Weather looking good and a great Vietnam tribute/demo planned for this coming weekend in Houston. Sorry to see that the F-4D will not be ready in time for the show, but with the F-100F and the other Collings jets it should be a terrific show. Posted on Fence Check today:
Re: United States - Texas - Wings Over Houston 2014 - Houston - 11/01/14 by invader696 » Tue Oct 28, 2014 2:01 pm
The F-4 will not be flying in the show. Unfortunately, we will not have our newly overhauled engine back from the shop in time. We pushed and pushed to have them meet the deadline, but it did not happen. Expect to see her up again around the end of this year or beginning of next. The engine is running in the test cell, but there just isn't enough time to get it here, get it in the airplane, and safely get her flying in 3 days.
That being said, EVERYTHING else is good to go. The Me262 did a check flight this morning, the F-100 will do a taxi test today with a test flight Friday. The A-4, T-33, and Huey all did a flight last week and are good to go as well.
For those of you on the fence, I can tell you that I've read the desired script for the show, and Vietnam will be nothing like we've ever seen before. I'll venture to say that it could be a Vietnam version of Tora, Tora, Tora. It will be 30 minutes long with the fast movers, the slow movers, artillery, ground troops, helicopters, and lots of pyro! It is going to be VERY cool! The 262 will participate in the WW2 portion and I would expect a tail chase with a P-51 and possibly some formation fly-bys as well.
I know of 3 statics thus far. A B-52, Hurricane Hunter C-130, and a NOAA P-3. Apparently the USAF told them they could have 2 statics. If they received 2 T-6's, then they were done, so they chose to go with the big boys. I'm not sure what else will be seen from the Navy/Marines or even the Canadians.
We (Collings) are very excited to finally get to participate in Wings Over Houston with the entire Houston fleet. Some of us have waited 22 years for this to happen. The jets will be positioned on the warbird ramp for all the see, so stop by and check them out! invader696 - Posts: 16 Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:29 pm
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