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P-51 Horsemen Team?

Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:53 pm

Saw the really nice bus for the team at George's in Waco today, getting some chicken-fried and big-O's I presume. Was wondering if they are doing a show in the area, can't find anything on the web as far as a schedule....?

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:00 pm

You could check in over at ASB.tv. I'd venture a guess that if they head west, they're perhaps going to the Friedkin place for practice.

Ryan

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:03 pm

go to www.asb.tv and then at the very bottom of the page look for "The horsemen" link - it is pretty small but it has the most recent info on the team.

Tom P.

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:00 am

Any chance they will do the Bearcat routine again?

T J

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:47 pm

2010 Horsemen Schedule
(dates may be added or changed)

April 10-11 NAS Key West, FL
May 15-16 Planes of Fame, Chino, CA
June 12-13 Indianapolis Air Show, Greenfield, IN
August 7-8 Thunder Over Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI
Sept. 18-19 NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA
Oct. 2-3 California International Air Show, Salinas, CA
Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 Alliance Air Show, Ft. Worth, TX

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:07 pm

For the life of me I can not figure out why EAA does not have them at Oshkosh. They did a two ship a number of years ago, but nothing since.

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:31 pm

Oshkosh has a very narrow aerobatic box. The east side borders are large residential area.
This precludes many other air displays.
VL

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:09 pm

T J Johansen wrote:Any chance they will do the Bearcat routine again?

T J

The theme for Chino this May is "Korean era".. they could do it in F7F Tigercats.. ;)

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:56 am

Or F-86's

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:53 am

ZRX61 wrote:
T J Johansen wrote:Any chance they will do the Bearcat routine again?

T J

The theme for Chino this May is "Korean era".. they could do it in F7F Tigercats.. ;)

Borrow the A-26 trio at Van Nuys and terrorize the FAA reps. at the show... :shock: :lol: Would probably make a lot of spectators mouths hang open too!

T J

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:03 am

ZRX61 wrote:
T J Johansen wrote:Any chance they will do the Bearcat routine again?

T J

The theme for Chino this May is "Korean era".. they could do it in F7F Tigercats.. ;)


Actually I believe the theme for the annual air show in May is "Salute to the Greatest Generation." It looks like they have a Korean theme for their smaller monthly event in June.

I would think maybe the Horsemen F8F Bearcat routine may be brought back next year at least for some shows to mark the Centennial of Naval Aviation (at least I hope so).

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:50 am

We're doing Key West with me leading in the -4 Corsair and the Bearcats on the wing. Not sure after that, but we try to do the Navy planes where appropriate and the Mustangs where appropriate. It's also a function of which planes aren't broken or grounded (Rich).

jwc50 wrote:
ZRX61 wrote:
T J Johansen wrote:Any chance they will do the Bearcat routine again?

T J

The theme for Chino this May is "Korean era".. they could do it in F7F Tigercats.. ;)


Actually I believe the theme for the annual air show in May is "Salute to the Greatest Generation." It looks like they have a Korean theme for their smaller monthly event in June.

I would think maybe the Horsemen F8F Bearcat routine may be brought back next year at least for some shows to mark the Centennial of Naval Aviation (at least I hope so).

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:09 am

Jim Beasley wrote:It's also a function of which planes aren't broken or grounded (Rich).


Yeah Rich! :lol:

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:05 am

Jim Beasley wrote:We're doing Key West with me leading in the -4 Corsair and the Bearcats on the wing. Not sure after that, but we try to do the Navy planes where appropriate and the Mustangs where appropriate. It's also a function of which planes aren't broken or grounded (Rich).


Thanks for the information, Jim. That's good to know that we may expect to see the Bearcats, etc. on occasion as a variation to the Mustangs. The Corsair with 2 Bearcats sounds like an intriguing demo formation.

8)

Re: P-51 Horsemen Team?

Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:40 am

mustanglover wrote:
Jim Beasley wrote:It's also a function of which planes aren't broken or grounded (Rich).


Yeah Rich! :lol:

A potential member of my Fan Club!

Rich
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