Warbird Photos

[Jack Cook]

Cleaning out some files on my computer I came across these photos. Thought you all might enjoy them.

Crash Williams landing N28CU

JCW flying Elkins/Herlihy T-28B N128RR

Jack flying with Carl Terrana in his HVD II

Crash Williams flying his TBM N337GA

Our B-25J and 2 of 3 Texans

JCW & Jack flying Doc Currie's Stearman

Brian Sanders flying Brian Reynold's FG-1D

[Brad]

Ya know Jack. I sure do miss Carl. He was truly a great guy. His collection is where my airplane came from.

[Oscar Duck]

Methinks Crash is getting airborne in his T-28..check the flap - certainly not landing configuration...

[Jack Cook]

I agree Brad,
Carl was a great guy and a pleasure to both fly with and be around in general. I sure miss Texan Flight with all those guys. Jeff, Lars, Ken, Carl, Craig and Uncle Bob Irvine. Do you have a list of Carl collection of planes and know where they ended up?? He must of had 25-30.
O.D. I'm fairly sure it was landing has I was at the end of the runway. If not that's one remarkable T-28!!! Here's a couple more.....

Crash flying N28CU now I beleive just sold through Courtesy aircraft.

Boyce Thelen flying his N83AW

Lynn Hunt flying Sunday Punch

Our B-25J N25NA

[Brad]

Jack,

I don't have a list of Carl's planes. But if I did, that list would be long and distinguished! I do know that after he died, his family recieved several calls from people wanting to know what to do with his airplanes. He apparantly had them scattered all over the country and nobody is really sure how many he actually owned.

Not too many people knew he had my airplane until they started pulling all the others out of the hanger and found mine in the back under a tarp!

Gotta get on the plane. See ya in two weeks or so.

[Rob Mears]

I sure like the "patina" look on that T-28. Looks like a real warhorse!

[Jack Cook]

Crash's T-28B was very well maintained and he loved the downtrodden look it had. He wanted people to be able put their hands on it. He touched it up with Sears house paint and a wisk broom!!!

[RMAllnutt]

i was about to say the same thing Rob, but you beat me to it... that T-28 looks terrific with the weathered look... wish more warbirds were as dowdy, it makes them somehow more real, and tangible. While I know that it is convenient for cleaning, gloss paint really irritates me (with exceptions, I guess, for authenticity in the cases where gloss was the in-service paint of choice).

Cheers,
Richard

[Coert Munk]

Hi
The Sunday Punch picture was near Fresno, some four years ago? Great weekend with all the Mitchells!
Coert

[N3Njeff]

I too am a nut for the "tired" look. When they had the Mustang gathering in Kissemme. There was one and it looked tired, it was dirty and the wheel wells were all covered in grease and oil. I told my father that this is the best mustang here!!!! He said "why is that". I told him cause it was being flown!!! Its great to see so many mustangs being saved, but when you see the ones like kermits and others. There better than factory so it was nice to see one.........well to some that is not so nice. The guy probably is not a million aire........but maybe just a working guy like me. But he saves enough money each week to put some gas in her and punch some holes in the clouds.
If the owner is here on WIX, Keep her flying!