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richkolasa
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Been scanning some lately, here's some interesting stuff from my youth (which I guess is officially gone now...).
B-25 Departing Teterboro, NJ for the UK for "Hanover Street" movie (5/78):
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Sikorsky at Oshkosh 1994
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Cliff Robertson's Spit at Reading 1976:
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The "end of the runway" at our home airport, Caldwell-Wright in 1978:
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The Save-a-Connie taking off at Oshkosh in 1991:
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And one of my favorites, an F-5 Lightning and Corsair fuselage in PA in April of 1973. I think it's Perkiomen Valley Airport (don't think it's New Garden), and I know the F-5 wreckage was with Tom Reilly in 1999. It crashed on a ferry flight, not sure of other details. This Corsair, is it the F2G that Bob Odeggard flies? Any input?
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Cant supply any info but what a neat shot of that lightning in a shed :!: Thanks.
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Cool pics man. I love the B-25 take off.

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Cool photos. The B-25 is N9455Z "Tokyo Express" in May 78. Any chance you might have more of the 25s during their ferry flight?

I have a feeling the P-38 is 44-53193 while at New Garden as I believe both the Lightning and Super Corsair lodged there at the time.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38regis ... 53193.html

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Is that Sikorsky the one at Bradley?

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That Connie pic is spectacular! Thanks for sharing! :D

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mustangdriver wrote:
Is that Sikorsky the one at Bradley?


No, it's dormant in Texas. This is an S-43, twin engine. Bradley has the S-44 4-engine.

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T J Johansen wrote:
Cool photos. The B-25 is N9455Z "Tokyo Express" in May 78. Any chance you might have more of the 25s during their ferry flight?

I have a feeling the P-38 is 44-53193 while at New Garden as I believe both the Lightning and Super Corsair lodged there at the time.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38regis ... 53193.html

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Thanks. I'm not sure what I might have in archival binder pages in closets, but I have this one of another B-25 that day. I think there were 3 that departed, but I was 13, so I'm not too sure.
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Any chance that P-38 & F4U shot might actually have been taken in Willmington, Deleware? I think what were looking at is a couple of the planes at Alexis DuPont's "Aidair" Museum.

Check out the guy in the background, apparently keeping a firm watch on the photgraphic activities. :D

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I don't think so. We used to fly down to Wilmington for lunch now and then, but that was park the plane and walk to the Dutch Pantry. I don't remember any "exploring" for warbirds there, but it was a long time ago. I remember flying into New Garden, Van Sandt, Perkiomen, and a few other PA airports. I'll check with Unc tomorrow.

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richkolasa wrote:
T J Johansen wrote:
Cool photos. The B-25 is N9455Z "Tokyo Express" in May 78. Any chance you might have more of the 25s during their ferry flight?

I have a feeling the P-38 is 44-53193 while at New Garden as I believe both the Lightning and Super Corsair lodged there at the time.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38regis ... 53193.html

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Thanks. I'm not sure what I might have in archival binder pages in closets, but I have this one of another B-25 that day. I think there were 3 that departed, but I was 13, so I'm not too sure.
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I think this B-25 here is N86427 - anyone? anyone?

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I remember seeing my first Mustang at Pease AFB in NH about 1973. The pilot/owner was a man named Trainor from PA IIRC. He talked of owning a basket case Super Corsair with the R4360 engine. Sadly he was killed just a few weeks later.

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that was John Trainor, yes, a super guy. I have a lot of shots of his SNJ, which we used to see at Sky Manor or Van Sandt Airports.

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TJ is correct, the P-38 is 44-53193. That is the exact scheme it wore at the Age of Flight Musuem in Canada. No idea the location though...

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My uncle confirmed that the photo was taken at New Garden in 1973. It is Race 57's fuselage in the photo. I didn't remember, but the wings were around there and still red.

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