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Mine happened at a visit to the Air Zoo when I was in middle school, I'm guessing fall of 2001. We pulled into the museum and Tom Wood's Bearcat and Vlado's P-51 were sitting on the ramp next to each other. There were also a bunch of T-6s parked in the grass. It was the day of the Free Fall Open House so my guess is they were all there to visit the museum and get some formation work in. We saw the P-51 and Bearcat flying around later that evening, but I would have loved to gotten pictures of them on the ramp. That's the last time I've seen that Bearcat fly.
IIRC there was an annual gathering of T-6s that weekend (in Kenosha?) and the Schiffers invited them to the Air Zoo for a cookout. We knew Vlado was coming with Moonbeam, but Mr Woods in the Bearcat was a nice surprise. I think I shot three or four rolls that afternoon..I can scan and post a few if you'd like..
For me, the first one that leaps to mind (I'm sure there are plenty more) was in 1983 at an airshow at Jeffco Airport outside Denver. One of H&P's Super Privateers did two water drops, but naturally I didn't have my camera. I was probably too broke to afford film (ask your parents, kids.)
I also once "almost" caught the engine flaming out on an F-14, but was a split-second too slow on the shutter. A huge plume of flame shot out of one tailpipe, but it lasted less than a second and by the time I clicked all that remained was a thin bit of residual smoke.
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