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Texas Lawdog

#1820
June 30, 2012, 08:27:02 AM
Roo, There are 34 pieces of Nose Art at the Museum. They are refered to as "The Girls" They need constant care to preserve the paint. I'll take some pictures the next time that I am out there.
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Arcey

#1821
July 01, 2012, 07:13:25 PM
She and I rode out to the farm stands. Culpepper Farms is across from the museum. I kinda, sorta had to check. The last few trips out have been a bust. Not today.

The Junkers isn't there. First time in a long time it hasn't been at its spot. They've pulled 'Chuckie' up front. The ole boy at the prop of the airplane with the yellow cowl was doing his best to get it to fire. It never did. Beneath the B-17's right wing, the one with Nazi markings was moving.



He's still working on it in this shot. Two guys had strapped into the airplane to the extreme left.



This is the one in the first shot.under the B-17's wing. He's headed to the end of the runway. I looked at the flag - the wind's right. And, about the time he pointed the nose into the wind, the camera's battery quit. I've been wondering when it was going. Everything I've posted, and a bunch more I haven't, were taken on the first charge.

I never did hear or see them try to start the green one. Less than a minute after I took this shot they climbed out.



There was another, smaller airplane with Nazi markings that followed this one into the air. Damned if they don't look awfully slow after watching the Hornets at Oceana. They're just a touch quieter too.
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Steel Horse Bailey

#1822
July 01, 2012, 10:52:29 PM
Quieter ... but still handsome!
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Texas Lawdog

#1823
July 02, 2012, 04:57:12 AM
The plane with the German markings that I see is possibly a Storch, an observation aircraft.
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Four-Eyed Buck

#1824
July 02, 2012, 11:37:44 AM
Fiesler Storch. This type is what Skorzeny used to get Mussolini out of the prison castle he was being held in. the blue plane in some of those pics is an SBD Dauntless dive bomber. The one that wouldn't start looks like a WW I type judging from the engine I can see parts of ::)
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Texas Lawdog

#1825
July 02, 2012, 04:03:50 PM
The blue bi-plane looks like a repro Spad, The yellow bi-plane is a Stearman. The blue plane is a trainer and not a Dauntless, no rear machine gun and the back seat is facing forward. It could be an AT-6?
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Steel Horse Bailey

#1826
July 02, 2012, 04:31:10 PM
I don't see a blue Spad repro, but I do see a Fokker D-7 I think.  (Next to the Stearman)  It has the same cowl that was on the DR1 Triplane and carried over (the shape) on the outstanding D-7.

Since the trainer is painted in Navy colors, it would be an SNJ-5.  Of course, it could be an AT6 "Texan" (Advanced Trainer) simply painted in the very pretty Navy colors.  They are nearly identical products.  The Brits called them "Harvards" and the Aussies called their version (a CA16, which was the predecessor to the AT6) the "Wirraway."

Great planes!

I'd LOVE to take a flight in that Storch, too.  Any of them, for that matter!
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Texas Lawdog

#1827
July 03, 2012, 01:45:36 PM
SHB, I went on the Museum's website and they have a list of their aircraft and a picture of each of them. It is listed as the Military Air Museum of Virginia Beach.
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Steel Horse Bailey

#1828
July 03, 2012, 06:13:01 PM
Cool!
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Leo Tanner

#1829
July 04, 2012, 01:44:46 PM
Lucky day here.  The P51s are practicing the missing man formation over my house.  I missed the roll off but when I saw the fourth come in behind the others I realized what was up.
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Steel Horse Bailey

#1830
July 04, 2012, 04:21:00 PM
A beautiful sight!

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Texas Lawdog

#1831
July 04, 2012, 05:20:54 PM
The Mustangs are great fighter planes, they didn't reach their potential until the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines were intalled.
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Leo Tanner

#1832
July 04, 2012, 05:31:57 PM
I hoped they would make another pass but they seemed to have it down, it was better than any fireworks display.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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yeti76620

#1833
July 04, 2012, 09:30:26 PM
Something different....... in my neck of the woods an airshow at and above 10,000 ft over sea level...

http://mtntownviews.com/2012/07/02/breckenridge-4th-of-july-brings-first-ever-airshow/


A Thin-Air Show... :D  :D  :D  :D  :D
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Steel Horse Bailey

#1834
July 05, 2012, 12:30:31 AM
Quote from: yeti76620 on July 04, 2012, 09:30:26 PM
Something different....... in my neck of the woods an airshow at and above 10,000 ft over sea level...

http://mtntownviews.com/2012/07/02/breckenridge-4th-of-july-brings-first-ever-airshow/


A Thin-Air Show... :D  :D  :D  :D  :D


Good one!
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Texas Lawdog

#1835
July 05, 2012, 06:50:00 AM
I am sure the folks up there enjoyed the acrobatics performed by the two bi-planes, using the smoke.
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Leo Tanner

#1836
July 05, 2012, 10:07:20 AM
Got the details on the local air show this Saturday an if I can get my Grandson for the day he's going to get a real treat based on what I've been seeing on the practice runs.  Nothin but fire spotters this mornin but we need them.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Major E A Sterner

#1837
July 05, 2012, 10:21:54 AM
My wife and I are thinking about going to this air show,Looks interesting

http://www.greatnewenglandairshow.com/
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Texas Lawdog

#1838
July 06, 2012, 07:13:34 AM
Major, I hope you get to attend the airshow. I don't know if any of the CAF aircraft are scheduled to appear. If I find out any info, I'll let you know.
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Leo Tanner

#1839
July 06, 2012, 07:21:10 AM
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.
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