Piston Age Warbirds!
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From: Big Bear CA. 6,800 elev. Mountain Retreat.
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Big Bear City Municipal Aitport is having it's annual airfair. The sky is full of vintage aircraft and warbirds. Do we have any 'buffs' here?
Here's what I've seen so far. I live directly under the landing approach.
DC-2 one of two still flying
DC-3
T-28 Trojan
F4U-4 Corsair
P-51-D "MUSTANG"
T-6 Texan
There will be more. Havn't seen any four enginers though, too short of a runway at 6,800 ft.
After the show tomorrow, maybe I'll post a small pic of the tarmac.
Here's what I've seen so far. I live directly under the landing approach.
DC-2 one of two still flying
DC-3
T-28 Trojan
F4U-4 Corsair
P-51-D "MUSTANG"
T-6 Texan
There will be more. Havn't seen any four enginers though, too short of a runway at 6,800 ft.
After the show tomorrow, maybe I'll post a small pic of the tarmac.
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From: Big Bear CA. 6,800 elev. Mountain Retreat.
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I'd love to see a B-17 or B-24 land here. I'm not sure the length of the runway here. For the past couple of years, a Lockheed Super 'G' Constilation did fly-byes.
More planes are arriving.
A Gruman F6F Hellcat and a couple more Trojans just landed.
More planes are arriving.
A Gruman F6F Hellcat and a couple more Trojans just landed.
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When they fly in they usually bring a P51,ME109 and a P38 with them. It's a bunch of restoration folks and WWII Vets that run the show. The P38 is housed here and i sometimes see it taxi out on to the runway and take off........Thats a sweet bird!
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Yes, you could say I'm a warbird buff. We got a flight museum in Seattle here, and we got a B29 and Air Force One. Don't see 'em fly too often. Our town (a navy one) has an A6 Intruder on display at the city beach. They are also getting ready to have a PBY on permanent display in the next few years. Its too bad about that rare Fairey Firefly crashing a few weeks ago...
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I like the P51 most of all. A very agile plane with one weakness. I would love to get some stick time in one. My old CB handle was "The Mustang". After the plane not the car.
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I love the old P-51's, and the P-38's. There is an airshow here on September 20, but I am going to be on a plane that day. Oh well. We get frequent A-10 flyovers here, so there is always something interesting going on. And nice close-ups of Learjets, too.
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That weakness was the positioning of the radiator. Under the belly. Dround fire.
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Rare sight, a P-38. Twin Allison V-12s. Havn't had one appear here yet.
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Every time they try to replace or mothball the A-10, they wind up by dragging it out and using it again. Great plane for sure.
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"The Mustang"<=> When I had my '66 Mustang, I called it the P-51. Those who knew what a P-51 was got a kick out of it.
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The B-25 buzzed my house earlier. They have been trimming the treetops here all day. It's like an airshow in my front yard. There's gonna be some serious vintage aluminum on the tarmac Saturday.
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Rare sight, a P-38. Twin Allison V-12s. Havn't had one appear here yet.
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Every time they try to replace or mothball the A-10, they wind up by dragging it out and using it again. Great plane for sure.
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"The Mustang"<=> When I had my '66 Mustang, I called it the P-51. Those who knew what a P-51 was got a kick out of it.
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The B-25 buzzed my house earlier. They have been trimming the treetops here all day. It's like an airshow in my front yard. There's gonna be some serious vintage aluminum on the tarmac Saturday.
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Originally posted by Ironbelly
I'd love to see a B-17 or B-24 land here. I'm not sure the length of the runway here. For the past couple of years, a Lockheed Super 'G' Constilation did fly-byes.
I'd love to see a B-17 or B-24 land here. I'm not sure the length of the runway here. For the past couple of years, a Lockheed Super 'G' Constilation did fly-byes.
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I used to work on the F4U Corsair. I used to set in the cockpit and pretend I was shooting down Zeros - I was an Ace many times over. Great feeling to set in that bird with that big 18 cylinder engine roaring in front of you.
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got a B-25/P-51 mustang/several WW2 trainers others have not seen yet at airport plant on site restores old planes during air shows they circle over house what a thrill hearing those big radial engines roar and the P-51 escort comes zippin by fast get goose bumps what a sound got carried away there for a bit
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I boarded both the B-17 and the B-24 when they were on their county-wide tour. The B-17 fuselage is narrow. You can stretch your arms and touch both sides. It had bomb racks on both sides over the bomb bay that looked like they held 10 bombs together. With the bomb bay open, you had to either jump across it or straddle it and waddle to get from one side to the other. By comparison, the B-24 was cavernous. You could probably stand several guys shoulder to shoulder across the fuselage.
They stopped in at Camarillo Airport, which used to be Oxnard AFB years ago. It has a 10,000 ft runway. Camarillo Airport is home to a Constellation in flying condition. Camarillo is is also home to a wing of the Confederate Air Force, which last I heard was changing it's name for Political Correctness.
Man I love the sound of those big radials...
They stopped in at Camarillo Airport, which used to be Oxnard AFB years ago. It has a 10,000 ft runway. Camarillo Airport is home to a Constellation in flying condition. Camarillo is is also home to a wing of the Confederate Air Force, which last I heard was changing it's name for Political Correctness.
Man I love the sound of those big radials...
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Those WW11 and Korea pilots were a great bunch. One day we heard over the radio that one of the Corsairs had blown a seal and the canopy was covered with oil. We watched as his wingman went wingtip to wingtip with him and brought him down to a perfect landing - they thought nothing of it.
Another of my friends was an Ensign in WW11 and as the lowest ranking pilot he had to do the night patrols. They would catapult him off the deck in a biplane and he would have to land in the sea to be recovered. He said you have never experienced darkness until you have flown over the Pacific at night. One night coming back and unable to find the ship, he called for them to turn on some lights. They responded with the message, "orbit the ship - orbit the ship". He was repremanded for replying, "I can't find the G.. damn ship, turn on some lights so I can find the G.. damn ship and I'll be glad to orbit it".
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Another of my friends was an Ensign in WW11 and as the lowest ranking pilot he had to do the night patrols. They would catapult him off the deck in a biplane and he would have to land in the sea to be recovered. He said you have never experienced darkness until you have flown over the Pacific at night. One night coming back and unable to find the ship, he called for them to turn on some lights. They responded with the message, "orbit the ship - orbit the ship". He was repremanded for replying, "I can't find the G.. damn ship, turn on some lights so I can find the G.. damn ship and I'll be glad to orbit it".
Dono