WW2 Weekend 2011

[Schroeder]

I still think that the Wildcat gets the price for the ugliest aircraft ever.

Nice shots by the way.
Could use more Me 109s, but still.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Pleasure was all mine Jim. My first thought was to get some nice shots for you.

This aircraft is a true piece of art in motion. The lines scream fluid motion. If anyone were to ask me what the British had built right I would immediately say the Spitfire. What an incredible machine. The owner/pilot Jim Beasley is not afraid to open her up either. His on the deck balls out pass is a sight/sound/feeling to experience. It climbs like a bat out of hell! It leaves nothing to the imagination that the Hun would run from this warbird. I was also astonished to see that the control surfaces are in fact canvas. Take a close look at the tail. What a gorgeous aircraft. For me the Spit is on the same level of cool/graceful scale as the P-40. Glad you enjoyed them!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yes sir. Replica. She did fly and came sputtering by to her display area. Last year would mark 100 years since the pusher had flown off and landed on a deck of a carrier.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._203574-1.html

Absolutely amazing video. I own a couple of books on Glenn Curtiss and his aircraft, and this is my favorite period of aviation history. If I were ever to own and fly a plane it would probably be an ultralite, just because they represent the modern descendents of those planes.


Thanks for that.




Oh crap! Went looking and found this


this


this one's pretty cool

[BossMark]

Wow what bloody marvellous pics AVG well done sir

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

I still think that the Wildcat gets the price for the ugliest aircraft ever.

Ehum.

Oh, excellent pictures.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Wish there were some FW 190s or a BF 109

Maybe even a corsair

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

Wish there were some FW 190s or a BF 109

Maybe even a corsair

There was corsairs and P-51. I had posted pictures from previous years of the same aircraft. I only posted new aircraft this year.



Here is Airboss:

http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...end2011145.mp4

[Spyguy101]

I knew I should of gone today

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

I still think that the Wildcat gets the price for the ugliest aircraft ever.

Nice shots by the way.
Could use more Me 109s, but still.

I think after seeing the wildcat in person it is a nice looking plane. She is raw power as well.

Here she is on a fly by:

http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...end2011146.mp4

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Spyguy101

I knew I should of gone today

Mayhap you should of went. Sorry, my grammar-sickness kicked in. It's "should have".

[nikimcbee]

I with they'd do something like that out here. Great pictures.

[AVGWarhawk]

It really is a great show. The museum does a nice job with it all.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I think after seeing the wildcat in person it is a nice looking plane. She is raw power as well.

Well to me it's ugly and missing any form of elegance that the Mustangs, Airacobras and 109s have. It's just a garbage can with a rectangular metal plank punched through it and a big engine.
But it's all a matter of taste.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Well to me it's ugly and missing any form of elegance that the Mustangs, Airacobras and 109s have. It's just a garbage can with a rectangular metal plank punched through it and a big engine.
But it's all a matter of taste.

The Wildcat can not be compared to the likes of Mustangs, Aircobras or 109s! These aircraft's roots started somewhere and often as an ugly duckling. The Wildcat transformed into this:





Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. To me....nothing beats this:



Was she the best for air to air combat? Not always but in the right hands she was formidable.

[MH]

My favorite - p38 lightning.
Soomday Want to build model of it from scratch and want it to be BIG