A great air show

[Neal Nurmi]

I've photographed a lot of air shows over the years, but this remains one of the very best I've ever seen. The lineup included 22 Mustangs, 2 P-38s, 2 Corsairs, a P-63 and two Centaurus Sea Furies. There were 5 days of flying, with flying happening all day. There were photo passes by B-17, B-29 and A-26. Aerobatics by Art Scholl and by Frank Sanders in his lovely Sea Fury, along with startling JU-52 demos each day.

It was all quite something to behold...

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[Sasquatch]

WOW!

Where?

When?

-Tom

[Badman]

cool photo - looks like 1979 by the large "5" on the RB-51's tail?

Some of the planes in the photo I think I can ID off the top of my head are: yellow nosed P-51 (Lou IV?), RB-51, Crocker's Sumthin Else, Red Baron Team's Flying Undertaker (?), Howie's Miss America, 924, Baby Gorilla, Dan Martin's RRIII, Passion Wagon(?), CWH Corsair.

[Neal Nurmi]

Some locals catching a few rays...

[Neal Nurmi]

I love the sound of Allisons in the morning...

[SaxMan]

Were the two P-38s at the show the same pair that was in the Baa Baa Black Sheep episode? Always wondered which two those were.

[L-188]

Wow Bob Hoover looks kinda young there. How did he fit his pit crew in the mustang?

[Neal Nurmi]

I was kinda young too, 36 and a half years ago...

[Sully]

Weren't we all!

[Neal Nurmi]

[JohnB]

Great CJ-5 tow vehicle!

[T J Johansen]

Were the two P-38s at the show the same pair that was in the Baa Baa Black Sheep episode? Always wondered which two those were.

Black Sheep movie birds:
P-38L 44-26961 N38DH
P-38M 44-53097 N3JB

T J

[Lon Moer]

The airshow was the 1979 Miami Air Races
- P-38's were Lefty Gardner and Gary Levitz
- one of the Corsairs was then from Canadian Warplane Heritage, raced by Dennis Bradley.
- P-63 was the Whittington's "F" model
- Sea Furies were Lloyd Hamilton and Frank Sanders
- Ju-52 was author Martin Caiden


...not being able to get there is still one of my great disappointments.

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[Neal Nurmi]

You should be disappointed -- it was absolutely one of the great events I've ever attended. We stayed in a trailer on site, so it was Mustangs and Racing 24 hours a day for 5 days. Heaven for a young photographer and Warbird fan...

[Neal Nurmi]