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Anyone remember all the stops?

"The event will begin with a celebration aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif., on July 28.

In commemoration of the end of World War II, Freedom Flight of America, a fleet of more than 300 World War II warbirds, will fly coast to coast this summer.

The event will begin with a celebration aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif., on July 28.It will end Aug. 14, the actual anniversary of the end of the war, with an aerial parade past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.

In between will be nine stops, where city planners will host World War II-related events, re-enactments and USO-type shows. The stops:

July 28-30, Long Beach Airport, Long Beach, Calif.; July 31-Aug. 1, Glendale Airport, Glendale, Ariz.; Aug. 1-2, Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas; Aug. 2-3, Alliance Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Aug. 3-4, New Century Air Center near Kansas City; Aug. 4-7, Aurora Municipal Airport, Aurora, Ill.; Aug. 7-9, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; Aug. 9-10, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.; Aug. 11-14, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N.Y."

I was on the last half of the flight Aug. 4-7, Aurora Municipal Airport, Aurora, Ill.; Aug. 7-9, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; Aug. 9-10, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.; Aug. 11-14, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N.Y.. The only change from the list was the last stop, it was McGuire AFB, NJ.

I have a bunch of slides from the flight I need to scan.

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I saw them at the Fort Worth stop.....the WX was not very good...

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Zane Adams
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Vultee BT-13A "Valiant/Vibrator" (74-6097)(USAAF 41-22177)(N56642)
Vultee BT-13A Valiant Vibrator cn74-6097 USAAF 41-22177 N56642 by Bill Word, on Flickr

Vultee BT-13A "Valiant/Vibrator" (74-7767)(USAAF 41-23120)(N69013)(Painted US Navy)
Vultee BT-13A Valiant Vibrator cn74-7767 USAAF 41-23120 N69013 Painted US Navy by Bill Word, on Flickr

Vultee BT-13A "Valiant/Vibrator" (74-1833)(USAAF 41-9599)(N63884)
Vultee BT-13A Valiant Vibrator cn74-1833 USAAF 41-9599 N63884 by Bill Word, on Flickr

Bill,

Do you have the ID on this one...I can't read the reg#...

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Zane Adams
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Previous thread...with a few stories.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14871

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I don't have the registration number on that one, but it did not finish the flight. It was involved in a landing accident near the end of the event.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
Jack, You have Debauched my sloth !!!!!!
We tried voting with the Ballot box, When do we start voting from the Ammo box, and am I allowed only one vote ?
Check out the Ercoupe Discussion Group on facebook

Here it is. This is the beginning of all the T-6s I got that day.


North American SNJ-5 (AT-6D) "Texan " (88-15761)(USN 43770)(USAAF 41-34531)(N830JD)(Freedom Flight America)
North American SNJ-5 Texan cn88-15761 USN 43770 N830JD a by Bill Word, on Flickr
North American SNJ-5 Texan cn88-15761 USN 43770 N830JD b by Bill Word, on Flickr

This AT-11 is now owned by John Hess and is based just south of Atlanta, GA. He is planning on having it at Oshkosh again this year!

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Rod Schneider
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thanks Bill!

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Zane Adams
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Could it be this one?
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviat ... 4164&key=1

That be the one, the owner of Lance Aircraft was in the back seat and took the control stick into the chest, cracking his sternum during the crash. He was at McGuire, but in a wheel chair.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
Jack, You have Debauched my sloth !!!!!!
We tried voting with the Ballot box, When do we start voting from the Ammo box, and am I allowed only one vote ?
Check out the Ercoupe Discussion Group on facebook

I must have gone to Aurora. I know I saw it and it wasn't in Long Beach. I remember seeing a passel o ftrainers and a twin Beech.

Here is Terry Adams and Marion Gregory in N29963 flying over New York City.