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On 9/12/2021 at 7:48 AM, Firefly said:

As you can probably tell, I've gone on a bit of a naval aircraft binge over the past few weeks. I found another gem today. Here's the great Steve Hinton piloting an F4U-1 Corsair with in-flight commentary. 

 

Kameraden,

Steve Hinton Sr. once gave me a ride in his P-51 with Jim Maloney on our wing in an F6F-5. This happened during a break at the CWH during an airshow.

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22 hours ago, Lipfert said:

Kameraden,

Steve Hinton Sr. once gave me a ride in his P-51 with Jim Maloney on our wing in an F6F-5. This happened during a break at the CWH during an airshow.

S!

I'm literally green with envy and completely lost for words (mind you, this doesn't happen very often), so let me answer with this - you lucky bastard! 🤣

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4 hours ago, Firefly said:

I'm literally green with envy and completely lost for words (mind you, this doesn't happen very often), so let me answer with this - you lucky bastard! 🤣

Kameraden,

Knew George Stewart at CWH, terrific person and an amazing pilot. He could jump in just about any plane and just figure it out.

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I knew that was Planes of Fame's Zero even before I saw the tail number. Besides this gem the uploader has some other pretty interesting videos. 😀

https://www.youtube.com/@-juno-takaleon3830

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Those wide open areas around the old Norton airbase, Lake Mathews, and Chino airport where he was flying in that video are fairly hemmed in now with houses and warehouses. 🫤

https://goo.gl/maps/7Eu2wUhcU5FBXhqK7

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Found this while looking at YouTube today.

It goes through all four branches of the NVA.

Not only is the music funky, but some of the shots of equipment and personnel are really interesting.

I especially liked "a night out on the town in Cottbus" @21:14.  And the spinning protocol training @ 23:50.

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