T-6 Gathering 11/01/08

Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:38 am

Stay tuned, more pictures to come!

TC

Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:49 pm

The day started off at Indianapolis International at 730, and dad let me fly over to IL from the front seat while he coached me on the finer points of instrument flying on the way. We (namely I) forgot the time-change from Indiana to Illinois, so we arrived an hour early. We found our airport (not even on a sectional!) and went to another airport in Paris, IL to fuel up. Here are a few shots from Paris.

TC

Early morning in the fall is absolutely beautiful here in the midwest!

Note the General Lee in the background!!!

Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:51 pm

The Arrivals

Just imagine 10 T-6's just raining down on a little 2500' grass strip, and this shot just shows the seemingly never-ending line of Texans that filed in!

"The Pickle"

President of Warbirds of America, Rick Siegfried...

Vlado and his son Michael...

The Lenoch's flew in Danny's T-6...

El Norteamericano T-6 Texano

Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:34 am

One quick picture before school!

TC

Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:58 am

I do like the Spanish schemed one - looks like a great day.

Thanks for the pics.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:27 am

Nice photos! Small correction though, the number 39 T-6 is now owned by David Folk. His old tri-color T-6 was sold to a new owner. One of the Schiffer boys owns the Spanish T-6. Looks like it was a fun day, wish I would have known about it.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:28 am

Nice photos! Small correction though, the number 39 T-6 is now owned by David Folk. His old tri-color T-6 was sold to a new owner. One of the Schiffer boys owns the Spanish T-6. Looks like it was a fun day, wish I would have known about it.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:56 pm

Personally, I would love to see more pics. The more the merrier.

Patrick

Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:25 pm

Trey Carroll wrote:TC

Note the General Lee in the background!!!

Now that is cool.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:29 pm

I love that wide angle shot from the cockpit.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:12 pm

Still interested in the designation of the Hydromatic props on three of those T-6s (#39, #101 and 286787), under what authority they were installed, what they were originally used on and how much they cost... Anyone have info?

Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:11 pm

Interesting observation. "Experiment-lite"? What is the performance difference I wonder?

Patrick

Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:07 am

Here's a couple more pics from the T6 gathering that ended up over at Don Bussart's. It was very cool seeing all you gents when we stopped over for a visit.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:39 pm

Thanks for the replies fellas!

The Attendees

Les Heikkila

I believe one of the Schiffers now owns "The Pickle", Tim knows!

Rick Siegfried, President: Warbirds of America

Tom Adle

Dan Schiffer

Ralph Lutes

Chuck Marshall

Al Schiffer

Dave Folk

Tim and Mike Gillian

Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:47 pm

A couple of generic shots too...

My un-artistic attempt at framing and composition.

If you haven't taken a picture of polished steel and appear in that same picture, shame on you! (And this was the only angle I could get the most T-6's in the reflection)

Probably my favorite...

Trey

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