Lee Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 I worked the Airshow Saturday. Morning was beautiful. Blue sky, gentile breeze and the day was shaping up to be perfect for an airshow. A few planes made test flights. At 12:15 we started to move the guests back to the spectator line in preparation for flight operations. Then a sea fog blew in from the north, the wind picked up and the ceiling dropped. No flying. In order to provide some entertainment for our guest, many of the aircraft were started up and taxied along the spectator line so everyone could get a good look at each airplane and at least hear the engines running. Not the same as flying, but the best we could do in the circumstances. I didn’t work Sunday, but it was overcast with a 1500 ft ceiling, and I understand they did fly. Curtiss C-46 Commando Douglas SBD Dauntless Kate from Tora-Tora-Tora (Modified AT-6 Texan) Douglas SBD Dauntless FG-1D Corsair AD-4 Skyraider FM-2 Wildcat Junkers Ju-52 CurtissP-40E De Havilland Mosquito P-51D Mustang Bell P-63 King Cobra Goxhill Tower AT-6 Texan (front) P-64 (back) Flak 37 88mm Gun B-25 Jocassee, Thomas, Klaiber and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J5_Hotlead Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Beautiful planes Lee! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butzzell Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 wow! Am willing to give the gun a good home if you are short on space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 wow! Am willing to give the gun a good home if you are short on space. We keep it in the 'Cottbus' hangar with the German aircraft collection. The German re-enactors shoot it five or six times during the airshow. We call it the Cottbus hangar because we got the hangar from the Cottbus airfield located near Berlin. Though not a mobile hangar, it was designed to be able to move in time of war, which was a big help when bringing it to Virginia Beach. BTW, the green building is another building we brought over from Europe. It's an English watch tower (control tower) that used to be at the Goxhill airfield. Goxhill was the first airfield handed over by England for use by the Eight Air Force. GenMarkof and J5_Hotlead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Beautiful pictures Lee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrd Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Do you guys need any good A&Ps Lee? Total envy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Do you guys need any good A&Ps Lee? Total envy... We have a resident maintenance facility, the Fighter Factory. They have a staff of full time mechanics and do our maintenance and restoration work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Is it just me, or is anyone else jumping back and forth between the images of the "Kate" and the yellow AT-6 Texan? The modifications to the "Kate" are fascinating. J5_Hotlead and Snaggle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Wiki Tora Tora Tora, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora! Great info!! Klaiber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J5_Hotlead Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Is it just me, or is anyone else jumping back and forth between the images of the "Kate" and the yellow AT-6 Texan? The modifications to the "Kate" are fascinating. +1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocassee Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Wow. I don't think I have ever seen that large a collection of running WWII hardware. Thanks for the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britchot Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 I was drooling over the Ju-52, myself. Somnus, J5_Hotlead and Klaiber 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 I remember that the Kates we had in Harlingen (circa 1981) were a T-6 with a BT-13 tail section. It was pretty clever for 1969. The glass work was pretty amazing as well. Klaiber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kliegmann Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 I love the fact that we still have these 70+ year old airplanes still flying. Though, I would hate to have to feed those gas-guzzling monstrosities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somnus Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Beautiful pics, and that's quite the collection! Slightly off topic (on topic?) there's a neat documentary series called "Plane Restoration" where it follows people who restored various planes including a Dr. 1, P-51, Hurricane, and T-6. Pretty interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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