Warbird Information Exchange

Dan Dugan invited me to go to the Dream Machines show in Half Moon Bay. We mounted up at 9:30ish and headed out from LVK. The weather was,,, well, you could see the Sunol pass, east was clear. As soon as we got up you could see through to the bay. We went through the pass herding cows, (that was AWESOME!), broke out on the bay/salt flats, and saw clouds backing up on the other side of Woodside. We saw daylight and went over between layers, we could see the ocean. That was cool. It was like one of those motivational or religious videos, puffy clouds all over, ocean view......

Cue New Age music...
Announcer:(Soft voice) You are calm, You feel good, People like you, You are special...

It would have been mellow, except for 1425 hp roaring outta 9 cylinders, instead,,,,the words, hmmm, how do I say it?.... I got it now,, screw special, I'm in a T28B haulin a serious load of alpha sierra sierra.

We came out south, went up and did an awesome break. It was bird fest on the north end of the runway. When we were on on short final the biggest seagull in the world, it had a 15 foot wingspan, it probably weighed in at a buckfifty and had a head the size of of pumpkin, looked directly at me from about 5 feet from the starboard wing. Never saw that before. I puckered up very nicely. (Insert collapsing index finger and thumb circle here) Dan told the temp tower that there was birds, and the next thing I heard was "Caution, bird activity on the north end of the runway". Those dudes are quick. It was cool. We got in just in time to get a ramp parking space. The BT-13 right after us got grass. The Mustang right after him got pavement. (Note to self, get a Mustang.)

We parked in a cool spot. Dan and I were getting ready to airshow clean the exhaust off of 242J, when the global WIX contingent showed up to say hello. All of us shot the breeze for awhile,then decided to get our picture taken in front of Norcals global mecca of WIX, 242Julliet. I'm the super cool dude wearing the hat in the first picture.

It was a great airshow. There were about eleventythree T28's and Mustangs there and some other airplanes. Roger C told me about a merin powered car, but I didn't make it over to the car side. There were to many quality North American Aircraft products occupying my day. At about three everyone fired up and started doing flybys. It was Mustang overload! I got some footage of that too.

Thanks again for the great day Dan! It was cool meeting you Roger. We should link at a couple dozen more airshows.

This is 5 minutes and 15 meg. Please right mouse click and "Save Target As".
http://www.80s-radio.com/pictures/HMB042405.wmv

Thanks for hosting the clip Dave!

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O.P.,
Great video! I need to ask my boss for better speakers on my work computer. I love that sound

Ditto on what Orvis said. Six out of seven Mustangs in the air at one time, along with the Sea Fury, two Yaks and a pair of T-28s. Nice opener for air show season in Calieefornia.

If I have time after school this evening, I'll post a couple pictures of the Merlin powered '55 Chevy. Gotta run now...........

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We must limit politicians to two terms:
one in office and one in jail.

Hey was that T-28 really wearin VX-5 colors? Very cool Glad to see the RDT&E crowd getting some representation for once! All he needs is some experimental ordinance hanging from the pylons...

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Rob

Thanks for sharing buddy!

Extremely nice vid!!

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

Here's Dan and Orvis on arrival



Here's the Merlin powered Chevy:





and one for fun:



Orvis, I enjoyed the video, just like being there again, sounded great on my speakers with my new subwoofer. Thanks.............Roger

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Roger Cain
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We must limit politicians to two terms:
one in office and one in jail.

Who owns the P51 H ?

Nice mix of birds.

Thank you very much for sharing

Michel--

I think that H-model Mustang may be the infrequently-seen Michael Coutches one from Hayward CA. That, by itself, would've been worth the trip to the show! Got to get to CA sometime...

S.

Great video - especially liked the prop halo on the T-28 as it takes off. thanks for sharing - who owns that white wildcat?

Tom P

Thanks everyone!

That was the first time I saw that mustang. I usually see the very shiny one they have. Steve Coutches flew it over. The T28 with the halo is Chuck Wahls 100 percent restored T28C. It's a beautiful bird. I can't remember who owns the wildcat, Roger would know though.

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This is the Wildcat...


http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f4fregistry/f4f-86572.html

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Blue Skies,
Dan
http://www.flytoanothertime.com

Thats what I thought but the Warhawk Museum in Boise said they don't have the plane.

Perhaps Mr Camp has it somewhere else?

Thanks,

Tom P.

The FM-2 Wildcat is owned by Tom Camp and kept at Hayward Airport. Mike Coutches -H Mustang is flown regularly, and shows up at quite a few Northern CA air shows and fly-ins...............Roger

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We must limit politicians to two terms:
one in office and one in jail.

I think the picture was printed backwards...and someone stuck an extra blade on the prop!

Tom's Wildcat is registered at the Warhawk Air Museum and he keeps it here on display during some of the summer months and periodically thoughout the year (He's bringing up to the Museum for our Navy Days in May). His home base is Hayward, Ca. however. and that is where it spends most of it's time.