Air Shows

[Mrs. Utah]

I have never been to an air show and know nothing about planes. This last weekend there was an airshow at the airport very near my house.

WOW!!! I,unfortunately, did not have the time to get there to see these planes up close and personal, but I did get to hear and see them as they buzzed over the house all weekend.

Utah and I were trying to image what it would have been like to have been in or near a battle when the skies were filled with these planes.

I do not know what kind of planes these are. Anyone?


This is the YANKEE LADY a 'B17 Flying Fortress'(according to the web site). I saw this one on the web site, but these are the pics I took as it flew over the house.







Anyone been to an air show? Any good stories/pics? Anyone pilot?
Just curious.

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[Myrtle]

Hard to tell fron the angle of your shot, but I believe they are AT-6 Texans, a twin seat WWII era trainer.

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com...SNJ/Page1.html

[cambraceres]

The three planes in your top picture appear to be from different countries, they are spitfire type planes, WW2 era.

I have heard plenty of stories from a former spitfire pilot.

He said that he participated in a few battles and alot of "actions". He said the battles were exceedingly noisy because his engines were when they were stressed. One interesting thing he mentioned was the subtle interplay between the engineering concerns of his plane versus one specific German plane. His plane was a spitfire, he never flew another type of plane, he said most of his action was against the Messerschmidt me-109. I know I misspelled that, sorry. Anyways, the spitfire, a british plane, had a carbuerator. The German plane was fuel injected, which leads to a big problem for the spitfire. If the Luftwaffe pilot got into a pickle, he could go into a steep forward dive, and the spitfire could not follow. This is because the spitfire would stall out because the fuel in the carb would be pulled out of the cylinder, starving the engine.
The engine in a spitfire was 1000 hp, but limited in this all to important way. There was one point of light tho, when the Spitfire was about to break up in the air due to being overstressed, the plane would vibrate. The German plane would give no warning, so the luftwaffe pilot was in the hot and heavy action, they would hold back just a bit, the brits would go balls to the wall knowing the true limit of their plane.

Well enough random crap trolling for me

Cam

[Myrtle]

Nice story, but sorry to have to disagree with your ID.

Those aircraft pictured bear no resemblence to the WWII Supermarine Spitfire.

http://www.constable.ca/spitfire.htm

[MrMon]

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Hard to tell fron the angle of your shot, but I believe they are AT-6 Texans, a twin seat WWII era trainer.

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com...SNJ/Page1.html

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This appears to be correct, but someone better than me can confirm it. Definitely a two seat plane, I checked all the possible torpedo planes, which were 3 seaters, and nothing fit. Possible fighters were all single seat, and there are a ton of T-6 variants, these seem to fit.

[TheDudeAbides]

Very cool pictures. How close were they to your house? Or do you just have some kind of super camera?

[cambraceres]

Myrtle [ QUOTE ]
spitfire TYPE

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I realise they are not spitfire planes as USAF is on one, but the are elliptical wing WW2 era escort fighters.

Cam

[Mrs. Utah]

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Very cool pictures. How close were they to your house? Or do you just have some kind of super camera?

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Thanks!

I am just using a Nikon D70(digital) with a crappy telephoto lens. Utah thought maybe 75-100 feet. They were flying pretty low....shook the house.

Also The Red Barron Pizza Sqaudron flew over, but I did not grab my camera fast enough.


Just surreal to see these planes flying over your house.

[Myrtle]

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Myrtle [ QUOTE ]
spitfire TYPE

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I realise they are not spitfire planes as USAF is on one, but the are elliptical wing WW2 era escort fighters.

Cam

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Sorry Cam if my comments were too critical....didn't mean to be at all.

I just happen to be very familiar with aircraft of that era, and can most of the time quite easily determine virtually all WWII aircraft by silhouette.

I tried to show the distinction by posting links so that one could see the differences.

Also, please be aware that many of the vintage planes still left today have markings on them that have nothing to do with their origin.

Best regards,

Myrt.....

[youtalkfunny]

"Hey, Rose, there's a Messerschmidt in the kitchen. Clean it up, would ya?"