Aircraft pics

[47Hammer]

If you want to see and hear a B-36 in flight, get a copy of the 1955 movie "Strategic Air Command" with Jimmy Stewart.


Great Movie!

[Dog427435]

If you are into aircraft - old and new - and get to Reading Pa in June - this is a show you won't want to miss.
Besides dozens of WW II aircraft there are military planes from the Viet Nam era through today's modern ships.
You can even get a ride on B-17 Flying Fortresses!
I have attended this several times and it has been great - unfortunately due to my sons AAU Basketball commitments I have not made it to the last couple of shows - but friends told me last years show was massive.

Check out their web site:

http://www.maam.org/wwii/ww2_sched.htm

[427TJ]

Looks like a fun show!

[SS427]

Just received these last night from my brother in Phoenix. He hoped to be starting the wiring restoration on the B-17 soon. Present are B-17 "Sentimental Journey", B-17 "Liberty Bell". B-25 "Maid in the Shade" and I believe TB-25J "Ole Gray Mare" (is that where she got her name from.... ). Nice gathering of WWII bombers.
Rick

[SS427]

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[SS427]

last one

[olredalert]

------Rick,,,Visited that museum after B/J this year. What a treat!!! All the guys there love to talk warbirds and have soooooo much knowledge. Great spare moment thing to do while at B/J..........Bill S

[427TJ]

That B-25 looks like the old "Dream Lover" that used to be based at Stockton.

[68TopStock]

Rick,

I didn't know you enjoyed warbirds. Been my hidden desire since I first took a ride when I was 13 as a student pilot. I was going to enter either the aviation industry or healthcare when I was in high school, I chose the later. Wonder what would have happened if I had done the other? Here is what I think I would have ended up with instead of an old racecar.

[SS427]

Bill,
I am not positive on the "Ole Gray Mare" TB-25J as I was not given a list of names by my brother and was only going on sight and features of that airplane. The other three are for sures however. I also failed to mention (I think) the T-6 in the middle. Can't tell for sure if that is what it is.

Ken,
My passion for Warbirds is only one notch below the musclecars and that is only because they are way more expensive and not as easy to partake in. I grew up in a warbird household and flew 10 times more in Warbirds then I flew commercially by the time I was 20. I also helped the CAF restore the P-51C Red Tail several years ago before it crashed and that was 100% volunteer. When I was 15 my father was considering purchasing a P-51D for around $50k (if I recall). For what reason I have no idea as he certainly did not have the money to maintain or fly it. Incidently, they are now well over $1m!
Rick