Hello aviation enthusiasts from a WWII junkie. Been around flying machines since soloing in '68. Worked in ag aviation during the transition from Stearman to Ag Cats, and the last of the WWII pilots. My boss was a B24 & B29 instructor. We had a Wright 440HP metalized 2-holer Stearman and an L4 that I got some time in. After I bailed out of ag, I started a video production company and shot air shows all over Kali and the Reno Air Races. I have hours of warbird footage, from the ground and air to air. Cool chit. Besides firearm collecting, my boys and I are motor heads, auto and flying machines, and have more than a few die cast classic cars and planes. I worked for a crop-dusting outfit for 10 years, Trinkle & Boys, and my boys were raised as airport bums, we've gone to many an airshow, car show or swap meet. When we went to Bristol for NASCAR, we spent hours at the Tennessee Air Museum, home of the P-47 association. Since I retired, I've been to The Legacy, Warhawk, Erickson, Museum of Flight, Paul Allens Air & Armor, Bird Aviation, Hill AFB, Castle AFB, Mather AFB, McClellan AFB, Planes of Fame, Air Attack Museum and most every crop duster strip within 1000 miles of home. This is one of our display cases we had. I posted a thread on Calguns challenging anyone to name ALL the planes shown and win a cheap sling. Common name vs numerical (i.e. Skymaster/Cessna 337) works and to name the Caped Crusader lookin guy "ZAR" aka Jimmy Franklin, his rig THE STARSHIP PRIDE, a Piper Aerostar, and get quick disconnects too.
Top shelf: Zero, Warhawk, Mitchell x2
Bleriot IX and a Ryan on top of a Concorde. Wright Flyer. White Beechcraft 18 missing props. Looks like a silver Sikorsky S42 flying boat, with a 707 and 737 next to it. Space shuttle in back. Travel Air Model R (MYSTERY SHIP), yellow Waco-based(?) MAC TOOLS racer. LOCKHEED VEGA, Silver DC3.
P-51D. Zero. MOSQUITO (can't see it that good). Lancaster. B17. Red and white Mustang-derived racer. Another Warhawk. Black Widow. WRIGHT FLYER HIDING UNDER TAIL.
Fw-190 (CAN'T SEE IT BUT IT'S A RUSSIAN CAPTURE -- RED STAR). Hellcat. MiG-3. Another Hellcat in the back on top of a GRUMAN F3F-F (again too small me thinks). Late-mark Spitfire over a Stuka. Corsair over a Hellcat over Bf-109. Early-model Thunderbolt over a C-47.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT KILLED EVERYONE, A FRENCH DEWOITINE D-520. Seafire. 109. Looks like another MiG-3, over a Corsair. P-38 Lighting under another Black Widow under another Warhawk. Mosquito above another 'Cat, next to a Corsair.
Thanks for having me, PAX
Top shelf: Zero, Warhawk, Mitchell x2
Bleriot IX and a Ryan on top of a Concorde. Wright Flyer. White Beechcraft 18 missing props. Looks like a silver Sikorsky S42 flying boat, with a 707 and 737 next to it. Space shuttle in back. Travel Air Model R (MYSTERY SHIP), yellow Waco-based(?) MAC TOOLS racer. LOCKHEED VEGA, Silver DC3.
P-51D. Zero. MOSQUITO (can't see it that good). Lancaster. B17. Red and white Mustang-derived racer. Another Warhawk. Black Widow. WRIGHT FLYER HIDING UNDER TAIL.
Fw-190 (CAN'T SEE IT BUT IT'S A RUSSIAN CAPTURE -- RED STAR). Hellcat. MiG-3. Another Hellcat in the back on top of a GRUMAN F3F-F (again too small me thinks). Late-mark Spitfire over a Stuka. Corsair over a Hellcat over Bf-109. Early-model Thunderbolt over a C-47.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT KILLED EVERYONE, A FRENCH DEWOITINE D-520. Seafire. 109. Looks like another MiG-3, over a Corsair. P-38 Lighting under another Black Widow under another Warhawk. Mosquito above another 'Cat, next to a Corsair.
Thanks for having me, PAX
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