P-51 in the air ?

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Originally Posted by Hoser

Is that a real Me-109Z? I knew that there is real twin Mustangs out there but not a twin 109.

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Nah, that's a screenshot from a game called IL-2[Beer]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../swordfish.jpg

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Originally Posted by Ready Room

Well folks, if you have not already heard... ENOLA GAY...yes the B29 that nuked Hiroshima, is coming our way sometime this month, up in Longmont. May have changed since I first got word this spring. There are 3 B29s that are "potentially" flyable right now: FIFI/DOC/ENOLA GAY. Doc was rebuilt by Boeing in Kansas and FIFI has of course been flying for years with the CAF. ENOLA GAY was supposed to make a "one-way" flight to CA this summer with many stops and be trucked back to the Smithsonian. It has been under a "secret" rebuild while on the floor of the museum for the past 10 years.

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Please let us know if you hear a date...

ETA: Looks like it might be a hoax?

a guy down at KAPA has one, or at least did a few years ago when i was flying out of there. beautiful plane.

here is my video over at a private airfield on the east side of brighton. I got invited by the judge who gave me my first ever airplane ride in his bonanza V-tail!

you can see how close I was to the runway.

if you have ever been to a top fuel drag race and sat pretty close to the track, that is about the only thing that I can use to describe the feeling that goes through your chest....I imagine that is what it would be like if the doctors had to shock your chest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDWYOlLA-w

this was with a 3.2 megapixel camera, wish i had my current camera because it would have been awesome to see that thing in really good detail!

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Originally Posted by Ridge

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b1...d/100_4993.jpg

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Yeah, that's Doc Bertz's bird. A thing of beauty. I'd take a Corsair too, I'm not picky.....[ROFL1]

oh and if you guys get a chance head to the air show at KBJC some time.
I haven't been for a few years but there was always the guys with a T-33, a mig 17 and another guy with a venom jet (that thing is awesome looking!)

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircra...erbirdsT33.jpg

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircra...ghts/Mig17.jpg

http://files.abovetopsecret.com/imag...95801c4f23.jpg

I believe that Mig-17 is owned by one of our retired pilots, although I can't remember his name at the moment. He used to fly doing mock dogfights with another of our pilots who had an F-86, until the gent who flew the F-86 misjudged his altitude and pancaked at an airshow a few years ago.

And I think that Enola Gay tour was actually an April Fool's thing. It would be cool, no doubt, but I don't think it'll happen. And sadly, last I heard, FIFI was grounded awaiting new engines. I bet it happens, though.

Did he survive?

Ah.....no. He hit hard, very hard. Died on impact. If I remember correctly he did a loop but wasn't high enough going in.

Was that the JeffCo crash in the late 90s?

I believe it was at Jeffco. Pilot's name was Rosamond, if I remember correctly.