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bdk
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A Salute to the Aircraft of Grumman

Should have at least the following flying I'm guessing...

F3F
F4F/FM-2
F6F
F7F
F8F

Any guesses as to how many of each? :wink:

Sounds like a great show to me!
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Got my air, motel, and car reservations already. See ya' then. How about another WIX dinner?

Mudge the gourmand :D

I'd guess: 2 - 2 - 2 -1 -1

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Sounds really exciting! I would love to see all of the Grumman series - F3F through F8F, along with the J2F all flying in formation. I don't think that's been done before at Chino. If it has, I've never seen pictures of it.

What a formation that would be! :D
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bdk wrote:
Any guesses as to how many of each? :wink:


There should very easily be at least 2 of each because there are that many in Southern California and the surrounding states.

Some, like the F4F and F8F, should be pretty easy to get 3 or 4 of.
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Looking forward to seeing you all again!

(Mudge, don't forget the sunscreen, water and a big hat - you gave us a scare last year!)

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Ffffffff. So f what!

C'mon it's gotta be Ducks, Gooses/Geese, Widgeons, Mallards and Albatrii/Albtrosses! After all how else do you get a flock of tough plurals up? :lol:

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I'm with JDK on this one, Albatrosses or bust. Two is the most I've ever seen in one place, once at Arlington in '97? and once at Bellingham when some Australians were there getting type rated on it to fly it back to Oz. The other one being our very own N97HU.

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Maybe they could do one of those crowd things where everyone holds up a piece (normally a paper sheet, here something different) that 'makes' a picture - on this occasion it 'makes' a chopped F-14? :lol:

Seriously though, I'd like to be there.

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Speaking of......does anyone know the status of the second Bearcat owned by POF in Chino ?

Last I saw it was close to be done.

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Where's the F-14, oops, our government took care of that. :evil:

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C'mon it's gotta be Ducks, Gooses/Geese, Widgeons, Mallards and Albatrii/Albtrosses! After all how else do you get a flock of tough plurals up?

What about Turkeys?
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I'm going to guess 1 F3F, 2 FM-2, 3 F6F (Friedkin, Pond, CAF), 1 F7F, 2 F8F, 2 TBM. That's actually a normal year for them; with a little effort they should be able to do even better. The real fun, as JDK says, is to see how many waterfowl they can bring in. How about a Mohawk and Tracker/Trader also.

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k5083 wrote:
...How about a Mohawk and Tracker/Trader also...

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I just hope the Chinoans are ok with an invasion by every Tiger west of the Rockies. :P

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Michel Lemieux wrote:
Speaking of......does anyone know the status of the second Bearcat owned by POF in Chino ?

Last I saw it was close to be done.

Tks


I'll second that. I saw it about a month ago....looking really good.

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Michel Lemieux wrote:
Speaking of......does anyone know the status of the second Bearcat owned by POF in Chino ?

Last I saw it was close to be done.
Does POF even own a Bearcat?

I forgot the Duck and yes, POF does have an airworthy Mohawk.

The Skytypers are at Chino and have a bunch of Tigers- that should suffice!

P.S. Yanks still has one F-14, not airworthy of course.
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