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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:08:56 AM EDT
The summer CAF Airpower Tour has commenced. After a busy spring in the hangar dealing with typical heavy maintenance issues that come up on 80-year old aircraft, both the B-29 and B-24 are healthy and out on the road. We have 16 stops on this part of the summer tour, with a possibility of some added stops in Sept/Oct.
This week we spent a couple days in Memphis (KNQA) and Bristol (KTRI) doing rides and static displays. Next weekend we're at the airshow in Reading. Fifi on the deck in Dallas, ready to depart:  Attached FileDiamond Lil on her way to Bristol on Thursday:  Attached Filehttps://www.airpowersquadron.org/ |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 10:21:51 AM EDT
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Love it. Will try and catch y’all this summer. I’m about 20 minutes from CAF San Marcos.
October ‘22 before I tossed myself out of the “Tico Belle” a few times with Alex Hernandez (10th SFG SgtMaj and DepChief of Team Alpha linking ODA 595 with Gen Dostum, and the absolute nicest guy I have ever had the honor of calling a friend)  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 3:17:43 PM EDT
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Dang. No stops near me.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 6:37:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dang. No stops near me. Me neither... 
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:39:49 AM EDT
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Peoria or St Louis are doable from Iowa. Hmmm.
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Posted: 6/1/2023 6:33:03 AM EDT
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I'll be heading up to the Reading WWII weekend tomorrow.
I was going to go on Saturday, but the ceiling is going to be about 1600', so that might kill the airshow portion. |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 10:24:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll be heading up to the Reading WWII weekend tomorrow. I was going to go on Saturday, but the ceiling is going to be about 1600', so that might kill the airshow portion. I'm unfortunately on a trip for work, so I'm missing Reading. The B-29 is already on the ramp today, and the B-24 should be arriving tomorrow. |
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Posted: 6/5/2023 6:20:09 AM EDT
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I watched Fifi on Friday, and they were busy!
It was about 92 or 96 degrees out, so I bet they were glad to get airborne! Next up: Oshkosh. 
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Posted: 6/13/2023 11:02:52 AM EDT
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Spent this weekend at KBAF Westfield Barnes airport in Mass doing rides in the Liberator and Superfortress. Fortunately the smoke from the Canada fires wasn't too bad, and was more of an annoyance than anything.
I made sure to fly the bombers both directly overhead UMass Amherst on all the rides to show them what the American flag looks like on an instrument of America's airpower history.  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/13/2023 11:03:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2023 9:07:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2023 9:08:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2023 9:10:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2023 5:42:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2023 5:43:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2023 11:44:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2023 11:45:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2023 11:48:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2023 12:29:27 PM EDT
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Very cool. No stops near me but I did get to see FiFi and Diamond Lil many years ago at the Reno Air Races.
It was long enough ago that there were some number of B-29 and B-24 WWII vets in attendance. |
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Posted: 6/30/2023 12:33:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2023 1:42:22 PM EDT
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tag
wish i had seen this the beginning of june |
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Posted: 6/30/2023 5:06:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2023 2:48:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2023 5:06:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2023 8:31:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Very cool. No stops near me but I did get to see FiFi and Diamond Lil many years ago at the Reno Air Races. It was long enough ago that there were some number of B-29 and B-24 WWII vets in attendance. Was it the year they went around the pylons after hours?  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/1/2023 8:39:41 PM EDT
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Safe travels. I wish y'all were coming back to AL.
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Posted: 7/1/2023 8:48:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Safe travels. I wish y'all were coming back to AL. Right now we don't have any more AL stops this summer, but we are planning on returning to HSV in 2024. |
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Posted: 7/7/2023 9:32:22 AM EDT
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After a couple gorgeous days at NMUSAF, the rain interrupted the day yesterday in Springfield, OH.
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Posted: 7/7/2023 10:17:10 AM EDT
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Thank you for this thread. I think many in GD don't know about it or you would have many more visitors.
I only found it because you linked to it in your Pittsburgh to Springfield, OH thread. |
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Posted: 7/21/2023 9:40:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/21/2023 9:44:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/21/2023 1:53:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/21/2023 1:58:29 PM EDT
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I used to live right near Broad Run airport in Manassas. FiFi has taken off over my house many times, as has the B-17 that I believe was destroyed in Dallas. Such a magnificent sight.
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Posted: 7/22/2023 6:22:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/22/2023 6:55:19 PM EDT
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Awesome photos in this thread. Lots of nice composition.
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Posted: 7/22/2023 8:55:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Awesome photos in this thread. Lots of nice composition. 
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Posted: 7/22/2023 9:03:38 PM EDT
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See you up at OSH. Always fun working the warbirds.
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Posted: 8/1/2023 8:55:16 AM EDT
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We spent our OSH week sitting in DuPage getting mid-tour maintenance accomplished on both bombers and the PT-13 while the WASP T-6 was at the Aeroshell display at AirVenture.
Yesterday we flew the bombers to Terre Haute where we'll resume the back half of the tour this week. Hoosier Aviation at KHUF is our host, and they're always great to us. A few pics from this last week. Rainy day Liberator early in the Dupage week, getting more work done on the gear indicator switch:  Attached FilePost 100-hour mx test flight for the Stearman:  Attached FileJust after finishing the maintenance test flight on the Superfortress, and getting prepped for the transition flight to Terre Haute.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/1/2023 8:56:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: don't give him too much credit, he probably parked them there on purpose! So true...although these girls look good from any angle, so a dude with an iPhone can make it look easy, hehe. |
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Posted: 8/1/2023 8:59:45 AM EDT
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Since several people asked, we had originally intended to have the B-24 up on the main square for a couple days during OSH, but had to back out a bit ago based on our maintenance schedule. As you may remember, last year we were doing rides out of Appleton all week, so while we were able to fly over the show we weren't on the ground there then, either.
EAA is still interested in having us up there, and we're still interested in doing it, so we're going to try and work in into our sched for next year. Our next aishow is Thunder Over Michigan at YIP in two weeks. See you there! |
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Posted: 8/12/2023 9:03:23 PM EDT
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It was very cool seeing the planes at Thunder today.
It’s the first time I’ve seen Fifi flying. |
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Posted: 8/12/2023 10:04:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was very cool seeing the planes at Thunder today. It’s the first time I’ve seen Fifi flying. Things were a little different than planned...we were supposed to be airborne before the afternoon show started and make our opening formation pass as the Star Spangled Banner was ending. But hopefully we looked okay. I was in the B-24. Thanks for coming out to see the show! |
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Posted: 8/12/2023 10:05:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/12/2023 10:05:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/12/2023 10:09:33 PM EDT
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Link to Facebook-hosted video of our formation pass to open the afternoon show today:
https://www.facebook.com/ThunderOverMichigan/videos/6163529160425281 |
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Posted: 8/12/2023 10:10:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Things were a little different than planned...we were supposed to be airborne before the afternoon show started and make our opening formation pass as the Star Spangled Banner was ending. But hopefully we looked okay. I was in the B-24. Thanks for coming out to see the show! Looked good to me! |
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Posted: 8/12/2023 10:20:15 PM EDT
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Be careful and vigilant guys. The memory of Texas Raiders falling still haunts me. I was lucky enough to go through her at her home base in Conroe and am in the Legion with some of the volunteers who supported her and maintained her.
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Posted: 8/13/2023 9:38:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2023 9:40:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2023 9:41:54 AM EDT
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