My WW2 Weekend in Reading PA (pick heavy)
 

Three day event this past weekend. I just went one day. Plenty to see and do. I have over 123 pictures but here is just a few. Saw Val dive bomber fly, corsairs, P-40, Dauntless, P-51, B-17. If you want to see more let me know and I will post them.

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:DNiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!!!!

thanks for sharing the pictures:up:
could you post the ones with the B-17?
and where there other bomber birds there?

HunterICX

Dam nice pics there AVG :yep: Thank's for sharing :up:


RDP

Some more:



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I have video also. I was about 20 feet from the P-51 when he fired it up. Loud, obnoxious and full of power. In fact, the flight line was a 20 feet rule when these birds were operating. Needless to say you got the sight, sound and smell...not to mention my Torsk baseball cap kept blowing off.

Here is the tank they used in Band of Brothers. Some of the actors from the movie were there as well signing autographs.

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video I hope:

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Weekend092.flv

:up: nice pics! Especially that bomber (B17?)

Another vid:

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Weekend107.flv

Yep, the one and only Flying Fortress :yep:

the other underneath the B17, seems to be the B25

great thread AVG, keep injecting those nice photos:up:

HunterICX

You can take a ride in the B-17. The cost was $425.00. Believe me when I tell you she was non-stop. People were laying out the money.

Cool video here. The Val is trailing smoke and two corsairs are on his six:

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

I wouldn't pay that for a ride on a B-17 but I would pay that to take part in a reenactment parachute jump from that C-47.

Anybody know what the scooter(?) is down the line of bikes?

Its probably something like this http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/welbike.htm , there were 1/2 a dozen or so different varieties used by the allied paratroopers.

There was all different types of scooters and bikes. Even motorized bicycles. Also 4-5 variations of German bikes with sidecars. This Packard was cool.

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Inside this vehicle and the jeeps, etc. they were so simple. Speedometer and gas guage basically. Not like vehicles today with every gadget known to man. The engines were were very simple as well. Heck, even if they broke down you could find the part at a 5 and 10 store or make it yourself.