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A few from my latest triphttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/462595/IMG-1029-149218.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/462595/IMG-1158-149217.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/462595/IMG-1470-149216.JPG. [url]https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/462595/IMG-1519-149213.JPG[/https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/462595/IMG-1448-149215.JPG View Quote That is awesome! |
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First time seen on the interwebs! Short stop on the way to Sun-N-Fun in Funny part was that the guy had to go to a gas station to pick up some gas for us! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/353455/img138-132390.JPG And a rare bird indeed! Well both actually. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/353455/img141-132393.JPG View Quote I got to see that P-39 up close and personal once. I also got to spend a whole afternoon sitting next to the ex-astronaught that owned it. Frank Borman was a special kind of gentleman. I was a fresh CFI and he had been around the back side of the moon yet he treated me as his equal. Nothing could've been further from the truth yet in his eyes I was his peer. He even asked me to give him a refresher on how to read METAR/TAF. I have rarely been so honored. The cool thing about that P-39 was that it wasn't just any old P-39. It was THE p39 that Frank flew in the Korean war. He had the right connections to persuade the powers-that-be to sell it to him after it had been mothballed. It looked absolutely immaculate in all respects. In the cockpit, under the cowlings... pure perfection. |
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Calling the P-40 finished.
Attached File Attached File The Corsair is nearly finished. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Calling the P-40 finished. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/IMG-3599-158595.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/IMG-3600-158599.JPG The Corsair is nearly finished. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/IMG-3593-158596.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/IMG-3596-158597.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/IMG-3595-158598.JPG View Quote Amazing work, as always. |
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View Quote That's a Kaman machine, right Quib? |
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View Quote I always thought the Thud was one of the sexier aircraft (and that one has its probe extended). Where is that particular aircraft? |
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I always thought the Thud was one of the sexier aircraft (and that one has its probe extended). Where is that particular aircraft? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
I always thought the Thud was one of the sexier aircraft (and that one has its probe extended). Where is that particular aircraft? Wings Over The Rockies-Air & Space Museum, at the old Lowry AFB. |
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Two commanders in a row!
Too bad I didn't get any pictures of Bob Hoovers the other week. I fail at keeping the streak alive |
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Random photo but I thought it came out pretty well https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/187084/17097624-1474602865892589-6853844034647896851-o-181704.jpg View Quote |
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I got to see that P-39 up close and personal once. I also got to spend a whole afternoon sitting next to the ex-astronaught that owned it. Frank Borman was a special kind of gentleman. I was a fresh CFI and he had been around the back side of the moon yet he treated me as his equal. Nothing could've been further from the truth yet in his eyes I was his peer. He even asked me to give him a refresher on how to read METAR/TAF. I have rarely been so honored. The cool thing about that P-39 was that it wasn't just any old P-39. It was THE p39 that Frank flew in the Korean war. He had the right connections to persuade the powers-that-be to sell it to him after it had been mothballed. It looked absolutely immaculate in all respects. In the cockpit, under the cowlings... pure perfection. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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First time seen on the interwebs! Short stop on the way to Sun-N-Fun in Funny part was that the guy had to go to a gas station to pick up some gas for us! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/353455/img138-132390.JPG And a rare bird indeed! Well both actually. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/353455/img141-132393.JPG I got to see that P-39 up close and personal once. I also got to spend a whole afternoon sitting next to the ex-astronaught that owned it. Frank Borman was a special kind of gentleman. I was a fresh CFI and he had been around the back side of the moon yet he treated me as his equal. Nothing could've been further from the truth yet in his eyes I was his peer. He even asked me to give him a refresher on how to read METAR/TAF. I have rarely been so honored. The cool thing about that P-39 was that it wasn't just any old P-39. It was THE p39 that Frank flew in the Korean war. He had the right connections to persuade the powers-that-be to sell it to him after it had been mothballed. It looked absolutely immaculate in all respects. In the cockpit, under the cowlings... pure perfection. Frank bought the P63 in 1995, and sold it in 2003. P-63 KINGCOBRA/42-69021 Serial #: 42-69021 Construction #: - Civil Registration: NX90805 N90805 N163FS Model(s): P-63A Kingcobra Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 History: Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 42-69021, 19??. Ken Kay, 1946. - Acquired from RFC, Altus, OK. - Registered as NX90805. - Ferried to Van Nuys, CA, 1946. - Stored in open, Van Nuys, CA, 1946-1965. Ronald Hasz, Scott City, KS, 1970-1992. - Registered as N90805. - Stored complete in hanger, Van Nuys, CA, 1973-1992. Douglas W. Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Bournemouth, UK, 1992-1995. World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1995. Ice Strike Corp, Dover, DE, Nov. 27, 1995. Frank Borman, Las Cruces, NM, Nov. 1995-1997. - Trucked to Chino, CA from storage in Van Nuys, June 21, 1996. - Restoration to airworthy, 1996-1998. Frank Borman/Picacho Aviation, Fairacres, NM, Jan. 1997-2003. - Registered as N163FS. - First flight Feb. 9, 1998. - Flown as USAAF/269021. John K. Bagley/163FS LLC, Rexburg, ID, September 24, 2003-2015. Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner Steve Tournay Research Assistance: - WARBIRD REGISTRY > KINGCOBRA REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE |
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Yeah, no. Frank acquired the aircraft and had it restored. Its not a P39 it is a P63. Neither P39s or 63s were used by the USAF in Korea. Except for P51s and F82s the USAF fighters in Korea were all jets. Frank bought the P63 in 1995, and sold it in 2003. P-63 KINGCOBRA/42-69021 Serial #: 42-69021 Construction #: - Civil Registration: NX90805 N90805 N163FS Model(s): P-63A Kingcobra Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 History: Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 42-69021, 19??. Ken Kay, 1946. - Acquired from RFC, Altus, OK. - Registered as NX90805. - Ferried to Van Nuys, CA, 1946. - Stored in open, Van Nuys, CA, 1946-1965. Ronald Hasz, Scott City, KS, 1970-1992. - Registered as N90805. - Stored complete in hanger, Van Nuys, CA, 1973-1992. Douglas W. Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Bournemouth, UK, 1992-1995. World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1995. Ice Strike Corp, Dover, DE, Nov. 27, 1995. Frank Borman, Las Cruces, NM, Nov. 1995-1997. - Trucked to Chino, CA from storage in Van Nuys, June 21, 1996. - Restoration to airworthy, 1996-1998. Frank Borman/Picacho Aviation, Fairacres, NM, Jan. 1997-2003. - Registered as N163FS. - First flight Feb. 9, 1998. - Flown as USAAF/269021. John K. Bagley/163FS LLC, Rexburg, ID, September 24, 2003-2015. Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner Steve Tournay Research Assistance: - WARBIRD REGISTRY > KINGCOBRA REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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First time seen on the interwebs! Short stop on the way to Sun-N-Fun in Funny part was that the guy had to go to a gas station to pick up some gas for us! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/353455/img138-132390.JPG And a rare bird indeed! Well both actually. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/353455/img141-132393.JPG I got to see that P-39 up close and personal once. I also got to spend a whole afternoon sitting next to the ex-astronaught that owned it. Frank Borman was a special kind of gentleman. I was a fresh CFI and he had been around the back side of the moon yet he treated me as his equal. Nothing could've been further from the truth yet in his eyes I was his peer. He even asked me to give him a refresher on how to read METAR/TAF. I have rarely been so honored. The cool thing about that P-39 was that it wasn't just any old P-39. It was THE p39 that Frank flew in the Korean war. He had the right connections to persuade the powers-that-be to sell it to him after it had been mothballed. It looked absolutely immaculate in all respects. In the cockpit, under the cowlings... pure perfection. Frank bought the P63 in 1995, and sold it in 2003. P-63 KINGCOBRA/42-69021 Serial #: 42-69021 Construction #: - Civil Registration: NX90805 N90805 N163FS Model(s): P-63A Kingcobra Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 History: Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 42-69021, 19??. Ken Kay, 1946. - Acquired from RFC, Altus, OK. - Registered as NX90805. - Ferried to Van Nuys, CA, 1946. - Stored in open, Van Nuys, CA, 1946-1965. Ronald Hasz, Scott City, KS, 1970-1992. - Registered as N90805. - Stored complete in hanger, Van Nuys, CA, 1973-1992. Douglas W. Arnold/Warbirds of GB Ltd, Bournemouth, UK, 1992-1995. World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1995. Ice Strike Corp, Dover, DE, Nov. 27, 1995. Frank Borman, Las Cruces, NM, Nov. 1995-1997. - Trucked to Chino, CA from storage in Van Nuys, June 21, 1996. - Restoration to airworthy, 1996-1998. Frank Borman/Picacho Aviation, Fairacres, NM, Jan. 1997-2003. - Registered as N163FS. - First flight Feb. 9, 1998. - Flown as USAAF/269021. John K. Bagley/163FS LLC, Rexburg, ID, September 24, 2003-2015. Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner Steve Tournay Research Assistance: - WARBIRD REGISTRY > KINGCOBRA REGISTRY > PREVIOUS PAGE Thanks for the info! |
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Awesome pics of the Eagles, really captures and expresses the motion at the same time!
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Is that from the Nascar race flyby?
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