My WW2 Weekend in Reading PA (pick heavy)

bradclark1 · 06-09-08, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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.

They still have radio. I guess that was general officer privilege. (antenna centered above windshield)

Oberon · 06-09-08, 07:59 AM

Fantastic pictures, wish I could have been there, there's nothing like a front row seat to one of those birds starting up. Particularly the Mustang, that Rolls engine is a beaut

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-08, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Fantastic pictures, wish I could have been there, there's nothing like a front row seat to one of those birds starting up. Particularly the Mustang, that Rolls engine is a beaut

Front row ment front row. They had a twenty foot rule when the planes were running. So, yep, it was in your face, sight, sound and smell just 20 feet away. I will tell you, open headers off the V-12 and the radials are loud! The prop wash was something I was not expecting either.

Tchocky · 06-09-08, 08:16 AM

Is that a re-engined Fieseler Storch I see?

HunterICX · 06-09-08, 10:24 AM

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Is that a re-engined Fieseler Storch I see?

Yep, like you mention they probally changed the engine, because the rest defintly gives it away as the Fi-156

HunterICX

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-08, 11:30 AM

If I remember correctly, this plane was re-done in 1958 by the Czech's. I seem to remember that on the information board. It would explain the engine change perhaps.

kurtz · 06-09-08, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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.

They still have radio. I guess that was general officer privilege. (antenna centered above windshield)

Yes when a car was 16 valve then it meant 8 in the engine and eight in the radio

Hitman · 06-09-08, 02:45 PM

I wouldn't pay 425 bucks for a ride in a B-17, but I would have gladly paid them for a ride in the P-51

Nice pics...

bookworm_020 · 06-10-08, 02:58 AM

I'd hate to see how much they would charge for a ride in a B-29!

AVGWarhawk · 06-10-08, 05:46 AM

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I'd hate to see how much they would charge for a ride in a B-29!

I'm not aware of any B-29 still flying. I certainly would like to see one operating.

HunterICX · 06-10-08, 06:24 AM

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I'd hate to see how much they would charge for a ride in a B-29!

I'm not aware of any B-29 still flying. I certainly would like to see one operating.

the B-29 ''FiFi'' is the one airworthy...but grounded now due engine problems.

HunterICX

06-09-08, 08:16 AM	#4
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Is that a re-engined Fieseler Storch I see? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,277 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	If I remember correctly, this plane was re-done in 1958 by the Czech's. I seem to remember that on the information board. It would explain the engine change perhaps. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	I wouldn't pay 425 bucks for a ride in a B-17, but I would have gladly paid them for a ride in the P-51 Nice pics... __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I'd hate to see how much they would charge for a ride in a B-29! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

06-09-08, 07:59 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Fantastic pictures, wish I could have been there, there's nothing like a front row seat to one of those birds starting up. Particularly the Mustang, that Rolls engine is a beaut