Warbird Information Exchange

Great shot of Miss Ashley II.

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Here's some more:
Convair at Ft. Lauderdale in 1978

Duck at Oshkosh 78

O-52 at Oshkosh 78

P-38 and TBM at Oshkosh 78

P-51D at Oshkosh 78

George Enhorning at Waterbury-Oxford in 78

C-46 at Ft Lauderdale 1977

Dinged B-25 at Ft Lauderdale 1977

Collings B-24 at Oshkosh 93

Bettys Dream in he!! (oops, Gathering of Corsairs, sorry that place was hotter than he!!)


Any further info on aircraft would be nice!

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That was about the time I saw my first Mustang at a Pease AFB (NH) open house. I actually overcame my shyness to talk to the pilot. His last name was Trainor and he talked about also owning an F2G (I knew the difference) that was a former racer. I belive he was from Pennsylvania and was killed in a crash of the Mustang not long after.

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

That was about the time I saw my first Mustang at a Pease AFB (NH) open house. I actually overcame my shyness to talk to the pilot. His last name was Trainor and he talked about also owning an F2G (I knew the difference) that was a former racer. I belive he was from Pennsylvania and was killed in a crash of the Mustang not long after.

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

That's N5865V, the PBJ that's under restoration at Camarillo, CA.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Rich,
nice subject matter, but if I might suggest, perhaps you could take some exposure lessons, and composition for that matter, from our resident lawyer/photog August. He could def teach you a thing or two. Just saying.

uh, yeah, I was born in August (ugh) of 1964, so I was 11-13 for most of those shots.

Rich

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Now THAT is funny!
Rich, I look forward to working with you again next season with the B-17, Cat, and B-25.

I was actually speaking about your current work.

Me thinks I'm being razzed here.

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This photo of N703, John Pletcher's JRF-5 (c/n B-81) "GOOSE" (ex-BuNo 37828) from Anchorage, AK is labelled as "Widgeon_Osh97.jpg"

While the Mansdorf conversions of the Widgeon did have radial engines, they were rare, and more importantly, the wing planforms are completely different. The Goose has a constant taper, whereas the Widgeon has a constant chord in the center section of the wing until it gets outboard of the engine nacelles and then it tapers, sharply by comparison to the Goose.

It is a good shot of the camera well plug in the bottom of the hull under the main cabin, though. Most ex-JRF-4 & -5 Gooses had that completely skinned over at some point in the past.

Boy would that be a perfect aircraft for our museum! But Id have to make sure to keep her flying!

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Great stuff Rich;
Those shots of the B-25's at Caldwell brought back a memory for me. I was driving on I-80 and saw one of those 25's depart for the UK. It was the right time of the year.
Also, it looks like that's Tom Reilly's truck in front of the Battle of Britain camera ship in the aerial photo.
Thanks.
Jerry

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