll be seeing the same Lancaster (and possibly some of these other planes too) at the very warbird-oriented airshow here this weekend. Mind if I also post my pictures here instead of making a different thread, since it's kind of similar thime? :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Please do CCIP. I would love to see the aircraft you will be seeing at the event you are attending! :yeah:

[CCIP]

Bump!

Nothing overly fancy, but I'll start off with a few I got this weekend at the Hamilton Airshow that was squarely focused on warbirds this year!

In honour of the anniversary of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, they had a whole 8 flying Harvards (the Canadian designation for AT-6 Texan) flying this year...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h08.jpg

Fairey Firefly. Doesn't it look just like an oversized Spitfire?
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h12.jpg

deHavilland Chipmunk. One of the many Commonwealth Training planes present...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h13.jpg


Beech 18 and DC-3
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h14.jpg

Lovely flying PBY
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h15.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h17.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h16.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h20.jpg

C-47
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h27.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h32.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h28.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h29.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h30.jpg

And on the other side of it, probably the star of this particular show, the only flying Lancaster on this side of the world!

[CCIP]

Lancaster...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h18.jpg

Touring the (really cramped! :o ) interior, starting with the BN's dome - and the formation of Harvards warming up on the other side of the lot.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h21.jpg

Cockpit
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h22.jpg

From the navigator's cupola - looking forward
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h23.jpg
Left
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h25.jpg
Right
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h24.jpg

Center turret
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h26.jpg

I should have more pics of this one later...

Meanwhile nearby, a pair of flying B-17s are camped out as well (Memphis Belle and Chuckie)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h31.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h34.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h33.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h39.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h40.jpg

Peeking inside

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h42.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h73.jpg

[CCIP]

B-25 (Hot Gen) nearby
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h43.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h46.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h48.jpg

A look inside:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h50.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h51.jpg

The business end:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h53.jpg

Squadron insignia:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h52.jpg

Right next to them, this incidental visitor looks totally in the wrong time period :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h49.jpg

Meanwhile across the ramp
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h37.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h36.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h35.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h44.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h45.jpg

Harvards taxiing out for their warmup:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h54.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h56.jpg

Loudest planes at the show, surprisingly!
I also have trouble dissociating them with Zeroes from Tora! Tora! Tora! (where modified AT-6s were used at stand-ins for them). They put on a great aerobatic show later in the day.

[Sailor Steve]

Oooooh, lovely! Thanks, George. :rock:

[CCIP]

Gearing up the wildcat for flight

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h58.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h59.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h60.jpg

A lovely Spitfire!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h66.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h63.jpg

Helldiver

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h67.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h69.jpg

Dive flaps

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h70.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h71.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h72.jpg

[CCIP]

This Skyraider's not WWII, but sure looks like she could be! One of my favourite planes ever, too :yep:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h68.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h75.jpg

A very cool desert Hurri

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h74.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h76.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h77.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h78.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h79.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h80.jpg



Corsair

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h81.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h82.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h84.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h85.jpg

The Pony

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h90.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h83.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h89.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h88.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h87.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h86.jpg

[CCIP]

Warhawk

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h91.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h92.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h93.jpg

Oh, and here come the flying Harvards!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h94.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h95.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h96.jpg

Lysander

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h97.jpg

And this is not WWII, but ain't it just extremely cool to see these in flying shape (even if replicas)?

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h03.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h01.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h07.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h06.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h05.jpg

And this last one is apparently not a replica but an original 1-1/2 Strutter (albeit heavily restored)!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h04.jpg

Nothing quite as cool as seeing this in the air... (sorry for the blurry quality!)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/g24-1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/g25.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/g26.jpg

Almost an unreal sight!

[Sailor Steve]

This Skyraider's not WWII, but sure looks like she could be!
That's because actually she is. First test flight was March 18, 1945 and first deliveries began in December 1946. While the plane didn't see service until after the war, she was designed and tested in that timeframe, which makes her very much part of the era. :sunny:

[CCIP]

Good catch Steve! Didn't know she was actually flying before WWII ended, I actually thought that happened later.

So yes, I spent the weekend groping planes of all ages :D

From this...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h02.jpg

To this...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h61.jpg

To this!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/g16.jpg

Very happy needless to say :yep:

More pics including flying ones coming later, need to retrieve them from another camera!

[TarJak]

Great shots guys. This thread's a keeper! Added to my subscribed threads.:yeah:

[Egan]

Wow, George, That was one heck of a show!

Those WW1 aircraft look so small, don't they? Beautiful though.

Some great shots there and some great aircraft. I have a real soft spot for the USN carrier aircraft. The Wildcat and Helldiver in particular.

[AVGWarhawk]

Great shots George! The Lancaster looks to be the same I have seen. She is menacing to say the least. The Helldiver is the one that attends WW2 Weekend. The Warhawk is beautiful! :D I love the WW1 bird shots. Gives you an idea how far aircraft engineering has come. Your show is a lot like mine. Hands on! Get right up to the aircraft and count the rivets if you want. I have not seen a PBY or Hurricane operate. That must have been a special treat. Now, with all that hair on your head I recommend the open cockpit Sopwith for you. Looks to have been a great show! Thanks for sharing! :yeah:

[Penguin]

Thanks for the great pictures! :salute:
Those shots have some great angles and reveal some cool details of the planes!

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h22.jpg


And with the original 1941 Mk. 1 Garmin, too!!! If only that'd been available all those years ago :yep:

Fantastic thread. When I used to go to airshows, anything with props used to bore me - I just wanted jets, and jets with afterburners at that (Buccanneers, Harriers and Vulcans excepted!). Now I'm mellowing in my middle-age, I see the beauty in all aircraft, old and new, civil and military.

Thanks guys. :DL

[HunterICX]

Great shots CCIP :yeah:

thanks for sharing

HunterICX

[TLAM Strike]

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/h85.jpg

Very nice looking, sort of unusual to see any surviving period aircraft with a FAA Pacific roundel. :hmmm:

The RN might need this one back soon... :haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Very nice looking, sort of unusual to see any surviving period aircraft with a FAA Pacific roundel. :hmmm:

The RN might need this one back soon... :haha:

Nah, it's okay, we've nowhere to put it. :nope:

[CCIP]

That Corsair put on an awesome show, too. I was really impressed with how much power that thing has for a WWII plane - climbed like it weighed nothing.

[TLAM Strike]

Nah, it's okay, we've nowhere to put it. :nope:

Tie a wire across the deck of HMS Ocean so it can land aboad. ;)

[Jimbuna]

Cool shots :sunny:

[AVGWarhawk]

That Corsair put on an awesome show, too. I was really impressed with how much power that thing has for a WWII plane - climbed like it weighed nothing.


Two Corsairs chasing a Japanese bomber at our WW2 Weekend. :D


http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/?action=view&current=WWIIWeekend123.mp4


And yes, some of these aircraft are pure power. :up: It must be a thrill to fly one.

[CCIP]

Very nice! :DL

Not my video obviously, but a great summary of the flying action on the same day as I was there (shot from pretty close to where I was camped out, too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBdSsqIeM8

[AVGWarhawk]

Looked like a fantastic show and a great day George. I love going to WW2 Weekend. Just a lot of fun. The best part is the pilots/aircraft owners love to share their toys. Everyone I have spoken with is always super friendly and love to show the plane. The videos are great but do little justice to the sound these open pipe engines make. They thunder by on the deck making quite a sound! I wish I could have seen the Lancaster operate when she was at our show. She is a neat aircraft.