Warbird Information Exchange

... on business yesterday and today, I had my inner old airplane infatuation kick in. There's so much that has, and still does, go on in SF regarding aviation history and todays warbirds. Where to start? I'll just post a few of many.












Six Douglas B-18 Bolos over San Francisco's Bay Bridge




Martin B-10B's Over San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge being built in the background.

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NAS Oakland Reserve Corsair


NAS Oakland Reserve Corsair


NAS Oakland Reserve FG-1D's flying past the Golden Gate Bridge


NAS Oakland Reserve F6F's over SF


TBM-3E Avengers with the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit (NARTU) Oakland pictured in flight formation over San Francisco, CA.


Flying over the San Francisco Ocean Beach area on June 2, 1947


Flying over the San Francisco Ocean Beach area on June 2, 1947


Flying over the San Francisco Ocean Beach area on June 2, 1947

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SNJ-4 NAS Oakland reserve SNJ over San Francisco Bay in March 1950.


Convair RB-36H Peacemaker


U.S. Navy R7V-1 Constellation


Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star over Sausalito, CA.

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Blue Angels flying over San Francisco in 1950


Blue Angels flying over San Francisco in 1950


Blue Angels flying over San Francisco in 1950


Blue Angels flying over San Francisco in 1950

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And a few relatively recent stuff ...

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interesting changes of the skyline ground view over the decades covered.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Wow! Thanks again Mark - especially for the B-18s and B-36 (wonder which was louder - six Bolos or one Peacemaker?).
OK if I pass T-33 53-5865 along to Nathan over at millionmonkeytheater.com for his T-33 page?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Of course Chris, help yourself.


A TWA flight soars over the San Francisco Bay area, 1929


Boeing B-314 over San Francisco Bay


Pan Am's China Clipper over San Francisco in 1936


Sikorsky S-42 Clipper NC 823M, Over San Francisco


Martin XPB2M-1R Mars over Golden Gate Bridge c1944


General Motors TBM-3E (91433) Oakland Reserve over Concord with Mt Diablo in the background on April 18, 1947 (B Larkins collection)


P-61B over SF bay c 1948 (B Larkins collection)

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What -- no pics of the closing scene of Magnum Force with the old CVEs?

My family used to live in Walnut Creek - right next to Concord. I could see Mt. Diablo from my bedroom window -- very close to the view in the picture with the TBM. I remember going to Buchanan Field as a boy to pick up my father who would take a commuter flight from SFO to Buchanan after being out of town on business. We once took a field trip there during 1st Grade, and I remember climbing into what I think was a Cessna 140. Very long time ago, though...

A few more neat shots ...


Pan American Airways, Martin M-130 'China Clipper' c 1938


San Francisco c 1945


San Francisco Airport, Seaplane Harbor c 1946


San Francisco Airport c 1949


San Francisco Airport c 1961

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Great set Mark, a few years ago, I took some pictures of a Zeppelin over SF too.

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Roger Cain
www.sfahistory.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Stearman/


We must limit politicians to two terms:
one in office and one in jail.

I never would have thought there were GOPRO's in 1946