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Flying Warbirds at Your Local Airport

Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:41 pm

What warbirds that are flying are based at your local airport?

At my local airport (Porter County Municipal) we have the following:
2 AT-6 Texans
1 P-51 Mustang
1 F4U Corsair
1 T-34 Mentor
1 PT-17 Stearman
1 L-2 Grasshopper
1 A-37 Dragonfly
1 DHC Chipmunk
1 T-28 Trojan

Another near by airport (Gary/ Chicago Regional) has the following:
1 C-47 Skytrain
1 Junkers JU-52
Last edited by warbirdguy on Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:09 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Local Warbirds

Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:57 pm

Wow, you just had to start that. :lol:

That might take the cake.

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:05 pm

Well, I suppose the closest airport to me would be Vancouver International Airport (CYVR).

The only warbirds I know of there are:

Supermarine Spitfire Mk 16 (I think)
de Havilland Mosquito Mk 35

Both owned by Bob Genns

The second closest airport is Boundary Bay Airport (CZBB) that has:

North American P-51D (I think)
Beech C-45
Several Nanchang CJ-6's
N.A. T-28 Trojan
N.A. Harvard Mk IV
and there used to be a Sea Fury

It's not bad, but I wish there was more.

David

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:08 pm

T-28 (2)
T-6
TBM-3E
C-1A
PBY-5a
DC-3
A-26
C-119
A-7 (2) projects
MiG-17 restoration
MiG-21 restoration

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:28 pm

wakeman - mig 17 in polish markings
lorain county airport - caf t-6 & a ww 2 stearman in navy markings
i'll let oscarduece describe what's at norwalk...... take it away doc!!!!!

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:34 pm

Coventry airport,Warwickshire,England.
Avro Anson MK19.
Three DC3's
Two de Havilland Rapides.
dhc Havilland Chipmunk
Percival Pembroke
Percival Prentice
Gloster Meteor NF11
de Havilland Vampire T55
de Havilland Venom.
English Electric Canberra B2/6
Thats the flyers.
Not really Warbirds but bloody impressive. Two Douglas DC6's.

Static.
Avro Shackleton, whose engines run.
English Electric Canberra T4
Two de Havilland Venom FB6s,ex Swiss dismantled,could be made airworthy.
Oh and one of only two Airworthy Avro Lancasters in the world,under going deep overhaul ,ready for this season.
Not counting the excellent museum up the road.!

Alan. :P

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:35 pm

P-51D
T-28C
CT-133 (T-33)
B-26 (Disassembled)
SIAI Marchetti SM1019
PT-19
A couple L birds

Newark/Heath Airport ( Ohio)

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:45 pm

Small GA field.

F4 on display. Looks to be fairly complete.
UH-1B on display nearby.

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:52 pm

South Saint Paul Municipal-Fleming Field (KSGS):

Harvard
B-25
L-5
BT-13
And hopefully again someday, a P-51C

Also, there is a Stinson AT-19 rotting away on the grass which I have been told is a combat veteran. There is a picture of it in the May/June 2002 issue of Warbirds International.

Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:58 pm

LVK
I know this list isn't even close. Roger C could make it better,

P51D=3 or 4
T6=4, at least
T28=2 or 3
P40=1
Bearcat=1, last time I looked, it might be gone now
L39=1

There's a lot more, and a couple three cool things that will be alive there in the next two years.

Then theres Hayward, PAO, ect, ect.....

I am lucky, I live in probably one of the densest warbird places on the planet

Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:00 pm

Forbes Field (FOE) Topeka, KS
Our AC-47
C1-A under restoration folling gear up landing in corn field
Steve Ritchie Mig killer F-4 phantom
B-57
C-47
S-2
Harvard
F-105
F-14
0-47
T-33
C-121
Pettit Mig killer F-4
OTW
Jenny replica
RU-8D
C-45
Skynight
F9F panther
F-11 Blue Angel
F-84
F-86
UC-64
Mig-17
Mig-15

Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:22 pm

Kalamazoo/ Battle Creek International-

The Air Zoo, though nothing flies there's still plenty to look at!
Occassionally some T-6s are hangered here

Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:35 pm

EFD/Houston

OH-6
F-4, flyer
TA-4
UH-1E
S-2A
T-33
3 ea Mig 21
5 L-39
2ea N2S
Mig 17
sometimes B-25, TBM
OH-58
2 ea UH-1H
L-29
O-2

Static

F-4D
F-102
T-33
F-101
F-16

I could cheat and add the following:

2 ea WB-57
2ea C-9
Whole bunch of Apaches
Whole bunch of T-38s ( They do have N numbers ) :D
12 ea F-16 Block 25s
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Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:56 pm

RickH wrote:EFD/Houston



I was waiting for you to chime in on this one Rick! :D

Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:02 pm

spookyboss,

Flying?
Skynight
F9F panther
F-11 Blue Angel

I don't think any of these are flying any longer.
Bill.
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