Warbird Information Exchange

just got back from a business trip to chicago. i've seen the dauntless hanging at midway before but never really took a close examination of it until today. i've stood by the type at air shows & museums too, but until you've stood under it for a time you come to the conclusion it looks frikken huge!!! especially the width of the wings!!! never noticed the 3 little port holes underneath either, why is the plexi 3 different colors in each little porthole??

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Are you refering to the recogniton lights? They would be three different colors.

Regards,
Mike

Wasn't this one of the planes rescued from Lake Michigan and the USS Sabine?

yes as to being salvaged from the lake/ uss sable, & i don't know if they are lights or what. the "portholes" are just aft of the underside wing centerline.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

they are the recognition lights, all US WWII planes had themT-6s had them in the belly, other planes had them near the wingtips.

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I seem to recall that at one time there was a bomb hung underneath.
Also, it seems that the tires are truck tires rather than aircraft.
Anyone else notice these items?
Thx,
VL

I know they werent aircraft tires when I saw it last!

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while at midway i thought about a bomb that should have been on the sbd. it would be the crowning touch of a great display, but....... i assumed 1 wasn't displayed because of the terrorism aspect, today & for ever to come. bombs & airports just don't mix in the world psyche these days since 9/11!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

check www.warbirdregistry.org/sbdregistry/sbd-10575.html

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if there are rear guns on the midway sbd then they are stowed in the compartment. now that i think about it..... without the bomb it almost looks sanitized.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Tom, Is the plane in an area at Midway where a ticket is required to see it?

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yes pat, past security, ticketed travelers only. located concourse b past the dining & shops area. a 1st class restoration from the ceiling...... no clue as to the tires tidbit, or interior cockpit condition.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

In case y'all ever come to New Orleans, we're putting a fiberglass TBM (formerly of the D-Day museum) at the end of Concourse C.

Not as good as a real one, but I'm sure glad to see it...all we have decorating the airport is jazz stuff.

Why did the museum get rid of the TBM?

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I wonder if they're making room for the C-47?
Jerry

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