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C170BDan
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Friend of mine took this shot at the Denton, Texas Airfair a few weeks ago before the Seafire headed north. Cavanaugh P-51 in the lead with Lone Star P-47 and Seafire flying wing and CAF P-51 Gunfighter in the slot. Thought it was a great formation!

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:D Hey guys, thats our very own Chuck Gardners uncle, Ronnie Gardner, flying the Cavanaugh P-51. I can just about promise you that, that four ship formation has probably never been seen. Two P-51's, P-47, and a Mk. 47 Seafire....... sigh..... Alan
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Curved wings good, square wings bad :wink:
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A couple more years and I'll bet my hat that Chuck will be enjoying himself in a formation like that. Ol' Chuck is the first "dreamer" I've watched go from solo fodder to professional warbird pilot. Rock on Chuck! :wink:

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JDK wrote:
Curved wings good, square wings bad :wink:


That depends very much on your point of view... Mustangs RULE!

Ryan :lol: :wink:

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Hi Ryan,
Technically, old boy, Royalty rules. Mustangs make a lot of noise. Mustang fans make more noise. :wink:

Nothing actually wrong with a P-51D, except in W.W.II terms it was a minor player as the D model arrived to late...

Just a minor wind up. Let's see more Spitfire 47 and Aircobra restos to counterballance the 2 milion P-51Ds out there in silver (yawn)
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Round engines spit oil; long ones spit metal...

'nuff said.

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MAAM’s WW2 weekend had a really nice Missing Man Formation. Yankee Lady B-17G, Glamorous Gal (?) P-51D and Fighter Factory’s Spitfire and Porky II P-38J doing the brake.
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It's been a long, hard road and there is much more to go. I never thought that I would make it to flying T-6s every day for a living. It's great experience and will lead me to much bigger opportunities in the future.
But right now I am just enjoying where I am at in life for a while.

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Anyone can fly and land a Mustang or a Spit on Land put us ROUND ENGINE GUYS have to land on a foeld thats moving away and pitching. Must be nice to be a AIR FARCE PILOT. :D :D


Next time the winner of a war is decided on how well you can land on a boat, I'm sure the Navy is really going to kick ass.

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Chuck
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Dan,
Can you conatct me through email? gardnerpilots@yahoo.com
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Chuck, which Dan would that be?

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Chuck Gardner
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Dan that posted the picture on this thread. Thx

(Editor Note: That would be C170BDan)

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