WW2 Weekend 2011

[AVGWarhawk]

My first lot goes to Jim. Mark 18 Spitfire:





Your's truly:













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/q...t=Spitfire.mp4

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...=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:







Here is this bird starting:

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...WildcatFM2.mp4

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

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

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








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



Another aircraft of interest:





Steerman radial:






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.