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spookythecat
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Here is another installment of photos shot by my folks at Oshkosh in the 80's. I was 8 years old in '84.

Also, in case you missed it here's the link to 1980-83
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=27521

And here we go....

1984

Bob Hoover
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The Voyager before it's historic flight
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KC-135 and A-10's
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Me in a T-34 owned by Bob Livingston (Any idea what ever happened to him or the plane?)
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Bill Ross in the P-38
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We used to get some cool stuff on the ramp in the warbird area.
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B-25
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34's
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6's
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My Grandpa and "Rascal"
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The best civilian scheme EVER!
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Invader bomb run
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Grumman bomb run
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Once again, cool stuff on the warbird ramp
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Like the Mustang, this is a pretty cool civiliam scheme
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P.O.F. Corsair
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Any info on this T-28?
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Info on this Invader would be nice too.
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"Briefing Time"
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Ju-52
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And we'll finish off '84 with this beauty.
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1985

To continue with the theme of cool stuff on the warbird ramp...

It's the first visit of the Concorde (I know, I know, it's not a warbird but they're coming) Note: One hour rides were only $600.00!!!
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A little Huey action
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Bombs Away? I hope not!
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I wouldn't mind seeing this again
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Ellsworth Getchell's incident with a gas truck
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Mustangs, orange nose P-40 and some jet in the background
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Another ramp surprise. Me and my mom are in front
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Me in a Mustang. Any idea who's?
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Air Zoo Corsair
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Ol' 92.... "Diamond Lil"
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Me in Ross Grady's classic "What's Up Doc?"
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T-38
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Very cool Al. Thanks again for sharing!

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1986

I guess we'll start with the team that changed airshows forever. Frecce Tricolori.
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Me with a couple Frasca birds
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Where's "Burma Rascal" now?
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"Little Demon"
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Must be pretty Top Secret to be guarded so heavily
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View from the warbird tower
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Me, Hoover and one of my old friends
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B-17 "Aluminum Overcast"/"Chief Oshkosh"
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Northwest Orient 747
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Snort I presume
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Warbird ramp guest
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I miss these formations
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Dad & I next to Connie's PBY
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Grumman Guardian
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T-28
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Vampire
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EAA's B-25
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That's all until I get more albums to scan.

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The Mustang you were sitting in belonged to Wayne Meylan S/N 44-73423 he crashed in 1987 and was killed. Anyone know what happened to the wreckage?

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The P40 Burma Rascal is still around
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40regis ... 29749.html
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Great pics, thanks for posting!

Gotta love Fifi's "Non-PC" markings. Was she painted silver then, or bare metal?

What's up with Hoover's P-51 in that last shot? Looks like the "Rockwell International" on the side has been covered with butcher paper or something.

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Wow, I didn't know that any C-130A's were still flying into the 1980s...
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The silver A-26C is 44-35696 before her history as My Mary Lou was known. The sixgun hardnose was replaced with a glass nose before the significance of the gun nose was known.

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Anyone have more pics of the orange-nose P-40? Whose was this? I don't recall ever having seen this one in NMF.
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thanks for posting the pics of CF-FUZ

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Anyone have more pics of the orange-nose P-40? Whose was this? I don't recall ever having seen this one in NMF.


I remember it pretty well due to the rarity of seeing that paint scheme. I'm hoping the next batch of albums has some pics of it.

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Always nice to see a Vampire (I trained on them) but the 'serial number' is way out, dating in the WW2 period amid impressed civilian aircraft. So much too early for the two-holer Vamp. In fact that serial was never used on any British aircraft.
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That British-painted Mustang looks like one of a couple of Mustangs owned at various times by a guy named Jerry Miles. There is much confusion about numbers and identities of these birds...

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51who/28.shtml

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Photo of Wayne Meylan's P51 for Airliners
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1986 was also Moon Spillers' Oshkosh debut of the P-51A/D that is now Polar Bear. You can spot her in one of your tower shots.

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