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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:09:49 PM EDT
The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends is at Rickenbacker International Airport this weekend. These are "some" of the 500+ pics I took today.
ETA: The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends                                                                                          
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:11:24 PM EDT
[#1]
Wow. Quite the collection.
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:15:01 PM EDT
[#2]
Awesome pics.
The Mustang was my Grandfather's favorite bird. He flew them in WWII China. One of these days I need to get all his pics scanned in. |
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:17:13 PM EDT
[#3]
Lancaster, p 38, p39 Simply awesome
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:17:52 PM EDT
[#4]
Awesome, Airacobras to Lancasters..
What's with teh 5 bajillion F22 pics though? 
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:21:01 PM EDT
[#5]
Great pics!
Post more!! |
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:21:10 PM EDT
[#6]
My first time seeing it live.  They hid it in one of the hangars before and after its flight, so I didn't get any other pics of it. 
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:21:18 PM EDT
[#7]
Wow I was there nice pics.
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:26:25 PM EDT
[#8]
Very nice, now I am even more stoked for Nellis in November!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:38:30 PM EDT
[#9]
Thank you, awesome pics
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Posted: 9/28/2007 4:38:44 PM EDT
[#10]
The P-51A "Polar Bear" is wearing the markings it carried during WWII. I think that it may be the only warbird that I know of that is painted exactly as it was when it was new.
If I recall correctly, it was used for Artic testing, hence the name.
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Posted: 9/28/2007 5:33:58 PM EDT
[#11]
Oh, sure, the frickin' J model Hercules gets the flying show, while the legacy model gets to sit on static display.
Sorry, I'm a biased toward the T model. That overpriced hunk of hardware known as the J stole my unit's thunder and we're likely not to return to the sandbox before we transition to the J. You can't have 45 million dollar aircraft performing the same mission with equal or greater efficacy than a 65 million dollar aircraft. It's bad for the bean counters  "KC-130J. Anytime. Anywhere." (except Al Kut during daylight hours) |
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Posted: 9/28/2007 8:28:05 PM EDT
[#12]
hells yeah!!!
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Posted: 9/28/2007 9:08:41 PM EDT
[#13]
Wow! Thanks for sharing. Great pictures.
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Posted: 9/28/2007 9:15:53 PM EDT
[#14]
Utterly outstanding.
Thank you for shaing!!
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Posted: 9/28/2007 9:16:24 PM EDT
[#15]
Awesome! Thats really something to see a Lancaster flying.
And my heart always skips a few beats when I see the P-40, that was my childhood favorite. |
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Posted: 9/28/2007 9:24:54 PM EDT
[#16]
Outstanding pics and many thanks.
Did they get their 100 flyable Mustangs to attend? |
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Posted: 9/28/2007 11:03:32 PM EDT
[#17]
great pics!
Was the Jap plane a zero? I dont think i have even seen any WWII jap aircraft at any airshow. |
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Posted: 9/28/2007 11:12:05 PM EDT
[#18]
HEY! That one's from my base... 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield Ohio. I'm in maintenance, aircraft electrical & environmental systems.
Don't worry... she's one of 8 that get 'r done! 
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Posted: 9/28/2007 11:14:01 PM EDT
[#19]
OST
Awesome pics!
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Posted: 9/28/2007 11:24:20 PM EDT
[#20]
Great pics, warbirds send a chill down my spine.
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Posted: 9/29/2007 5:04:25 AM EDT
[#21]
Special event... geared around the Mustang obviously. The plan was to have 109 or the remaining 150 that are still flying there. Here's the website. I am going tomorrow, and if the F22 is not there I will cry. www.gml2007.com/ |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 5:06:44 AM EDT
[#22]
very nice photos
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Posted: 9/29/2007 5:47:08 AM EDT
[#23]
Great pics! Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: 9/29/2007 6:03:40 AM EDT
[#24]
Sweet pics! Not too many flying P-38s around.
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Posted: 9/29/2007 6:35:56 AM EDT
[#25]
If I had Bill Gates money, I can tell you a few things that would be parked in my
Thanks for the cool pics. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 6:38:49 AM EDT
[#26]
Is this a civie aircraft painted up as .mil, or does the DOD operate CJs now? |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 6:39:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/29/2007 6:50:40 AM EDT
[#28]
Great collection.
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Posted: 9/29/2007 6:51:37 AM EDT
[#29]
It's a T-1A, a modified Beech 400. It's used as the advanced trainer for pilots going to heavies. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:01:43 AM EDT
[#30]
HOLY SWEET JEEBUS!!!!
That's an AWESOME collection of amazing aircraft!! Isn't this the event that was supposed to have over 100 Mustangs?? Looks like it! But seeing all the rest! B-25s, TWO B-17s... a freakin Lancaster!?!?! WOW!! That must have been ABSOLUTELY AMAZING to have been there! |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:07:22 AM EDT
[#31]
This was my dad's plane before he sold it a few years back.
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:11:57 AM EDT
[#32]
Excellent Post!
I wish I had know about this. It would have been worth the road trip to see a P-40, P-51A, P-38, P-39, and Lancaster in the flesh. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:15:17 AM EDT
[#33]
The AF also has the C-21 which is a Lear 35, and also the C-20 which is the Gulfstream III. They are generally used for VIP transport. In fact, the primo bitch speaker of the house Pelosi, raised holy hell over the fact that when she tried to go home to SFO, the AF only provided her with a C-20, and not a C-25 (747) or a C-32 (757). Frankly she should STFU and be happy that she isn't stuck in coach class on United! |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:16:57 AM EDT
[#34]
Beautiful
I'm loving the F-15 and F-22 shots. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:19:12 AM EDT
[#35]
Great pics!
Thank you! |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:31:37 AM EDT
[#36]
WOW!
Awsome Pics! Thanks for sharing. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:45:34 AM EDT
[#37]
I too was there yestreday. It was an amazing show. These are some great pics. Here is one of my favorites that I snapped yesterday.
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:45:58 AM EDT
[#38]
Fantastic pics, thanks!
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:52:18 AM EDT
[#39]
6 50's... man that's gotta hurt! I got my pilots license in Ohio, and actually flew into that airport during my cross-country training, wish I could be there now. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 7:56:24 AM EDT
[#40]
Yessssss  Plus an A model P51 AND P40 too !Good GOD this thread OOZES with WIN ! Thanks Choke ! eta: pilot/other guy = teh funnay !
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Posted: 9/29/2007 8:11:08 AM EDT
[#41]
My understanding is that the Bush White House caved and she did indeed get the C-32 (Boeing 757) for her weekly trips back and forth to San Francisco. -Gator |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 8:53:23 AM EDT
[#42]
 Thanks for sharing!! was that P-38 "Glacier Girl"? the one resurrected from a Greenland glacier.. |
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Posted: 9/29/2007 8:54:58 AM EDT
[#43]
Holy sh*t! I used to see this plane flying around the LaGrange-Burr Ridge area a few years back - ususally on weekends |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 4:56:17 AM EDT
[#44]
Awesome pics Chokey!!!
Neat to see a flying P51B, too...don't see those every day. |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 5:31:04 AM EDT
[#45]
The Roush Mustang belongs in the Car forum.
Old Crow = Roush Mustang... |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 9:14:26 AM EDT
[#46]
FREAKIN SWEET!
I looked at that pic of the P-38 taxing and said holy crap that's a Lancaster behind it. I didn't even know there were any in this country. Great pic's, what great time you must have had. Thanks for sharing. MB |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 9:39:16 AM EDT
[#47]
The P40 and P39 are so freakin' cool.
The Mustangs weren't so bad either. |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 9:43:22 AM EDT
[#48]
Great pics
Great planes
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Posted: 9/30/2007 10:31:52 AM EDT
[#49]
wow looks way better than most air shows i've been to.
Did they really push the F-22 or did they just do some flybys? (Did they show off the thrust vectoring capability much?) |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 12:33:37 PM EDT
[#50]
It's cool to see a Tempco Cavalier that hasn't been converted back into a Mustang.
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