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General Lyons' B-25:
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PE will be on static for the show:
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Unknown Corsair at Aero Trader (anyone have details?):
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Winjeel:
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P-59:
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Yanks' P-47D:
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Tom Friedkin's P-51 nearing completion:
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Tom Friedkin's T-33:
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Flying Dutch oven:
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Chuck Hall's Mustang:
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Coupla F-15s (F-18s due to arrive on Friday):
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Photo Fanny:
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WIX lurker (Carl Best) arriving in his T-6 all the way from the Dallas area:
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These are just some of the early arrivals!

Saw Tim Savage and Paul there. Mudge had to satisfy his In-n'-Out urge so he missed Glacier Girl and Jack Croul's P-38 fly. Lots of airplanes around, maybe there will be an airshow or something? :roll:
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Nice pics!

Is General Lyons' B-25 the aircraft that used to be owned by Glenn Lamont?

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Thanks for the pics, nice selection of aircraft.

Looks like you need to clean your image sensor though.

Jeff :D
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Tom Friedkin's P-51 nearing completion??

Is that the one that was painted in the 78th colors?

Have a great weekend...

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Nice! There are rumors around about a 4th P-38 for the show. WIth half a dozen Mustangs already there and more expected, this is going to be another awesome show! 8)
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Sniff.............

<----- That's our old T-33!
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Great pictures. Any pictures of the current status of Friedkin's A-36 that is being rebuilt there at Chino?
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The F4U-4 at Aero Trader is FAH 618 owned by Lori Crown and loaned to the Midway Museum. I'm not sure how much is being done to it at AT but hope it's all to airworthy (not static display) standards. The wings are at a shop in Tucsun possibly with Bill Muszala but not sure.

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The Corsair at Aero Trader is the Lori Crown bird (F4U-4, BuNo.96885), currently on loan to the USS Midway Museum in San Diego and being restored to static display condition by Carl Scholl & company. Glad to see that they hired a pro to take on the job. Should be an attractive display! 8)

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You slipped one in on me again Jack ;)

Carl was down at Midland a few weeks ago and said it was a limited, static display only effort, but that the work he was doing would be done to airworthy standards. Good news versus the previous situation with the "no experience necessary" restoration that the museum was advertising IMO. At least the basic airframe work will be sound. Still hope to see it fly in the decades to come (fingers crossed).

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I'm a d@mn fool...coulda been there for 5 days for less than $1k dollars but I thought it was too much to spend....Why didn't one of you talk some sense into me? :shock: :wink:

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Shows the mechanical complexity as art.

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Tom Friedkin's P-51,
Is that the one that went down in a field in Texas? I can remember when I worked at the airport in Carlsbad I would get look at all of cool stuff all the time. You know he has real nice two seat F-5!
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4 P-38s? :D
Keep the pictures coming!

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When did Jerry Yagen sell his P-51 "Double Trouble Two"? ... or is this another aircraft being painted up like Jerry's aircraft?

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