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At the end of WWII, Japanese veterans gave grudging tribute to the P-38 as their most formidable foe ... The top American aces of the war flew the aircraft with both confidence and a certain affection which sometimes approached fanatical devotion. I think the P-38 was used to ambush and shoot down Yamamoto -- a Japanese hero.

The Germans found the P-38 to be a formidable foe as well, nicknaming it the "Forktailed Devil".

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Correct, It was in fact the P-38 that shot Yamamoto's plane down.

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----Just watched the entire P38 film. Amazing!!!......Bill S

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That's an amazing story. Hope he gets to fly in it again.

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Yet another two lives lost as well as another Warbird. SAAF Harvard (AT6) in Mesa just a few hundred yards from my brothers hanger and the CAF Museum. He knows the owner of the airplane (may even be this one as this is a file photo from Falcon Field) but did not know the pilot. Similar paint scheme to the one pictured. Tragic.

http://worldwarwings.com/breaking-ww...w2-texan-crash

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We saw that on the local news here in AZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

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Changing the mood here, Blue Angels, Canadian Snowbirds, Breitling Jet team, F35, a dozen vintage WWII Fighters and Bombers, over the beach next weekend. Forecast around 80, toes in the sand, cold drink in hand. Great Day/Great Way to remember those who served.

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Great shots

Oshkosh 2016

Mike [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

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----Thanks so much for posting, Mike!!! I needed a lift this morning, and you just gave it to me......Bill S

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Mike -- thanks so much for sharing those awesome pics ... as a retired aircraft maintainer I really appreciate the different birds. By the way -- I was born and raised just north of that venue up in Shawano. I can remember each year there were flyins' at that little airport during Oshkosh ... TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

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Excellent pics, in the era of tightening budgets etc. It nice to see our tax money letting it all hang out for a few days. Oshkosh is very on my bucket list. Thx for the post Mike

I always loved this thread, still many good photos and info in here, how about a kick start :dunno:



1st Vought Corsair XF4U-1 bu# 1443, 1940 pre war paint scheme

Here is a local Corsair owned by a customer of mine. It is a beautiful restoration but I have yet to see it fly.

I just recently found out that David Gilmour used to own and fly this P51D aptly named "Comfortably Numb". I have followed Pink Floyd and David for years and never knew....

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Awesome stuff and love Corsairs too, thanks for giving this thread a much needed kick!:flag:
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~ Pete

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Here is the famous "Yippee" in full color. Hard to miss her!

Pete
Like your flight of Corsairs :worship: I have a bunce I can bore you with. I have been digging up some history on the Goodyear built F2G's with the R4360.

Rick
I knew you would come through :biggthumpup:

So bore us Mike! ;)

Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02170, with test pilot Willard Bartlett Boothby, 24 October 1942. This is the twenty-fifth production F4U-1. (Rudy Arnold/National Air and Space Museum NASM-XRA-1294)

The USS Hornet CV 8 leaving San Francisco Bay 2 April 1942 after loading 16 of Jimmy Doolittles B25's at Alameda Naval Air Station :flag:

Army AP2E


-- As if it was pulled out of a scene from a James Bond movie complete with covert ops and spy planes, one Army Aviation aircraft played a vital role as the eyes and ears over the skies of Vietnam
Back during the Vietnam War, the Army Security Agency basically ran an operation where they were using U-8 [Seminole} aircraft to monitor low-power radio transmissions and other signals -- it was a very covert program," he said. "This program was designed to listen for communications in the field to determine what the enemy was doing and be able to monitor that without them knowing it."

Since the Army didn't have a large, fixed-wing aircraft of its own, it eventually turned to the Navy, which had been operating P-2 Neptunes for some time as long-range, anti-submarine patrol aircraft.
In 1966, it was decided that the Navy would give the Army 12 P-2s that would be retrofitted to fit the Army's needs, and they were designated AP-2 Neptunes in the Army inventory.

Usmc au 1
 

USMC Gray

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B17's post WW 2 at Kingman AZ :worship:

Just a few hundred million dollars worth of B17's sitting there at todays current flyable value. I believe there are only 10 or so still airworthy B17's left.

Nailed it!

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Hurriedly hand painting invasion strips days before the invasion

very cool pics, Thx for posting. Any F14 Tomcat fans out there.?

Vought V 173 canceled in 1947

Fascinating Flapjack.

That was a good history lesson :biggthumpup:

Early test pilots were true daredevils for sure. When I see footage of old time wing walkers, still makes me cringe...

So true.

Goodyear DC 3
 

Saw the AC a lot In Akron Ohio while at Goodyear Flight Operations until it was donated to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in 1983. Operated by Goodyear Canada and it made frequent trips to Akron for business at Goodyear corporate.
I would say this might be the most pristine DC 3 in the world. Note the Canuck registration # on the tail

FG-1D Royal New Zealand AF colors

P51-c

F4U 4 R2800-18W 2100HP with water methanol injection 2450 HP War emergency power for short periods. 4 bladed prop

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