WW2 Weekend 2011 - Page 3

Jimbuna · 06-06-11, 02:32 PM

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC SHOTS ON THIS THREAD!!

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 03:11 PM

Some of my favorites from my own $100.00 digital camera!

Jimbuna · 06-06-11, 03:23 PM

Woah!!

A Lanc?

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Woah!!

A Lanc?

yes sir. She was there last year!

I did not get to see her operate though.

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 03:36 PM

Gerald · 06-06-11, 03:40 PM

Excellent pictures,

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 03:46 PM

This was neat...the Corsair owner let vets that flew in the Pacific sign the wheel flap.

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 03:50 PM

This was a tank used in the movie, "Band of Brothers." This was there the very first year I attended WW2 Weekend.

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 03:58 PM

This P-40 was the first I have seen operate in person. The owner/pilot was the nicest gentleman I spoke with. We talked about the aircraft for a good 30 minutes. He enjoyed sharing his 'toy' with me. Said to say not but 8 months later he was at an airshow in NY. He went down in the Hudson. His body and plane never recovered.

Jimbuna · 06-06-11, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

yes sir. She was there last year!

I did not get to see her operate though.

Yes I remember now...not many of them left

Sailor Steve · 06-06-11, 04:45 PM

Glad I have a Terrabyet hard drive to save all these on.

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

This was neat...the Corsair owner let vets that flew in the Pacific sign the wheel flap.

"Let"? I'm sure he was highly honored.

GoldenRivet · 06-06-11, 05:28 PM

I used to work with one of FiFi's pilots.

nice guy, i never scored a ride though.

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Yes I remember now...not many of them left

Sad to say I did not see them run up the engines. It was looking like rain and did it rain. My daughters and I made it to our car just as it hit. She is a beautiful bomber.

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"Let"? I'm sure he was highly honored.

I'm thinking you are correct.

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I used to work with one of FiFi's pilots.

nice guy, i never scored a ride though.

She is very loud and lumbers down the runway. She used just about all of it in the takeoff run. It was great to see one actually fly. I have seen the Enola Gay at the Hazy museum. Not quite the same as she sit silently with the other aircraft. Not sure if flying her again is a good thing. I can say that all walks of life were taking plenty of pictures of her.

AVGWarhawk · 06-06-11, 07:02 PM

Steve,

I went through my pictures and this one my daughter had taken the same day. Much closer and can read more names/squadrons. Can see Pappy's wingman signature!

06-06-11, 02:32 PM	#31
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC SHOTS ON THIS THREAD!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-06-11, 03:11 PM	#32
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Some of my favorites from my own $100.00 digital camera! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-06-11, 03:23 PM	#33
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Woah!! A Lanc? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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06-06-11, 03:40 PM	#36
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Excellent pictures, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

06-06-11, 03:46 PM	#37
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This was neat...the Corsair owner let vets that flew in the Pacific sign the wheel flap. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-06-11, 03:50 PM	#38
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This was a tank used in the movie, "Band of Brothers." This was there the very first year I attended WW2 Weekend. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-06-11, 03:58 PM	#39
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This P-40 was the first I have seen operate in person. The owner/pilot was the nicest gentleman I spoke with. We talked about the aircraft for a good 30 minutes. He enjoyed sharing his 'toy' with me. Said to say not but 8 months later he was at an airshow in NY. He went down in the Hudson. His body and plane never recovered. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-06-11, 05:28 PM	#42
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I used to work with one of FiFi's pilots. nice guy, i never scored a ride though. __________________

06-06-11, 07:02 PM	#45
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Steve, I went through my pictures and this one my daughter had taken the same day. Much closer and can read more names/squadrons. Can see Pappy's wingman signature! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road