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the show is on now 900 est

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Great job Bob Cardin and crew! Brought tears to my eyes that only those who have been fortunate enough to be up close to some of these old birds could understand. Not even a ZL1 sounds as awesome as some of these old engines do when they do a low overhead pass at over 300 mph. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]

After hanging a note on the TV for two weeks, it hit me 20 minutes after the show started that I hadn't started the VCR! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Thanks for the heads up on the show. It was great! Makes my restoration on cars look like a walk in the park. A guy 20 minutes from our house spent 20 years restoring his Fairley Swordfish. I was there when it finally took to the air. The sound and the emotions were incredible. They actually had some of the original crew there to witness it. The sounds are a thing of beauty. I'll still take the sounds of 13 Harvards flying low overheads over the sound of a big block Chev!
Peter [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img]

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Don't tell me how it ends...
I taped it and will watch it when the Bulls lose,I mean play their next game. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I can't believe I missed it!! I got parolled by the wife & Kids, so I went to the Airport to work on my plane and forgot all about it......Anyone tape it???? I would be happy to pay for a copy....Steve

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My father was stationed at Hamilton field in Santa Rosa, California during the war and he used to talk about the P-38s stationed there, most ened up crashing due to high speed dives. They ended up putting dive brakes on them to stop the problem. They also had a jap Zero there that was found in the Aluetions, he said they would dog fight that plane against American planes continually.

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mr70, I won't tell you how the end was but if you are a warbird and history fan, that is where is got teary eyed. I have been in similar situations with the P51C and T-28 and there is nothing quite like it! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]

What they didn't tell you is the engine lost a bearing on a later flight. Could have been disasterous! There have been a few P38 crashes in the last several years and we don't need another. Another great test pilot and host of a cable show dedicated to warbirds was killed a few years ago due to a fuel problem if I recall. His parents watched him flat spin into the ground. He would have likely survived the crash if the landing gear had been down but in the stowed position, the front gear is directly under the pilots seat. You get the picture. It was a great loss to the warbird community.
Rick

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NAME THIS WARBIRD!
Ok guys, since we have this war bird post going I have provided links to four photos of a warbird my brother restored a few years ago (he does that as a career, I do cars, he does planes). Here are some hints: By the time the plane was perfected for production the war was ending, most of the planes were sold to other Air force's around the world. This particular plane is one of five that were purchased by a group of investors here in the states from the Iraq air force around 1980, who were flying the planes in active duty until 1977. Of the five planes three were restored. These planes were also built for aircraft carrier duty. I got a ride in this thing, it does over 400 mph on alcohol injection. So tell me guys, what year, and what is it and it's country of origin?
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

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Alcohol injected!!!!!!! I like the sound of that.
Don't know the name, but what a cool looking plane!
Peter [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

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Pete,
That plane provides a G force rush like no car I have ever drove or rode in. I went up with the owner, he is a X fighter pilot and flew for years in speed pylon racing with Hilton Hotels as his sponser. Won several world titles. He was not holding back anything when I rode in that monster, we did things I had no idea a plane was capable of. I kissed the ground when I got out with weak knees.
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]