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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Back Room => : Bogey October 16, 2009, 09:00:47 AM
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Just had several old war planes fly over at very low alltitude. They sounded like a herd of Harley motorcycles. Low Cloud cover must have kept them lower than normal.
There is a "Fly IN" this weekend at Daniel Field ( Augusta, Georgia ) and they seemed to be heading that way.
Those old fighters are something else.
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Funny I have them flying into Ellington Field here in Pasadena Tx to making the house shake! Nice to watch though!
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There's nothing like the sound of a RR Merlin...
About 3 miles from my house theres a air feild " Omarka" that is home
to the largest fleet of WW1 fighters in the southen hemisfre..
Plus a P51/P40 some Russan fighter & a Spitfire at times..
almost every week end theres something flying around..
Omarka has a good web site....
Pete
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A few years ago, I was out on a Saturday road testing a customer's car and happened on the local air field's air show.
They had a B17 and a Russan "Yack" (?) cargo bi-plane. Suposed to be the biggest bi-plane ever built.
I was surprised at see how small the B17 looked walking around under it. They look so much bigger in movies. They wanted $15.00 to walk through, so I just walked under and around.
There also was a twin engine executive jet. I didn't know it was there until I heard this sqeaking noise behind me while I was looking up at the B17 starboard engines. There was a slight breeze blowing from behind the jet and it's starboard engine vanes were spinning in time with the sqeak. Hearing the sqeak, I thought there's no way I'd ever get in that thing !!!!
Looked beyond the jet to the parking lot and there was a bigger crowd around the 1932 air craft motored car I'd just driven in.
Wish I could have heard that B17 fly over. All I got to hear that day was a darn sqeak of modern engineering ... and the sweet purr of a 1932 air cooled motor ! :D
Paul.
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Really great to hear & see Bogey - enjoy. - The B-17 Memphis Belle (same exact model) and a B-24 Liberator (the Dragon & His Tail) plus WWII fighters have flown in here for an air show for years, - unbelievable!!! Neither has been here recently unfortunately. ... During WWII my father was in the 8th Air Force, 466th Heavy Bombardment Group - stationed in Attlebridge (sp) England - they flew Liberators not B-17's, the most common bomber in the European Theater. - If you get a chance - go see them!! - I've been in both of them, on the ground that is. The B-24 is a LOT roomier than the B-17 - but the 17 was one tough old bird.
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http://www.mucheswarbirds.com/CFB24.html ..... http://www.ww2-airshows.lone-wolfs-den.com/images/B-24/index.html
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http://www.memphisbelle.com/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKzpTZSpUgE
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I love those old war planes and take any opportunity to go and see them, they do sound great to me:) also nice link north pack:)
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About six or seven years ago the then Confederate Air Force had a fly in at the local airport. Among the planes was a Japanese torpedo bomber in green with the red meatball. Talked with the pilot/owner and it turned out to be the same plane used in both Pearl Harbor movies. Also got to tour a large German transport (which I swear I recently saw in some show on the History Channel). My son got to meet one of the Tuskegee Airmen, as well. I think it made the guy's day when he started rattling off facts about them. I don't think anyone else there had a clue as to who they were. Next day, I heard a rumbling airplane engine and looked out the door to see the Japanese plane making a turn to fly back to the airport, probably as part of a re-enactment. I called my son and he ran out with his grease gun (quite realistic) and proceeded to shoot him down. Not every day you can do that.
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airiscool - They had a B17 and a Russan "Yack" (?) cargo bi-plane. Suposed to be the biggest bi-plane ever built.
"Yacks" called after Bison-like long haired animal - Yack, so it makes sense.
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I have no WW II or any other old planes around me.. But I usually see apache helicoptes, CH-47 Chinook, and F-16's that fly over the house really low.. they fly over 3-8 at a time...really cool to see and hear.. you can usually hear them coming before you see them