My WW2 Weekend in Reading PA (pick heavy)

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 05:22 PM

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.

HunterICX · 06-08-08, 05:53 PM

Niiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!!!!

thanks for sharing the pictures

could you post the ones with the B-17?
and where there other bomber birds there?

HunterICX

ReallyDedPoet · 06-08-08, 05:54 PM

Dam nice pics there AVG

Thank's for sharing

RDP

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 06:29 PM

Some more:

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.

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 06:32 PM

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

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 06:47 PM

video I hope:

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

kiwi_2005 · 06-08-08, 06:56 PM

nice pics! Especially that bomber (B17?)

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 07:21 PM

Another vid:

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

HunterICX · 06-08-08, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

nice pics! Especially that bomber (B17?)

Yep, the one and only Flying Fortress

the other underneath the B17, seems to be the B25

great thread AVG, keep injecting those nice photos

HunterICX

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 07:26 PM

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.

AVGWarhawk · 06-08-08, 07:31 PM

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

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

August · 06-08-08, 07:32 PM

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.

bradclark1 · 06-08-08, 08:54 PM

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

06-08-08, 10:04 PM

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.

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-08, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

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

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.

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.

06-08-08, 05:22 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 05:53 PM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Niiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing the pictures could you post the ones with the B-17? and where there other bomber birds there? HunterICX __________________

06-08-08, 05:54 PM	#3
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Dam nice pics there AVG Thank's for sharing RDP __________________ Back in the Day

06-08-08, 06:29 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Some more: 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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 06:32 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Here is the tank they used in Band of Brothers. Some of the actors from the movie were there as well signing autographs. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 06:47 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	video I hope: http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Weekend092.flv __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 06:56 PM	#7
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	nice pics! Especially that bomber (B17?) __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

06-08-08, 07:21 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Another vid: http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Weekend107.flv __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 07:26 PM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 07:31 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Cool video here. The Val is trailing smoke and two corsairs are on his six: http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Weekend123.flv __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-08-08, 07:32 PM	#12
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-08-08, 08:54 PM	#13
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Anybody know what the scooter(?) is down the line of bikes? __________________

06-08-08, 10:04 PM	#14
darius359au Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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.