Warbird Information Exchange

Here are some shots from last Friday & Saturday.

_________________
-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Those are some clean shots.What were you shooting with?

Thanks!

They're taken with my Canon PowerShot A620 as can be seen in the following picture.

[/url]

_________________
-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Nice stuff! Thanx for posting.

I quit going to Arlington several years ago when it started to become 'the big 'ol aftermarket sale -a-thon' with, oh, yeah, those homebuilt thingies over there, lemme me show you this really cool Garmin panel....type of outing, I attended the very first one and I've seen the masters there over the years, Bob Herendeen, Duane Cole, and many more 'names' in aerobatics, people who were so good you felt an real emotional twinge watching them and it's become less that and more a commercial enterprise, and for me less attracting.

I'm happy to see they seem to have learned from their very poor treatment of the Warbirds from a few years ago and have made ammends.


Isn't John Sessions' P-51 a knockout?

_________________
Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Herendeen was awesome! Here's a shot with Bob & I in '87.



This was my first chance to get a close look at "Hell-er Bust" and it's a gorgeous airplane. I heard that T-33 is also his.

_________________
-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Nice pixs, thanks for posting. Which T-33 is that?

For those interested, the judging results have been posted at http://www.nweaa.org/Judging/Judging2008.cfm

Brian

I'm not 100% sure but I heard it was John Sessions.

_________________
-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Thanks, I think you're right. That would be N303FS, s/n 342 a Canadair built machine. There's some info on the Warbird Registry at http://www.warbirdregistry.org/jetregis ... 21342.html.

Brian

Watched Bob open the Air Fair @ KPAE in 88 with a 41 turn flat inverted spin on Saturday and a 44 turn duplicate in the Pitts on Sunday while all the beer drinkers were still getting out the chicken and 'tater salad and paid no attention, Sunday he came so close that Jimmy Kazian the wing walker for Jim Franklin who was doing the opening speal was so concerned that it came through in his voice over the P.A.

_________________
Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Nice to see Dave Bauer win with his T-28B. Nice plane and a great guy!!!!

_________________
Don't touch my junk!!

Very nice pics, Al, expecially the one of ol' Bob Herendeen. This was my 22nd year at Arlington; I wouldn't miss it for anything. It has changed over the years though. But it ebbs and flows, some years being knockouts and some just being great fly-ins. I used to work at Bayliner in Arlington at the airfield...spent many a 2-hour lunch wandering the field with my pal Kris Nelson, checking in on what all the locals were building or flying or importing. A highlight was always the week leading up to the fly-in, when all the performers would show up and have their aircraft tweaked by Paul Neihaus at AIR, or at other local FBOs...and wander the field just like the rest of us. Had pleasant conversations with Bob, his wife Jackie, Clint McHenry, Duane Cole, Patty Wagstaff, JoAnn Osterud (another of my favorites), Delmar Benjamin, Steve Wolf, and so many others...it was like a yearly reunion and there is just something about Arlington that brought out the friendliness of everybody...you'd never know those flyers were any different than the next guy or gal down the street. Sure miss Bob and his demos of the Glasair. Anyway, thanks for posting the nice photos.

--Tom

It's a nice clean plane. Congrats to him!

_________________
-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Spooky,

Do you know what squadron the T-6 "Hog Wild Gunner" is painted as?

I'm interested in the flying skull and checkerboard that I think shows up on P-47s from some squadron... maybe 78th? RAF service? or were they P-40s? hmmm.

I think a similar skull is on P-40s from a Burma outfit but it has no wing.

Wish I could remember. Anybody know?

Thanks,
Dave

This info is taken from the heritageflight.org website and seems a little out of date.

AT-6D Texan "Hog Wild Gunner"

Specifications:

Max Speed: 205 mph Cruising Speed: 170 mph
Range: 750 miles Service Ceiling: 21,500 ft.
Span: 42 ft. ¼ in. Length: 28 ft. 11 7/8 in
Height: 11 ft. 8 ½ in. Weight: 5,250 lbs. normal load

Engine:

600 hp. Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN1 radial air cooled

Armament:
Three 30 cal forward firing machine guns, one 30 cal rear firing machine guns, 100 lbs and 25 lbs bombs

AT-6 General Information: The "Grand-Daddy" of the T-6, the NA-16 first flew in 1935. Variations and production continued until the early 50's. It's effectiveness as a trainer and attack aircraft has been proven by many years of service in many nations of the world.

N190FS: Built in 1942, this T-6D was one of several sold to the Spanish Air Force as a trainer and attack aircraft. Powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-1340, it is an excellent flying aircraft that is as much fun to listen to as it is to fly. Because it was in a foreign country, it was not re-purchased by the US Army Air Forces for upgrade to the T-6G variant. It was brought back to the USA in 1991 with several other T-6's, named "The Spanish Fly," and returned to flying service in 1992. It was purchased by Greg in the fall of 1999 and has been flown steadily ever since. One of the early roles of this aircraft was tail gunnery training. This one still has the roll forward rear canopy and a rear seat that turns to face backward to accommodate that training. Part of our restoration included putting in a mock 30cal flex gun to bring back the look of that capability. Restoration to Army Air Corps colors was started in July of 2001, September of 2001, January 2002. The project was finished in July 2003. The aircraft now sports the same paint scheme that the Idaho Air National Guard had on the few T-6's they had as landing currency trainers during their P-51 days. This airplane is owned by Greg who currently flies A-10's for the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard. Get why the "Buzz number" is "TA-10"? Hopefully we will have the nose art on her soon and can really call the project finished.

_________________
-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Hey Al,

Thanks for the info. I went to that site and read the story... even the wacky painter part.

I never get tired of the 60+ years of stories around a warbird.

Thanks again.
Dave