20 B-25's to attend Doolittle reunion

[Pat Carry]

www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123194616

[JohnTerrell]

Thank you for the link. The B-25 being one of my favorites of WWII-era aircraft, this sounds like it will be a great event, and with that many bombers in attendance, fingers crossed, I can't wait to see the flyover. Checking on the CAF Minnesota Wing website recently, I can tell you that Miss Mitchell is slated to be in attendance.

[Shay]

I had just been thinking about heading up to Urbana to see how the CAM was getting along with their B-25's engine change. I know they were hoping to have it done sometime this month in time for the reunion. Besides the NMUSAF, Grimes Field will also be the place to be at as they plan to stage the aircraft there and conduct formation fly-over rehearsals.

Anyone know of any other non-B-25 aircraft that plan on attending? Any Fighter escorts?

Shay
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[Tanker 336]

Does anyone know if this event will be filmed?

[mustangdriver]

Glad Zack and I got a room booked right across the street!

[Shay]

Does anyone know if this event will be filmed?

Not in an official capacity, but I plan to be there clicking & rolling away.

Shay
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[Stoney]

Wonder if they will beat our record of 16 in a formation and then we had 16 in a line for the beak,

[Shay]

Would be cool if they could paint the Hornet's outline on the runway, to reenact the take off (atleast in distance).

Shay
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[Tanker 336]

Shay,

I hope you plan on posting some of your pictures from this event. Maybe even post some of your video on "You Tube" for all us less fortunate who aren't able to attend.

[Zachary]

Glad Zack and I got a room booked right across the street!

Dude, that sounds so gay....

[mustangdriver]

I could have said, Zak and I are sleeping together across the street! Ha Ha. For real though It will be awesome being just right there.

[T33driver]

I could have said, Zak and I are sleeping together across the street! Ha Ha. For real though It will be awesome being just right there.

I wish you two all the happiness a trip to Wright Patt can bring.

[Ken]

Would be cool if they could paint the Hornet's outline on the runway, to reenact the take off (atleast in distance).

Sounds good on paper but I doubt many owners want to run the engines that hard or goof around with the yoke technique required to emulate the carrier takeoff. No telling what the headwind component might be, but it's hard to beat what they had in '42. Marking the Hornet distance would probably only serve as a disappointment.

[Holedigger]

I don't see any owners wanting to flog their engines to attempt that sort of thing! It would be cool if a Hollywood set company or even a sign company could dummy up a nice silhouette of the Hornet's island as a backdrop, but I guess the $$$$ would be better spent on AvGas!

[Shay]

Would be cool if they could paint the Hornet's outline on the runway, to reenact the take off (atleast in distance).

Sounds good on paper but I doubt many owners want to run the engines that hard or goof around with the yoke technique required to emulate the carrier takeoff. No telling what the headwind component might be, but it's hard to beat what they had in '42. Marking the Hornet distance would probably only serve as a disappointment.

I don't see any owners wanting to flog their engines to attempt that sort of thing! It would be cool if a Hollywood set company or even a sign company could dummy up a nice silhouette of the Hornet's island as a backdrop, but I guess the $$$$ would be better spent on AvGas!

I hear ya. It was just a thought

Shay
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