WW2 Weekend 2010 A LOT OF PICS! - Page 2

AVGWarhawk · 06-07-10, 07:55 AM

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

sharkbit · 06-07-10, 11:13 AM

Nice pics!

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.

AVGWarhawk · 06-07-10, 11:21 AM

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.

FIREWALL · 06-07-10, 11:28 AM

Those Planes and Vehicles are Treasures teeming with History.

I hope they will last forever.

If only they could talk.

Oberon · 06-07-10, 11:42 AM

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

What a beautiful line up.

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

AVGWarhawk · 06-07-10, 01:22 PM

There was three C-47 present.

Platapus · 06-07-10, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

There was three C-47 present.

I don't believe in "bucket lists" but if I did, riding in a DC-3/C-47 would be one of them. Flying one would be better, but just taking a ride would be swell.

AVGWarhawk · 06-07-10, 03:40 PM

The DC-3/C-47 were certianly the workhorses. 2008 show.

Oberon · 06-07-10, 05:25 PM

Beautiful stuff. I must admit I'd love a ride in one myself...and...a little more strangely...I'd like to do a paradrop from one. Dunno why...it's just something I'd like to do.

Oberon · 06-07-10, 05:29 PM

I just suddenly remembered that I have two pics of C-47s on my gallery taken by my grandfather

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On board the C-47s bound for Haifa from Bengahzi, May 1947

Disembarking in Palestine, 1947

AVGWarhawk · 06-07-10, 07:43 PM

Some video from my daughters. I think they live a charmed life!

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d2010097-1.flv

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d2010093-1.flv

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d2010090-1.flv

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...WW22010069.flv

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...WW22010088.flv

DarkFish · 06-07-10, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Beautiful stuff. I must admit I'd love a ride in one myself...and...a little more strangely...I'd like to do a paradrop from one. Dunno why...it's just something I'd like to do.

You should have been in Arnhem last September on the Battle of Arnhem memorial with IIRC some 1000 parachutists. They mostly jumped from C-130's, but there also were a couple of flights with C-47s.

There were even some Brits jumping in original uniforms

Unfortunately I forgot to take my camera so I haven't got any pictures of the droppings myself

TarJak · 06-07-10, 10:32 PM

Nice pics AVG. Thanks for sharing.

nikimcbee · 06-08-10, 01:18 AM

Great pix! You need to come out here and visit me so you can ride on the pt-boat.

Sailor Steve · 06-08-10, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I don't believe in "bucket lists" but if I did, riding in a DC-3/C-47 would be one of them. Flying one would be better, but just taking a ride would be swell.

My dad started his airline career in 1952 flying DC-3s up and down the California coast. I don't remember riding in one then but when I was thirteen I joined the cadet program of the Civil Air Patrol. They wrangled us a ride in a C-47, which in 1963 was still active with the Air National Guard.

06-07-10, 07:55 AM	#16
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The Corsair Marines Dream...pilots who did fly the Corsair signed one of the landing gear covers. Kind of cool: __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-07-10, 11:13 AM	#17
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Nice pics! 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. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

06-07-10, 11:21 AM	#18
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-07-10, 11:28 AM	#19
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Those Planes and Vehicles are Treasures teeming with History. I hope they will last forever. If only they could talk. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-07-10, 01:22 PM	#21
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	There was three C-47 present. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-07-10, 11:42 AM	#20
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	If only they could Firewall, the tales they could tell. What a beautiful line up. Is that a C-47 there too? What a bird she is!

06-07-10, 03:40 PM	#23
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The DC-3/C-47 were certianly the workhorses. 2008 show. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-07-10, 05:25 PM	#24
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Beautiful stuff. I must admit I'd love a ride in one myself...and...a little more strangely...I'd like to do a paradrop from one. Dunno why...it's just something I'd like to do.

06-07-10, 05:29 PM	#25
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I just suddenly remembered that I have two pics of C-47s on my gallery taken by my grandfather : On board the C-47s bound for Haifa from Bengahzi, May 1947 Disembarking in Palestine, 1947

06-07-10, 07:43 PM	#26
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Some video from my daughters. I think they live a charmed life! http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d2010097-1.flv http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d2010093-1.flv http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d2010090-1.flv http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...WW22010069.flv http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...WW22010088.flv __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-07-10, 10:32 PM	#28
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Nice pics AVG. Thanks for sharing.

06-08-10, 01:18 AM	#29
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Great pix! You need to come out here and visit me so you can ride on the pt-boat. __________________