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I didn't see the mustang, but I saw a P-47 Thunderbolt. The cool thing about those old planes is you hear them well before you see them coming.
What color was it? I saw someting, last night was not the everyday plane coming out of the Boulder airport, it was green and yelllow with a little red on it.
2 years ago we were working on the runways at that little airport on the north west end of the metro area, can't remember it's name. Anyways, over the noise of the equipment I heard something very cool, looked up ant it was a B-17!!! VERY low level flyby, I'd say less than 20', he made a tight turn and landed on the runway right next to us. Awesome!
That same summer we had a crew at Ft. Carson, making the hot re-fuel pads, I was still at the airport who's name escapes me, my nextel beeped, one of the guys down at Carson just watched 2 V-22 Ospreys hot fuel, he was pretty impressed. A few minutes later they landed next to our equipment, dropped of a couple people then took off and headded north.
Centennial airport is where the MiG-15 lives, I met the guy who owns it, says he is working on a F-86 Sabre. Must be nice to have that kind of cash.
I've seen two flights of two Osprey's over Pueblo West... we're just south of Carson's maneuver range; Blackhawk, Chinook, and Apache are pretty common around here.Originally Posted by blackford76
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I will be bringing one of our Hurks to the JeffCo Airshow at the end of the month. At least right now I am on the schedule to be on it. Not sure though. Good deals like that normally go to management types.
Another reason you might be seeing more old warbirds flying around is the Reno Air Races are coming baby. Cant wait.
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There's a wealthy lawyer that owns a gorgeous P-51 Mustang and a Hawker Sea Fury, both are hangared at Centennial airport. The P-51 is in warbird colors, but the Sea Fury is civilian painted. It has a big radial engine and it's very fast, and the wing is shaped just like a P-47's, so it's easy to mistake it for a P-47. I thought that's what it was for years, it flys over Parker frequently, until I found out the facts.
I'm really looking forward to going to see Fifi, the B-29. Ain't gonna ride in it though. This is supposed to be it's first airshow since a major rebuild and all new engines. Only one left flying in the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLFKAWGSPCs
Don't know where he hangars it, but a Doctor (was Chief Anesthesiologist at Children's last I heard) who used to be our Medical Squadron commander owns a P-51 that wears the name "Stang Evil" around here; it was one of the P-51's assigned to the 140th here in Denver back in the day. He also has a British Gnat, and last I heard he's got an Me-109 that was brought out of Russia needing restoration.
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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!
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!)
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