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Weather permiting there are some really nice vintage aircraft here from 11am til 1pm.
If you or your kids dig old airplanes your welcome to come hang out with us and watch.
I'll have a hot grill if you want to bring something to BBQ.
http://www.txaaa.org/
http://thumb7.webshots.net/t/51/151/...8WgGlQO_th.jpg
I didn't even notice the P51 until I opened the picture......nice!
Sounds like fun, but I gotta work.
I wished I could go to:
http://www.eaa.org/communications/ea..._color_250.jpg
I want to make this:
http://www.gml2007.com/
and see 100+ P-51's, here are confirmed airframes.
http://www.gml2007.com/p51plane-name.asp
Unfortunately, I can't make this one :(
Ah well. I can always go to the RC field and fly my P-51 :D
Me too... I just remembered it yesterday but it's too late for me to use my week of vacation on it :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Radio-Active
Is the one at Addison going? I don't know the name of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
Huh... Here's some trivia for you. I was looking at the list Rogue posted and noticed a name that caught my name so I thought I'd google it.
Kiss Me Kate is owned by Tom Cruise and evidently named after Katie Holmes. I wonder if it's going to get a new name. :punchout:
Third Post. Can you tell the p51 is my favorite airplane? ::Banana::
Anyways...
I was looking at the pics of all the Mustangs that will be in attendance and came across some travesties!
Sparky
http://www.gml2007.com/_media/p-51-attending/sparky.jpg
and Strega
http://www.gml2007.com/_media/p-51-attending/strega.jpg
Advertising on a piece of history is just wrong. Since so few p51s are still in existence, I think they should be as authentic as possible.
To a lesser extent VooDoo is just wrong.
http://www.gml2007.com/_media/p-51-attending/voodoo.jpg
Why would it get a new name???Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
I saw Strega at Grayson County Airport several years ago, around 1990 I think, during the Unlimited Air Races. The only other name I recall right now is Rare Bear, an F8F Bearcat. I still have the program, but chances of finding it are remote.
Bored today?Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
Trina told me after the fact that TomKat are still an item. I don't keep up with the love lives of Hollyweird Stars. ::Curls::::Fruity::::Paul::Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
At least I'm not talking about an iPhone. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Magma
Would this be why I saw a B-26 fly over Plano a few weeks ago?
My Mother has a cousin that has a bear cat. The Bearcat holds the record for fastest rate of climb for a reciprocating engined aircraft. He took two airframes and made one air worthy aircraft out of the two. Last I checked there were only 6 air worty planes left. That was because the government tried to destroy them after they had them decommisioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by cone-cerned
This cousin of hers also has a T-1 that there were only 26 made. Forgot the name of it, but it was a trainer designed to simulate a turbine engined aircraft using a piston engine. They angled the engine downward to have it have what would seem to be a turbine lag when the throtle was increased.
RSVPing! I'll be there in the morning!!!! Yes, believe it or not, Jessie and Soren will be with me.
There are no B-26's flying. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by MX-5EE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-26_Marauder
That must have been Lone Star's B-25 "Special Delivery" now painted up as "Doolittle Raiders"
There is also a B-25 "How 'Boot That" in the museum at Addison, but it is not airworthy anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-25_Mitchell
How 'Boot That...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1080/...5f4cb9a2_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1099/...0f5f7788_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/...ac5afdc6_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/...7a40e25b_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1030/...c606ed87_b.jpg
Thanks Stevan and Barbara! Great time as always!
You bet Chris!
How 'Boot That, flew 80 combat missions over Italy.
I watched the nose art painted by the same man on the same plane 51 years later with the same tins of paint.
Incredible!
Yeah. I heard that story. How cool is that? ::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
Wierd, because the plane I saw had 2 piston engines and had a traditional tail with two horizontal stabilizers and one vertical stabilizer. As opposed to the split vertical stabilizers the B-25 had. Maybe it was an A-26 Invader?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
Maybe "Spirit of Waco" A-26. Was it black?Quote:
Originally Posted by MX-5EE
I also know the C-47 was flying, did it have invasion stripes?
Ironicly, Douglas A-26 Invaders were called B-26's in Korea after the forming of USAF.
P-51's became F-51"s too.
Tell you the truth, I can't remember that many details. But going to wikipedia and looking at the pictures I think it was a C-47.
Dude....Quote:
Originally Posted by MX-5EE
;)
I have that lil book, and its awesome.
The C-47 will be flying out for Oshkosh this week.
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/Skytrain.htm
I've got a set of WW2 playing cards that were used to help soldiers ID planes... pretty cool!Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
I want a set of those, just haven't gotten around to getting them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
I'm something of an expert*, if I do say so myself ::Banana::
*meaning I can identify some planes, not all, but more than the average douchecanoe ;)
Who you calling a douchecanoe? We need to talk!Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
Warbirds! :clap: :clap: :clap:
I'm getting a RC Zero pretty soon :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
Kamikaze!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
^^ Very close to that color scheme, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
Only warbirds I have right now are an ME-109, a Mustang, and a Fokker DVII ;)