P-64 at Oshkosh

[MacHarvard]

Hi all. I'm away from home, and sadly not at Oshkosh. I am wondering if the P-64 has flown as was expected and if so, does anyone have inflight photos? I would really appreciate seeing any and all.

cheers
Doug

[hurricane_yank]

It flew as part of the evening show on Wednesday...not sure when/if it has flown again. EAA has a video out there highlighting the show that evening/night....let me try and find the link.

[wizzells]

It also flew as part of the Friday afternoon show.
I'm working on getting my photos edited. I'll post a couple when I'm done.

[wizzells]

Alrighty, here's a few from Friday...

[mazdaP5]

Lovely, thanks.

[Dan K]

Pics #1 & #3 really show the difference in wing design between the P-64 and the T-6 series.

Hadn't seen her fly since the 70s. Hope you young guys appreciate what happened this week.

[C VEICH]

Now that is spectacular! Thank you for the photos wizzells, much appreciated.

[C VEICH]

Double post

[Lon Moer]

That's a badass T-6 !!

[Chris Brame]

Sorry - double post

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[Chris Brame]

I've seen many photos of this plane going back to its cloud-seeding days, and that cowling always seemed different from the military version. Is it a modified Lockheed Hudson cowl?

[MacHarvard]

Hey! Thanks a bunch, wizzells. These are great! And hurricane_yank, I would really like to see the video if you find the link.

cheers
Doug

[MacHarvard]

The only two inflight photos I had until today. One taken by Dick Stouffer and passed to me by the EAA Museum. The other shows Lt. Mulligan flying over Luke Field (and received from Luke Field)

http://s346.photobucket.com/user/machar ... d.jpg.html

http://s346.photobucket.com/user/machar ... m.jpg.html

[marine air]

Mr. Poberezny was one of my dad's best friends. They talked every week and on holidays. I remember one year at Oshkosh, Mr. Paul told me to hop on the back of his Harley and we went over to look at the P-64. I asked him a bunch of questions. I remember him saying "firewall forward, is right off a Lockheed Hudson." I don't know if he meant that literally or figuratively. ONe year much earlier, my dad and I flew into the EAA headquarters which was located at Hales COrners and had a grass strip. Outside the musem, which was just a metal building, was a Lockheed Hudson. IT was brown or bronze and had been trucked over from Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. I always wondered what happened to it and if an engine was later donated to keep the P-64 going.
"Mr. Paul" could fly the heck out of that airplane and performed a beautiful aerobatic routine. Can't ever remember it flying straight and level.
My dad and I disagreed about it returning to flight status. He said Paul wanted it parked and never flown again, with him being the last to ever fly it. (Big ego) I think in the last thirty plus years advancement in the warbird movement, the knowledge base and ability to produce any part new from scratch, it's okay to fly it with caution. I would like to see some of their other aircraft flown again for that matter. Especially now that they only sponsor one airshow a year.

[MacHarvard]

Now that the engine has been reasonably identified, I thought there might be interest in the prop, which is also not the original. Attached is a capture from my correspondence with the EAA AirVenture Museum staff after a photo opportunity several years ago.



Doug