WW2 Weekend 2010 A LOT OF PICS!
 

My daughters and I enjoyed another day at WW2 Weekend. This year the Memphis Belle was present. A special treat....a Lancaster from Canada. :yeah:

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Seebees represented this year:

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Radial close up:

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Some iron from England:

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And of course my favorite:

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Sadly the rains came and we had to go. However, we did see the following aircraft fly;

P-40 (one beautiful aircraft)
Dauntless
Super Marine Spitfire (extremely fast and agile. Beautiful)
Corsair
Mustang
Texan

Alas we will go again next year and hopefully have better weather.

Beautiful stuff, two lovely bombers there, some great mud movers from the Seabees, a lovely classic Brit bike and the P-40 to boot.

Looked like a great show, shame about the rain but at least you got to see the Memphis Belle :yeah:

What is even more amazing is the F14 Tomcat was the same size of the B-17 yet carried only two!


From my daughters camera:

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As is your standard. Great Pics. Thx for sharing AVG. :salute:

A little something to give back to you for your sharing and knowing how you feel about the P-40 and the AVG.


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Lovely, lovely Lanc. :sunny:

I had my picture taken with 'Picadilly Lily' from the TV series 12 O'Clock High, back when I was ten or so. I've seen lots of B-17s and a couple of B-24s, but never got that close to a Lancaster.

Thanks for the pictures.

Not only that but it carries twice the payload as the old Fort! :DL

Fantastic pictures btw...

:yeah:Awesome the Memphis Belle, and a Lancaster now thats a treat to have both of them at the same place.

thanks for sharing AVG!

HunterICX

Your a lucky bugga...I'd love to be able to visit one of those events....ta for sharing http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

Actually Jim when I took the picture of the Lanc and the British motorcycle I thought of you. Then I found out the Lanc was from Canada and I though of Kevin (RDP) :up: The Supermarine Spitfire is absolutely beautiful. She is fast as hell. The Rolls Royce engine just sings. When you are 20 feet away and she is firing on all 12....you know it. What an aircraft!

The link shows the The Jacky C from NY....the one in the picture is the Jacky C from NY! :DL I spoke with the pilot. Nice fella. He flew her in that morning. We watched her fly. What a plane. I was glad to have my daughters see her fly because one day she will be grounded for good.

I do have video but have not been able to upload yet.

I knew the Lanc was coming and that was a treat for sure. I have never seen one in person. The Memphis Belle was a surprise. It was great to see this B-17 also. The Lancaster is a very menacing aircraft. But she is also beautiful as well. The tailgun set up is quite unique.

The line to get inside the Lanc was quite long. I asked my girls if they were interested in getting in but they declined. She looks menacing I guess. Beautiful plane.

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The Corsair Marines Dream...pilots who did fly the Corsair signed one of the landing gear covers. Kind of cool:

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Nice pics! :yeah: Thanks for sharing.
Did you see the Lancaster fly?
To hear those four Rolls-Royce Merlins would have been pretty awesome.

To bad you didn't have a chance to go in.

I got to go inside the one at the RAF Museum in Hendon(north of London) with a group I was with back in 1991. I consider it a highlight of my life. We also went in the B-17 there as well. The difference in roominess inside was startling.

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It is unfortunate I did not get to hear her engines come to life. She was parked on the tarmac for people to see the insides. Even so, it as great to see the Lanc in person. I have never seen one. She is quite beautiful and I like her lines.

Those Planes and Vehicles are Treasures teeming with History.

I hope they will last forever.

If only they could talk.

If only they could Firewall, the tales they could tell.

What a beautiful line up. :yeah:

Is that a C-47 there too? What a bird she is! :up: