Warbird Information Exchange

The Alpha-Jets, along with the matching MiG-29 and L-39s, are all owned by billionaire Jared "Rook" Isaacman, and operated as part of the Polaris Program of pilots/astronauts.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/polarisprogramphotos/
https://polarisprogram.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Dawn

Once again a debt of gratitude is owed to JT and those who posted pix to this thread - thank you, all!!

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

Personally, the thing that amazes me most about Matt's pics is his ability to eliminate almost 150,000 spectators. Most of my pics have people blocking the view!

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

I love that last shot of the P-40 in front of the Army camp.

Any ideas on the anonymous gray two seat F-5 jet? Are the markings and numbers photoshopped out?

That is CF-5D N840MQ, owned by Hollywood film producer David Ellison, which still remains in its Canadian Air Force paint, but with the Canadian insignias painted over. Ellison also flew his recently-acquired P-51 "Cripes A' Mighty" N151BW to Oshkosh from Chino, CA (at Chino, he has a second P-51 under restoration).

This one also could have won to the "Phoenix Award", as it was a complete data plate build.
The original N74978 was destroyed in Wally McDonald's hangar fire back in the late 1980's.

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remember the Oogahonk!
old school enthusiast of Civiltary Warbirds and Air Racers

Thanks John for the ID on the "MiG-28".

Did the P-51 "Was That Too Fast?" ever fly again after Monday or make it over to the warbird area? I didn't even realize it was part of the F-35 arrival because it broke off before the formation got near where I was sitting on the flight line. I never got another chance to see it.

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Matt

I don't believe so, Matt. I saw a few photos of it during the week parked in the Weeks hangar, along with "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" and a few of the other show planes.

It was there in Fly Mart - $15k OBO. with a Ford V6 in it...taxis.

I'm so pleased to see someone else saying Allischmitt! While my money was on a clean sweep for Dr Winter's 109G I'm veyr, very glad to hear the Erickson team won something too. Bravo and well done to all award recipients!

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Thanks, John! I thought I saw it parked near a hanger across Runway 27, but it was partially obscured by a jet and it was hard to tell.

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Matt

The Hellcat and Wildcat sounded best on the taxi way.I for one am glad they didn't mix up radial engine aircraft and inline engine aircraft.They each have their own sweet sound.