Return of the Scanned Oshkosh Classics 1984-1986

Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:33 pm

Here is another installment of photos shot by my folks at Oshkosh in the 80's. I was 8 years old in '84.

Also, in case you missed it here's the link to 1980-83
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=27521

And here we go....

1984

Bob Hoover

The Voyager before it's historic flight

KC-135 and A-10's

Me in a T-34 owned by Bob Livingston (Any idea what ever happened to him or the plane?)

Bill Ross in the P-38

We used to get some cool stuff on the ramp in the warbird area.

B-25

34's

6's

My Grandpa and "Rascal"

The best civilian scheme EVER!

Invader bomb run

Grumman bomb run

Once again, cool stuff on the warbird ramp

Like the Mustang, this is a pretty cool civiliam scheme

P.O.F. Corsair

Any info on this T-28?

Info on this Invader would be nice too.

"Briefing Time"

Ju-52

And we'll finish off '84 with this beauty.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:47 pm

1985

To continue with the theme of cool stuff on the warbird ramp...

It's the first visit of the Concorde (I know, I know, it's not a warbird but they're coming) Note: One hour rides were only $600.00!!!

A little Huey action

Bombs Away? I hope not!

I wouldn't mind seeing this again

Ellsworth Getchell's incident with a gas truck

Mustangs, orange nose P-40 and some jet in the background

Another ramp surprise. Me and my mom are in front

Me in a Mustang. Any idea who's?

Air Zoo Corsair

Ol' 92.... "Diamond Lil"

Me in Ross Grady's classic "What's Up Doc?"

T-38

Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:50 pm

Very cool Al. Thanks again for sharing!

Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:07 pm

1986

I guess we'll start with the team that changed airshows forever. Frecce Tricolori.

Me with a couple Frasca birds

Where's "Burma Rascal" now?

"Little Demon"

Must be pretty Top Secret to be guarded so heavily

View from the warbird tower

Me, Hoover and one of my old friends

B-17 "Aluminum Overcast"/"Chief Oshkosh"

Northwest Orient 747

Snort I presume

Warbird ramp guest

I miss these formations

Dad & I next to Connie's PBY

Grumman Guardian

T-28

Vampire

EAA's B-25

That's all until I get more albums to scan.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:13 pm

The Mustang you were sitting in belonged to Wayne Meylan S/N 44-73423 he crashed in 1987 and was killed. Anyone know what happened to the wreckage?

NTSB Report
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_i ... 1128&key=1

The P40 Burma Rascal is still around
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40regis ... 29749.html

Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:35 pm

Great pics, thanks for posting!

Gotta love Fifi's "Non-PC" markings. Was she painted silver then, or bare metal?

What's up with Hoover's P-51 in that last shot? Looks like the "Rockwell International" on the side has been covered with butcher paper or something.

SN

Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:03 pm

Wow, I didn't know that any C-130A's were still flying into the 1980s...

Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:53 pm

The silver A-26C is 44-35696 before her history as My Mary Lou was known. The sixgun hardnose was replaced with a glass nose before the significance of the gun nose was known.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:56 pm

Anyone have more pics of the orange-nose P-40? Whose was this? I don't recall ever having seen this one in NMF.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:05 pm

thanks for posting the pics of CF-FUZ

Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:17 pm

mas wrote:Anyone have more pics of the orange-nose P-40? Whose was this? I don't recall ever having seen this one in NMF.

I remember it pretty well due to the rarity of seeing that paint scheme. I'm hoping the next batch of albums has some pics of it.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:45 pm

Always nice to see a Vampire (I trained on them) but the 'serial number' is way out, dating in the WW2 period amid impressed civilian aircraft. So much too early for the two-holer Vamp. In fact that serial was never used on any British aircraft.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:06 pm

That British-painted Mustang looks like one of a couple of Mustangs owned at various times by a guy named Jerry Miles. There is much confusion about numbers and identities of these birds...

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51who/28.shtml

Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:50 pm

Photo of Wayne Meylan's P51 for Airliners
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0942950

Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:57 pm

1986 was also Moon Spillers' Oshkosh debut of the P-51A/D that is now Polar Bear. You can spot her in one of your tower shots.