Lancaster...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/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/p...pb2006/h21.jpg

Cockpit
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h22.jpg

From the navigator's cupola - looking forward
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h23.jpg
Left
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h25.jpg
Right
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h24.jpg

Center turret
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/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/p...pb2006/h31.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h34.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h33.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h39.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h40.jpg

Peeking inside

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h42.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h73.jpg

B-25 (Hot Gen) nearby
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h43.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h46.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h48.jpg

A look inside:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h50.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h51.jpg

The business end:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h53.jpg

Squadron insignia:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h52.jpg

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

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h49.jpg

Meanwhile across the ramp
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h37.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h36.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h35.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h44.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h45.jpg

Harvards taxiing out for their warmup:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h54.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/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.

Oooooh, lovely! Thanks, George. :rock:

Gearing up the wildcat for flight

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h58.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h59.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h60.jpg

A lovely Spitfire!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h66.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h63.jpg

Helldiver

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h67.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h69.jpg

Dive flaps

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h70.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h71.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h72.jpg

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/p...pb2006/h68.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h75.jpg

A very cool desert Hurri

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h74.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h76.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h77.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h78.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h79.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h80.jpg



Corsair

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h81.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h82.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h84.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h85.jpg

The Pony

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h90.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h83.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h89.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h88.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h87.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h86.jpg

Warhawk

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h91.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h92.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h93.jpg

Oh, and here come the flying Harvards!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h94.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h95.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h96.jpg

Lysander

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/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/p...pb2006/h03.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h01.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h07.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h06.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/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/p...pb2006/h04.jpg

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

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...2006/g24-1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/g25.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/g26.jpg

Almost an unreal sight!

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:

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/p...pb2006/h02.jpg

To this...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/h61.jpg

To this!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...pb2006/g16.jpg

Very happy needless to say :yep:

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

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

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.

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:

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

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

Great shots CCIP :yeah:

thanks for sharing

HunterICX

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:

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.

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

Cool shots :sunny:

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


http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Weekend123.mp4


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