Planes of Fame Pics

[GregP]

Some of you might be wondering how someone goes about shipping a Mitsubishi Zero. Ours just got back from Japan and I got a few pics. Here is the "center section."

One of the ways it is bolted down is by a "shipping" engine mount:

Here is a close-up of the tailwheel:

Steve Hinton went to Texas a couple of days ago to practice with the Horsemen F-86 team and two of the three showed up back at the Planes of Fame shortly after lunch today. Here is our Sabre (Steve Hinton) and Ed Shipley's Sabre:

Edit: Turns out this is Dan Friedken's Sabre flown in by Shippley. For you purists, this a Canadair Sabre Mk.6 or, in USA terms, basically an F-86E.

Here is a closeup of their logo on the front gear door:

All for now.

 

[Crimea_River]

Great pics but at 2.4 Mb each they`re pretty big files for us with crappy download speeds.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Awesome pics though!

 

[GregP]

I'm not really sure how to make them smaller ... the pics are from my camera.

 

[Crimea_River]

I use Photoshop but I assume you don't have it. Some of the guys here use Irfanview which is freeware.

 

[N4521U]

Set your camera for 72 pixel resolution for ones to post here.
You may have it set for real high detail.

Good interesting shots.

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice shots, Greg.

To tell you the truth, I wondered if I should visit Tokorozawa to see your Zero or save money for my new camera.
I have purchased a Nikon D700 this week at last though it is a secondhand one but was my dream for a long time.
Sorry but I am happy now!