Doolittle Raiders Reunion 2012

[Taigh Ramey]

I happened to call Ray Stinchcomb (FAA head of the NDPER program) to ask him about a 61.58 check requirement and he said he was standing on the runway at Wright Pat and that 20 B-25's came in. Wow how cool! Wish I was there

[crumdo]

Greetings all,

All photos and reports are beyond fabulous! This truly is a once in a lifetime experience from one generation to another. Does anyone know if the ramp will be accessible to the public on Wednesday morning before the Tribute Flight? Thanks.

DC

[WIXerGreg]

Greetings all,

All photos and reports are beyond fabulous! This truly is a once in a lifetime experience from one generation to another. Does anyone know if the ramp will be accessible to the public on Wednesday morning before the Tribute Flight? Thanks.

DC

I don't believe so. Tonight (possibly right now) they're going to tug them all down to the end of the ramp to get ready for the takeoffs tomorrow. I left at about 6:20 and they were trying to get everyone cleared out.

[MichiganRick]

What an awesome day. Totally worth the 4am wake up call to make Urbana by 7am. Thanks to all the crews and staff at Grimes & Wright Pat. I appreciate the owners sharing their amazing machines. Thank you!

[Shay]

Agreed, what an awesome day. Got a ton of pics between my brother and I. Will get them up as quick as possible. Here's a little taste though. All the Mitchells were landing at WPAFB when Miss Mitchell did what looked like an impromtu fly-by. Whether this was planned or a miscalculation,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

Here's the vid of the Fly-over:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CVmoTeq2B4&feature=plcp&context=C433dc39VDvjVQa1PpcFMAkvLCvJehnnjp4MTcA2PqGKwC6_sb7WM%3D


Pics:























This was also a first for me:









Shay
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Semper Fortis

[TAdan]

Awesome Shay. I dont think a fly by gets much better than that.

[Travisd80elcam]

so many great pictures. and I'm so wishing that i could be there.

[WIXerGreg]

Three hours it took me to upload these to Photobucket. Hope hotel has the slowest internet I've ever seen.

Here are a few from today.









































































This flew right over our heads a couple times late in the afternoon, taking off from the active base. I didn't have time to change lenses.







It was hard to get a clear shot with the Raiders from where I was standing because of all the crowding around me. I had one that was better and without the pole in the way but it was out of focus.

[DaveG]

thanks for taking the time to post those, Greg (and the others in this thread). I sure hated to leave Urbana on Sunday night, knowing what was still on the way in. At least my 7th graders know who the Doolittle Raiders are now!

[WarbirdRadio]

It's official. WarbirdRadio.com will be broadcasting the memorial fly-over LIVE. Coverage will begin at 12pm (EASTERN) and will end after all the flying stops. Unofficial plan will include the 16 ship pass, 20 ship pass and rumor has it a Missing Man pass. Tune tomorrow morning for all the details. Warbird Radio LIVE will start as usual at 10am (EASTERN) with updates on the coverage as well.

Matt Jolley

[Mark Allen M]

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[Pat Carry]

Greg, A fine set of photos, thanks. It looks like a fantastic event. Its good to see that repairs to Rod Lewis's B-25 were completed so quickly.

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[spookythecat]

Thank you WarbirdRadio for sharing that beautiful sound with us that couldn't be there.

[Bear]

Thank you WarbirdRadio for sharing that beautiful sound with us that couldn't be there.

I'll second that. Thanks Warbird Radio!

[Django]

Bravo Matt! My desk was rattling!!