A few shots from Tuesday's EAA

[robert41]

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[Flyboy208]

Beauties all - thanks for sharing !!! Mike :salute:

[luckydog]

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

[Bushpounder]

VERY nice!! Thanks for posting ..... but don't stop now!! :)

Don :ernae:

[stansdds]

More, please.

Once again, I am not there. One day I must go and just spend the whole week.

[robert41]

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[SpitXIV]

I like the Lockheed with the lightning running along the fuselage. Nice shots BTW.
:applause::medals:

[SpitXIV]

I like the Lockheed with the red lightning running along the fuselage. Nice shots BTW.
:applause::medals:

[David_L6]

Thank you for the pictures. :applause:

[Cazzie]

:applause::applause::applause: Bravo and it looks like it was a splendid day.

[brad kaste]

Nice shots Robert. Keep up the good snapping......(would you know anything about the FW-190? Is it a repro or the real thing? Who currently owns it,...etc., etc.)

[Wulf190]

I think that is an Fw-190A-8N, one of the 'new-builds'.

[Moses03]

Great shots. Good to see the Howard 500.

[robert41]

It was a great day, perfect weather, 80F, clear, low humidity, nice breeze. I planned to go today as well, but that crapped out. Rain. That Folke-Wulf I believe is a reproduction. Great time.

[olderndirt]

Great shots. I hope someone from A2A notices the CORRECT alignment of the Piper nameplate on the J3 boot cowl.

[robert41]

Had not noticed the nameplate on the J3 before. This was the cleanest Cub I have ever seen. The tag said it was built in 1946, looked like it just came off the line.

[Bomber_12th]

Beautiful photos, Robert, thank you very much for sharing them - looking forward to more, if you are so inclined! The '190 is one of the 20 Flugwerk-produced replicas, this example being owned by the Frasca family (made famous/fortune by the full-cockpit Frasca International flight simulators). The FW 190 is one of four warbirds they have at Oshkosh this year (Spitfire Mk.XVIII, FM-2 Wildcat, P-40 Warhawk)! Although the Flugwerk examples were produced for mounting an Ash-82 engine, this example was re-engineered here in the states, by the folks who built it from the kit-assemblies, and it has an R-2800 powering it. The work was done out at Chino, CA, and the aircraft has been on display out at the Planes of Fame Museum at Chino for the last year, but its home with the rest of the Frasca collection is in Illinois.

I can't get out to the show until Saturday, but I can't wait!

[stansdds]

:applause:

[Bushpounder]

The Old Crow should have whitewall tires. I wonder why he missed that.

Don

[Bomber_12th]

Don,

Jack Roush, who owns the P-51B "Old Crow", is very, very close friends with Bud Anderson. The whitewall tires on the original "Old Crow" were applied out of the interest of one of the maintenance crew, and Bud actually never liked them. Since Bud didn't like them, Roush decided not to have them depicted. Also, they both liked having the aircraft portrayed as the original was, before the application of the invasion stripes, as the aircraft's fine lines stand out better without the invasion stripes applied.

The aircraft is a bit of a 'hodge podge'. The original P-51B/C's had fabric elevators, though the restored example has D-model metal examples. The dorsal fin fillet that is fitted to the aircraft is not correct for the fillets fitted to P-51B/C's (and the original Old Crow never had one fitted at all - Jack Roush decided to have one fitted, so that the aircraft had some more yaw stability). And the Malcolm hood canopy, is not an original, rather it is one that was engineered to resemble an original, built around a P-51D canopy crank assembly (if you look at the Malcolm hood on the restored P-51B "Impatient Virgin", that is exactly what an original Malcolm hood was, as well as the dorsal fin fillet on that restoration).

[Bushpounder]

Hi, buddy. That isn't the story I heard. I know Captain Bill Overstreet personally.Bill flew with Bud Anderson. They both were and still are great friends, and his story is that they both had wide whites painted on their tires because they both had cars that had them back home. Bill's plane, The Berlin Express had red wheels as well. His was based on the 1936 Buick that he drove, which was black with red wheels and wide whites. I have an autographed model of one on my shelves at work that he signed and donated to us back in March of this year.

Don

[crashaz]

Thank you for the pics Robert. :wiggle:

[Bomber_12th]

Hi Don,

All I can say is what I wrote is what I recall reading from an article about the restoration, but as of right now I can't trace it back to the source - though I'll try a bit more. I'm very sorry if it is indeed incorrect!

I'm not sure if you know about it already, but there is a P-51B under restoration at Pacific Fighters, which will be finished in the markings of Overstreet's "Berlin Express", the 43-24823 example (the P-51B that was Anderson's most famous Old Crow, which was then assigned to Overstreet after Anderson's first tour was up). It too will be sporting an original Malcolm hood, like "Impatient Virgin".

[Kiwikat]

Great pics! I'll be there tomorrow and saturday. :jump::jump::jump:

[Bomber_12th]

Unfortunately the F2G Super Corsair "Race 74" will not be at the show. It was reported earlier this week, that after the test flight(s) early last week, the screens were absolutely full of metal, some of it in chunks as large as quarters, so the engine is fairly much toast and has been pulled.

Tomorrow (Friday) they are expecting an extremely rare Fairy Swordfish to make its arrival from Canada. It just flew for the first time following restoration work, a few days ago, and is part of the Vintage Wings of Canada collection.

[Bushpounder]

I didn't know that, John. I'll have to call Bill and ask about it. We just interviewed him a couple of weeks ago, but I have not read any of the transcripts yet. Maybe he mentioned it. Man, I hope they can fly the plane into here for him to see it. He is such a great guy, and still sharp as a tack. He just can't get around as well as he used to. He was kind of a hell raiser in his day. He sported a little goatee when he flew, which was very much non-reg! He also wore a red tie because he like it better with the uniform. LOL! We had his uniforms on display at a fundraiser I held back in November. Lots of little things like that. Great to listen to. Thanks for the heads up on the Berlin Express!! :ernae:

Don

EDIT: I just looked at that site. I guess he does know about it. He signed some parts for it! LOL! Man, that will be nice. I hope they finish it before something happens to him!

[jhefner]

That is awesome that there was a Fairchild FC-2 there. I think it belongs to the museum there; did you happen to get any cockpit pictures of it?

-James

[robert41]

Sorry, no cockpit shots.
Usually I do not take any pics, cause I see these aircraft every year. But I took a few to post here. Not real good, but something to see.
I hear traffic was a nightmare today. Backed up for 5 to 10 miles.

[Bomber_12th]

I'm hoping there is a better traffic system in-place for exiting the show after tomorrow night's 'night show'. Last year it was quite an adventure, with everyone leaving at once.

[robert41]

Usually the traffic flow is not so bad. But this year the main highway, 41, is under construction. 2 narrow lanes both ways for 15 miles or so. Weather is forecast to be near 90F and humid. Hope you have a great time B 12.

[Lionheart]

Awesome photos!

A thousand thanks for posting them.




Bill

[stansdds]

Sorry, no cockpit shots.
Usually I do not take any pics, cause I see these aircraft every year. But I took a few to post here. Not real good, but something to see.
I hear traffic was a nightmare today. Backed up for 5 to 10 miles.

You lucky dog! I'd like to see them just once.

[jhefner]

Sorry, no cockpit shots.
Usually I do not take any pics, cause I see these aircraft every year. But I took a few to post here. Not real good, but something to see.
I hear traffic was a nightmare today. Backed up for 5 to 10 miles.

No problem; every Fairchild FC2/FC2W2/71 I have seen had a different panel arrangement other than the fuel switch and magneto switch; no doubt different upgrades over the years.

Thank you very much for sharing these pictures; it was a very pleasant surprise to see the FC-2 among them.

-James

[Gdavis101]

Great pictures!!! Thanks for sharing.. :applause::applause: