2009 Heritage Flight Conference

bilwor · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:45 am

Does any WIXER have a list of the warbirds attending this years conference?
It is confusing when some are painted the same as others such as the POF P-40N still in the movie "Valkyrie" paint scheme and with two P-51s painted as "Double Trouble Two". An accurate id for my records would greatly be appreciated.
bill word

mlenoch · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:44 pm

In attendance:
Greg Anders - A-1 Skyraider
Steve Hinton - POF P-40
Steve Hinton - POF P-51 Wee Willie
Kevin Eldrige - POF F-86
Dan Friedkin - P-51 Double Trouble
Dan Friedkin - TF-51
Dale Snodgrass - Cavanuaghs (sp?) P-40

VL

bilwor · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:54 pm

Thanks Vlado
bill word

mlenoch · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:53 pm

Some more pix from DM AFB:

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bilwor · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:01 am

Great air-to-air Vlado, Thanks for posting. I like your camera angles much better than mine. Which P-51 were you flying in?
envious bill
(I signed ala Mudge)

TAdan · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:05 am

Awsome shots Vlado.

mlenoch · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:33 pm

Bill:
I mostly flew Double Trouble. But, on the day you took your pix, I was in the TF-51 and Dan was in DTrouble.
Thx,
VL

Django · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:46 pm

Great A2A shots Vlado. It really gives a neat perspective on the Heritage Flights 99% of us wouldn't see otherwise! :lol:

Who's F-4 is that? I didn't know there were any flying with the sharkmouth?
Neat to see the 3 era's of sharkmouths there.

mlenoch · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:12 pm

Thank you.
The F-4s are all USAF QF-4Es. Two from Tyndall and two from Holloman.
One was painted as Robin Olds' bird............
Robin was a frequent visitor to the conference. He would always walk in 'unannounced' and just mingle around with all the troops on the ramp. You could tell that he really enjoyed being amoungst the crews, enlisted and officers alike. Us 'oldsters' out there, really miss him.
VL

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:14 pm

Greatness Vlado!

Thanks for taking and sharing those with us.

PhantomAce08 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:56 pm

I like those much better than any "official" Heritage Flight photos I've seen. Do you have any more?

mlenoch · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:31 pm

Here are a few more pix:

retroaviation · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:36 pm

What airplane were you in for this picture, Vlado?
Gary

vlado wrote:

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retroaviation wrote:

What airplane were you in for this picture, Vlado?
Gary

vlado wrote:

Sure looks like a QF-4 based on the bad forward visibility

mlenoch · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:09 pm

Naturally, I was in the P-51!
(That pix was taken from inside the QF-4, using my camera.)
VL

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