Warbird Information Exchange

Good thing BDK didn't see these guys, he might've popped a vein...

Looks like it was a great show, and I really like that they had the P-47 and Fw 190 doing a flyby together... that's genius. On a slightly related note, I wonder why Tom Friedkin brought his "Double Trouble Two" all the way across the darn country here to Langley AFB when Jerry Yagen's own "Double Trouble Two" is just 45 miles away over in Va Beach? Friedkin did a very nice Heritage Flight display and it's always nice to see a "new" Mustang, but it does seem rather odd that he'd have to miss his own home show in order to come fly in ours.

Lynn

I just got home about an hour ago from Chino and uploaded to P'Bucket. I didn't get any flying pics this year as I was lucky enough to hang out with the PB4Y2 crew. A big thanks to those guys, Woody, Joe, Dave, Scott, and the rest but mostly to Robert aka Pooner who snagged me and put me to work. Lots of fun and an opportunity to get familiar with a plane that I had very little knowledge about. I had a great time hangin out with y'all. So here goes with some pics.
































The Swamp Ghost





AD repairs to Privateer (some, not all)






Hope ya like em. By the way, rare show for Chino. Windy, cool and wet!!!Still a blast though.

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looks like a great show - man am I missing Danny Summers - glad his Skyraider will be well taken care of.

Tom P.

I knew I was going to miss a good one! Thanks for the photo's guys! Chris, I see that you had the good judgement not to break a lens getting Pooner's picture!
G

He hasn't broken any lens' since he shaved the beard. The camera does have a tendency to move out of focus though!

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Did anyone else catch a glimpse of Rod Lewis' B-25 in the Aero Trader hangar? It looks like that accident involved way more than just a nose wheel collapse. Still nothing in the FAA incident data base though, so who knows....

It looks like there may be some stress wrinkles in the rear fuselage near the forward, upper attach point. It appears that the nose was under wraps.

The damage was pretty extensive so it will likely be at Aero Trader for some time. That's why the whole thing was taken apart and shipped back rather than being repaired on the spot.

Or, it was just disassembled for a movie, you decide! (That's a joke by the way)

"TEST" what is it?

Isn't it the Ryan Fireball?

Ryan FR1 "Fireball" - prop in front & turbojet in the back.
There are pictures around showing it flying with a stopped prop.

Another cool airplane probably too obscure to warrant anything more than a static restoration. Thye do have some overhaulable engines in storage though should the need ever arise (125th anniversary of Naval aviation?).

OK, bdk, I'm curious enough to ask, why the water marks?

Seems other people don't go to the same lengths.

Do you earn your living through photography?
Just asking.

Thanks for all the pictures in this thread everybody!

Leon

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I used to do it manually and tried a program recommended here on the WIX for the first time which automatically inserts the watermark and resizes the photos (TSR Soft). Some things I will do differently next time, but I wanted to get some stuff up fast because people were asking.

I've had photos published on occasion for the past 30 years, but have never gotten a check for it. Either I'm not good enough for anyone to offer, or maybe I don't want to quit my day job. I take photos for my own selfish amusement and just don't want to risk anyone else claiming them as their own when things get cross-posted and cross-linked. Even a mediocre artist signs the bottom of the painting! In any case I'm old school. I have had my photos posted here on the WIX by others claiming to not know where they got them from. Now they'll always know. I'm not bitter at all, I just want the courtesy of credit for my time and effort where credit is due.

Please let's not waste any more bandwidth on my watermarking skills. There are far more important things to criticize me for!

I think I remember reading somewhere many years ago that the white stripe pattern on the fuselage in front of the cockpit of many Corsairs was really originally just masking tape that was applied over the seams of access panels to keep out dust, water, etc. If that is so, why do so many "authentic" restorations have them painted on - why not just apply some actual tape?

As great as these photos (all!) were, I can't actually tell which it is in this case, but it sure looks bright white and straight like paint and not like masking tape.

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