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Airport open house East Troy WI. 7-20-2014 pics

Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:56 pm

The East Troy airport had it's annual open house this past Sunday. There were a few warbirds on display. Hopefully the photos work, first time posting pics.
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Re: Airport open house East Troy WI. 7-20-2014 pics

Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:24 am

nice photos, thanks

Re: Airport open house East Troy WI. 7-20-2014 pics

Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:18 am

Looked like it was a good day.

JMC

Re: Airport open house East Troy WI. 7-20-2014 pics

Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:35 pm

Thanks. :)
The weather was great. The morning started a bit foggy so the annual hot air baloon festival morning takeoff was moved from Waterford to Burlington airport so I got to visit 2 airports before 10AM (lucky me! :D .
The WI CAF wing came with their SNJ and PT-26 as well. According to Sam from Tabair, the P-51 was there for some maintenance work. It is new to the area (I believe he said IL.). Hopefully it'll be flying over soon. I was really hoping to see the corsair they are restoring but Sam said it wasn't setup to roll over the rougher surface of the ramp.

Re: Airport open house East Troy WI. 7-20-2014 pics

Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:04 pm

Until I saw the nice photo you got of "My Sweet Shari," I was going to say you were wasting film on the P-51 and missing the important airplane.

Sam Taber owns the L-5 and the L-4. For those who don't know him, Sam Taber (of Tabair) is a real great guy. He used to work for Kermit Weeks, does his own thing now, and is a very helpful L-5 expert. Just don't get him started on Monty Python quotes or he won't stop....

I got to see the Corsair in December- it is a very interesting airplane.
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