Warbird Information Exchange

I'm not really sure what one thing got me "hooked", but I suspect it was watching 12 O'Clock High on TV. I was 5 years old when the show debuted in 1964, and it was my favorite show for its entire three-year run. I know I had an interest in warplanes before that, because I've seen photographs of myself at age 4 playing with toy fighters (P-51s, Bf-109s, etc). I was already building plastic models (by myself!) at age 5.

Cheers!

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

TBM-3 Avenger C-GCWG.

I'm really not sure what it says about me...but it probably isn't good.

My long term unrealistic warbird dream is to restore another TBM in the same markings but as ABH.

Jim

For me I think it was sitting in the Corsair cockpit at the World of Rubber Museum as a kid. From then on I was hooked, especially with Goodyear Corsairs!

I thought that dream was to mount a Bristol Centaurus on a Taylorcraft airframe

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Ryan Keough
Stow, MA

First got that bite with Black Sheep Squadron, but it was Fuddy Duddy and Doc's P-40 that put me over the edge. I remember hearing a B-17 was going to be at the airshow we were going to (our first) and I was so excited! It was all up hill from there!

I hope someday I live close enough to a museum to help turn a wrench and soak up oil and Av-gas. I so miss working on aircraft!

Tim

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www.tailhookstudio.com

The original Memphis Belle doc...saw it in 6th grade.

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"Anyway, the throat feels a bit rough...the legs have gone...but I'm still able to chant, so let's get going."

Joe Strummer, 1999

Naa, that is just something to keep me busy till I can afford a TBM.

Jim

I can't believe the ages of you whippersnappers. I grew up during WWII and had silhouette models of every airplane I could get my hands on. Don't know exactly what they were made of. Some kind of 1/8" thick, black, fiberboard and the pieces slid together to give them a 3 dimensional look. Luckily, I was only about "5' zip" in those days 'cause they were hanging from the ceiling in my bedroom. Been hooked ever since WWII.
Needless to say, my favorite was and is the:



Mudge the geezer

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Land of the free because of the brave

Well, they made this movie called Top Gun..... Yeah, I was really young when they made it, but I loved it. I was into airplanes ever since. As for warbirds, my grandfather took me to an airshow, and we were very early. I can remember the fog was still around. We were one of the only ones there, and he talked to a crewman on a B-17 that let me go and sit in the pilot's seat. I was in love with the B-17 and warbirds ever since.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

OMG, I AM getting old!

My love began in 1989 at the Hoosier Hoopla Show with the only appearance of the B-29 Fifi to Porter County, Indiana.

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"Keep 'em Flying!"

I am a newbie to "Warbirds". I have been in general aviation for 16 years, the boss bought a T-28C in 1996 and brought it to the hangar and asked if I would like to rebuild her, with a resounding "YES" I became a warbird nut. Just that plain and simple.

You think you are getting old? I was 6 when Top Gun came out. Now I own the special edition DVD that celebrates it being around for 20 years! beside women age very well, like wine. Not only that, but you are Miss WIX.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Ya!! My step-dad defined old has when the a/c you flew or maintained in the military can only be found in museums. I haven't heard the whin of a A-6E in a long time sonnyboy!!

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Don't touch my junk!!

My hero cousin Tom sent me pictures and updates regurally during his 2 tours in Viet Nam flying H-34s and CH-46s. I was very proud of him and bragged on him all the time. Has a 5-6 year-old he WAS superman to me. Has a 44 year-old I'm just glad he survived all those missions and 4 shot downs and came home

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Don't touch my junk!!