WWII Weekend just around the corner...

AVGWarhawk · 05-20-11, 01:01 PM

If we all make it past the 21st.....WWII weekend is coming upon us!

http://www.maam.org/maamwwii.html

I will be there again this year! And looky here!!!!! Yak-18 Added to the show!!!!!

This years roster!

http://www.maam.org/wwii/ww2_acft.htm

Oberon · 05-20-11, 02:04 PM

We're coming up on the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Hood too, as well as the Greek and Crete campaigns.

AVGWarhawk · 05-20-11, 02:28 PM

Oberon,

This is a weekend that WWII aircraft and vehicles are displayed. Most are driven and flown. They represent as many involved in WWII as they can. They stage battles with people in proper uniform, both German and US. Japanese as well. There are USO shows. Just an over all cool experience if one can attend.

Oberon · 05-20-11, 04:37 PM

Oh yes, sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread, I remember your pictures from the last WWII weekend and I look forward to the ones from this one

I was just noting the date. Got a book from the library which chronicles WWII events in a timeline ya see

EDIT: Bloody hell...a flying B-29! I didn't know there were any flyables left...that is some line up...you lucky sod!

TarJak · 05-20-11, 04:42 PM

I wish we had similar collections of aircarft over here. There are a few single seaters and trainers, but no flying heavies or even WWII mediums down under any more.

Might have to hope on a plane one year and head over for it.

krashkart · 05-20-11, 06:54 PM

Very nice lineup. A Superfortress, a Black Widow, even a S.O.B. 2nd Class.

Spyguy101 · 05-20-11, 09:19 PM

Wasn't sure I f I would go this year. I am sure now

TarJak · 05-21-11, 12:01 AM

I'd love to see that Black Widow up close. One of my favourite Allied planes. Wish it were modelled in IL-2.

Stealhead · 05-21-11, 12:02 AM

I got to see that SuperFortress "FiFi"(unless they got another one flying which I doubt) in Daytona Beach back in 97 or so just so happened to be in town on leave at the time.I went through the ground tour but it was still pretty damn cool to see the cockpit and the rest of "the office" the old man that was giving the tour had flown in 29s in Korea and he even let me go though the tunnel to get to the gunners stations in the back.The cost of going for a ride was too steep for my blood and once you have ridden on a noisy C-130 you already know more or less what a large prop planes feels like.

Reminds me weren't some volunteers from one of the cities where they made B29s making one just as they did in WWII(though not as fast) that they where going to display in a museum? Is this true or am I nuts?

I also heard at some point that a group was contemplating trying to make a B-36 flyable I think that would be very hard to do in deed but to see "Magnesium Over Cast" that would be nice.

Wish I had the time to go to this event maybe next year.

CaptainMattJ. · 05-21-11, 01:16 AM

Oh my God i wanna fly in that mustang

05-20-11, 01:01 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	WWII Weekend just around the corner... If we all make it past the 21st.....WWII weekend is coming upon us! http://www.maam.org/maamwwii.html I will be there again this year! And looky here!!!!! *Yak-18 Added to the show!!!!!* This years roster! http://www.maam.org/wwii/ww2_acft.htm __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-20-11, 02:28 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Oberon, This is a weekend that WWII aircraft and vehicles are displayed. Most are driven and flown. They represent as many involved in WWII as they can. They stage battles with people in proper uniform, both German and US. Japanese as well. There are USO shows. Just an over all cool experience if one can attend. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-20-11, 06:54 PM	#6
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Very nice lineup. A Superfortress, a Black Widow, even a S.O.B. 2nd Class. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

05-21-11, 01:16 AM	#10
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Oh my God i wanna fly in that mustang __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

05-20-11, 02:04 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	We're coming up on the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Hood too, as well as the Greek and Crete campaigns.

05-20-11, 04:37 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Oh yes, sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread, I remember your pictures from the last WWII weekend and I look forward to the ones from this one I was just noting the date. Got a book from the library which chronicles WWII events in a timeline ya see EDIT: Bloody hell...a flying B-29! I didn't know there were any flyables left...that is some line up...you lucky sod!

05-20-11, 04:42 PM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I wish we had similar collections of aircarft over here. There are a few single seaters and trainers, but no flying heavies or even WWII mediums down under any more. Might have to hope on a plane one year and head over for it.

05-20-11, 09:19 PM	#7
Spyguy101 Helmsman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 101 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Wasn't sure I f I would go this year. I am sure now

05-21-11, 12:01 AM	#8
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I'd love to see that Black Widow up close. One of my favourite Allied planes. Wish it were modelled in IL-2.

05-21-11, 12:02 AM	#9
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I got to see that SuperFortress "FiFi"(unless they got another one flying which I doubt) in Daytona Beach back in 97 or so just so happened to be in town on leave at the time.I went through the ground tour but it was still pretty damn cool to see the cockpit and the rest of "the office" the old man that was giving the tour had flown in 29s in Korea and he even let me go though the tunnel to get to the gunners stations in the back.The cost of going for a ride was too steep for my blood and once you have ridden on a noisy C-130 you already know more or less what a large prop planes feels like. Reminds me weren't some volunteers from one of the cities where they made B29s making one just as they did in WWII(though not as fast) that they where going to display in a museum? Is this true or am I nuts? I also heard at some point that a group was contemplating trying to make a B-36 flyable I think that would be very hard to do in deed but to see "Magnesium Over Cast" that would be nice. Wish I had the time to go to this event maybe next year.