Geneseo 2006! Loads of pics - Not 56k friendly

Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:17 pm

Bear with me, this is Geneseo as recorded by me. I missed alot while flying the Focke around with a Harvard while we waited to recover...

Friday.

Saturday.

Normandie, 1944!

Sunday.

Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:11 pm

Very cool shots Ollie. I was in the back of the TBM when you took your shots of it. I never did get any good shots of the JU, I was always in the wrong, or right place depending on how you look at it.

Eric

Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:51 pm

When you said loads of pics you werent joking!
Great shots though. Thanks for sharing.
Now Ive got to ask, where is Geneseo?

Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:24 pm

Great pictures, looks like a great time. Nice to see the CHAA had Tony Swains old Harvard CF-UFZ out to enjoy the event!

Brian...

Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:10 am

Geneseo is about twenty minutes south of Batavia New York right on highway 63 south. A great location for an airshow.

Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:31 am

Thanks for the pix on wix...

The formation flight of the P51 & P40 looks spectacular!

Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:26 am

Hi Ollie,

very nice pics.

SPang

Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:46 am

glad to see that 922 "Miss P" is still getting out of PLB every now and again.

Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:58 am

What on earth is that D-Day stripe application on old Red Nose? Looks wacky.

Ryan

Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:02 am

Nice pics Ollie! You do however NEED to get a Webshots account.

Mike

Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:09 am

Wow Olivier.............

Merci de partager.

Seemed like a very nice airshow to attend.

Glad to see so many Canadian Harvards

Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:57 am

Thanks Jeff. While I have never been to New York, I guess Ill have to go now.

Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:07 pm

Whats up with the question mark on the Spitfire? Looks very odd.

Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:32 pm

On October 9, 1944, MJ730 was transferred again to 32 Squadron RAF at Kolomaki, Greece. The aircraft was chosen by Squadron Leader George Silvester, DFC, as his personal plane. Before it's individual code had been assigned, he jokingly said to some of his ground crew that there was "a bit of a question mark" over which identity letter to give his personal Spitfire, because as Squadron Leader, he belonged to neither 'A' Flight or 'B' Flight. The ground crew as a lark placed a large "question mark" where the individual code letter would have normally appeared. Squadron Leader Silvester was amused by the gesture and MJ730 was referred to as 'The CO's Query.' This tradition continued into the 1950's with 32 Squadron's future commanding officers continuing to also display the '?' on their Vampire jets.

This is from the fighter factory web-site: http://www.fighterfactory.net/aircraft- ... istory.php

Good piece of history.

Cheers Dave C