"Return to Normandy: 2014" - New Geneseo Mission!

[Nathan]

IMHO, someone flying a restored P-51 in airshows is the same as someone parading around in a ww2 101st Airborne outfit. I've seen the Liberty jump team. None seemed egotistical. In fact after their jump they spent about two hours along the flight line coming up to young kids and giving them label pins and info on ww2 paratroopers.

Moral of the story:

Some people restore ww2 aircraft and fly them around. Some people restore ww2 outfits and walk around in them at shows.

[Redtracer]

I hate to stir this thread away from what I think is a great effort to do something that would be a lifetime trip back in time for many but Ive got to bring it up.

Those who dont see "reenacting" as historical, did you read Taigh's great comments about his bomber camp?? I would love to hear from the pilot of 909 on what his thoughts were when both those .50's started firing?? He made the comment that they could feel the controls shake. Now maybe next time Taigh can get a couple cheek guns installed and the company ME-262 can make a high speed pass. Im sure they would get a hand full of what it would feel like. Maybe smell the cordite as it makes its way into the slipstream and by all of that happening, I am betting that they would never forget it. I would bet that every flight after that with a WW2 pilot would be just a bit more understanding to some people that were born in completely different generations. All of this is the benefit of Reenacting.

I have always wonder what most people thought about what we do. To each their own, I just can't see doing it in a t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. When we are flying it personally makes me feel closer to the plane and crews that flew them. The same rips and worn spots I get on my wool flight suit in the B-17 or B-24 or on my cotton flight suit in the Harpoon are probably in the same spots as the original crews. To me it seems sometimes wearing (reproduction) period flight gear is a lot less homogenized than wearing a modern flight suit or shorts in a 70 year old airplane. But I admit I do wear both.

[AHancock51]

New write-up on our project! Up to $85,000 out of $250,000 needed...

http://thelcn.com/2013/06/16/return-to-normandy-campaign-launched/