P-51 in the air ?

[Ridge]

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

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

[Ridge]

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.

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

ETA: Looks like it might be a hoax?

[sniper7]

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!

[Troublco]

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

[sniper7]

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!)

[Troublco]

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.

[Ridge]

Did he survive?

[Troublco]

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.

[Hoser]

Was that the JeffCo crash in the late 90s?

[Troublco]

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