Author Topic: Vintage airplanes: let's see your pictures (Read 53162 times)

demon78 · « **Reply #100 on:** February 03, 2010, 07:30:32 AM »

Geez I haven't seen a Stagger Wing since I was last at Ontario 64-65.
Bill the demon.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #101 on:** February 03, 2010, 11:13:26 AM »

Quote from: bucky katt on February 02, 2010, 11:41:23 PM

i would die a happy man if i could get a ride in a B52, i'd promise not to touch any buttons in most cases i can keep that promise too

I can see it now, Bucky rides the bomb.

bucky katt · « **Reply #102 on:** February 03, 2010, 11:27:11 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on February 03, 2010, 11:13:26 AM

Quote from: bucky katt on February 02, 2010, 11:41:23 PM
i would die a happy man if i could get a ride in a B52, i'd promise not to touch any buttons in most cases i can keep that promise too

I can see it now Bucky rides the bomb.

Slim Pickens became my hero just because of that movie!

and yes i could see myself riding the bomb. imagine the rush right?

eshumaker · « **Reply #103 on:** February 03, 2010, 03:17:10 PM »

So, here's my father's current resto project. Needless to say, he laughs when I complain about the complexity or inactivity with my bike project.

Beechcraft 1934 B17L N12592

wannabridin · « **Reply #104 on:** February 03, 2010, 03:54:57 PM »

WOW....

BobbyR · « **Reply #105 on:** February 03, 2010, 04:05:10 PM »

WOW is right. He must be an expert in stretching fabric. Did not see a wrinkle in the finished plane.

TwoTired · « **Reply #106 on:** February 03, 2010, 06:34:52 PM »

I took this Picture at NAS LeMoore (I think) late 70's.

TwoTired · « **Reply #107 on:** February 03, 2010, 06:43:33 PM »

I also have some pictures I took in 72, while on the USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63.

F4 on the angle Cat.
F4 leaving, A7s (which I worked on) ready to go.
F4 coming in.
A3 (Whale) landing, with and RA-5C and F4 parked out of the way (barely).

I have many more pictures of older airplanes taken at air shows. And, quite a lot taken at the Reno air races. Any interest?

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #108 on:** February 03, 2010, 09:42:54 PM »

Quote from: TwoTired on February 03, 2010, 06:43:33 PM

I have many more pictures of older airplanes taken at air shows. And, quite a lot taken at the Reno air races. Any interest?

Well, you know how we all like pictures.

TwoTired · « **Reply #109 on:** February 03, 2010, 09:48:07 PM »

Are the ones I posted a good size? They are all too big to post directly and I have to re-size them.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #110 on:** February 03, 2010, 09:52:29 PM »

Quote from: TwoTired on February 03, 2010, 09:48:07 PM

Are the ones I posted a good size? They are all too big to post directly and I have to re-size them.

As long as they are under 256K they should be fine so you could go bigger but they look fine like you did them.

SohRon · « **Reply #111 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:01:45 PM »

Jeeze, I thought you guys wanted vintage airplanes! These are some located at the Vintage Aero Flying Museum (home of the Lafayette Foundation) outside of Fort Lupton, Colorado. The Museum holds one of the world's largest collections of World War I aviation memorabilia. This collection includes uniforms, decorations, and personal effects of some of the most renowned aces from both sides of "the war to end all wars." In addition to World War I memorabilia, VAFM also has a growing collection of World War II material and a flying Vultee BT-13A. These are three of the planes now flying

Fokker Dr1 awaiting take-off on dawn patrol

Closer look

SE5a (7/8 scale) Note the underwing 30lb bombs

Ready for takeoff. This plane flew in the movie "The Aviator", and was the only non-CGI plane to take part in the "Hell's Angels" scenes

And, in the hanger, this Fokker DVIII

Other planes not yet in flying condition are a Spad XIII, a Sopwith Camel, and a Fokker DVII that was flying, but had an unfortunate accident while landing and is now under repair.

TwoTired · « **Reply #112 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:16:52 PM »

Here is Lloyd Hamilton's Hawker Sea Fury in Australian paint. He named it "Baby Gorilla". It's not a small airplane.

That's a five blade Rotol Prop. The engine is a Bristol Centaurus, utilizing "sleeve valves". I wish I could find a diagram showing just how those sleeve valves worked.
The first pic was taken at NAS LeMoore.
The last two were taken in Reno.

These big warbirds sound like heavy metal incarnate.

TwoTired · « **Reply #113 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:36:34 PM »

This is a very rare P-51 H model, owned by Mike Coutches. The fastest and lightest of the production models. (Well, Maybe the P82's were faster. But, they had two engines.)
Picture taken at NAS LeMoore.
The "Zero" in the background, is actually a modified AT6 that was used in the filming of "Black Sheep Squadron".

In this and the prior Sea Fury Pic, you will notice the planes have "Drop" tanks on them. Part of the Air show deal was to get a free gas fill up for bringing the plane to the show. Most of the pilots don't really like having the drop tanks on the plane, as the FAA won't allow them to retain the airborne release mechanism of the tank. (Part of the the "de-Mil", I think.) Which means a belly landing due to gear failure makes a spectacular fire ball. So, there is really no way to save the plane if the undercarriage mechanism fails, so you might as well just bail out.

However, when a plane gulps 60 gallons per hour. Free gas induces some risk taking.

hoodellyhoo · « **Reply #114 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:33:32 AM »

Just some pics from the 2008 Oshkosh EAA

Glacier Girl

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #115 on:** February 04, 2010, 06:25:16 PM »

hoodellyhoo
I have a sneaking suspicion that the Ford Trimotor in your third picture is the same aircraft I posted a picture of at it's home field in Minnesota. Notice the small brass bucket under the motor to catch leaking oil.

wannabridin · « **Reply #116 on:** February 04, 2010, 06:30:51 PM »

God that tri-motor is gorgeous. i'd love to see one of those fly...

hoodellyhoo · « **Reply #117 on:** February 04, 2010, 06:57:48 PM »

Quote from: wannabridin on February 04, 2010, 06:30:51 PM

God that tri-motor is gorgeous. i'd love to see one of those fly...

Move to Oshkosh

The EAA has one and they sell rides in it so you see it around all the time. I would love to go for one of their special "fall colors" plane rides.

edit: And when it's time for the big EAA fly-in you see the B-17 around the area all the time too (along with whatever else is going to and from the show)

BobbyR · « **Reply #118 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:33:35 PM »

I learned to fly rotary wing in one of these Bell H-13s. The best I can say is that it flew. The controls were vague and the whole thing shook like hell. The guy who owned it was a friend of my Uncle, and he taught me to fly it. They saved some lives and paved the way for today's ships. The best part is that you had a really unobstructed view.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #119 on:** February 04, 2010, 08:56:29 PM »

Quote from: BobbyR on February 04, 2010, 07:33:35 PM

I learned to fly rotary wing in one of these Bell H-13s. The best I can say is that it flew. The controls were vague and the whole thing shook like hell. The guy who owned it was a friend of my Uncle, and he taught me to fly it. They saved some lives and paved the way for today's ships. The best part is that you had a really unobstructed view.

I don't know if I would be to excited about going up in that. It looks like such a rickety contraption.

Don R · « **Reply #120 on:** February 04, 2010, 10:31:06 PM »

That Beech is way cool. A few years back I got a look at a gull wing Stinson, neat too.
I got a ride in an aerobatic christan eagle, we did about every maneuver the pilot could think of. Later the tail wheel broke and it ground looped, during repair they found evidence of an earlier crash and a broken wing.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #121 on:** February 04, 2010, 10:58:35 PM »

Quote from: SohRon on February 03, 2010, 10:01:45 PM

Jeeze, I thought you guys wanted vintage airplanes! These are some located at the Vintage Aero Flying Museum (home of the Lafayette Foundation) outside of Fort Lupton, Colorado. The Museum holds one of the world's largest collections of World War I aviation memorabilia. This collection includes uniforms, decorations, and personal effects of some of the most renowned aces from both sides of "the war to end all wars." In addition to World War I memorabilia, VAFM also has a growing collection of World War II material and a flying Vultee BT-13A. These are three of the planes now flying

Other planes not yet in flying condition are a Spad XIII, a Sopwith Camel, and a Fokker DVII that was flying, but had an unfortunate accident while landing and is now under repair.

Some shots of the Fokker DVII. Considered by many to be the best fighter of WWI. The victorious parties all demanded that Germany turn over multiple copies of this aircraft for study.

wannabridin · « **Reply #122 on:** February 05, 2010, 05:34:53 AM »

so sweet!!!

BobbyR · « **Reply #123 on:** February 05, 2010, 05:49:16 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on February 04, 2010, 08:56:29 PM

Quote from: BobbyR on February 04, 2010, 07:33:35 PM
I learned to fly rotary wing in one of these Bell H-13s. The best I can say is that it flew. The controls were vague and the whole thing shook like hell. The guy who owned it was a friend of my Uncle, and he taught me to fly it. They saved some lives and paved the way for today's ships. The best part is that you had a really unobstructed view.

I don't know if I would be to excited about going up in that. It looks like such a rickety contraption.

It was a contraption but more reliable than you would think. Sam did nothing but have me hover the thing for weeks. If you could hover that thing, you could hover anything.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #124 on:** February 05, 2010, 06:21:10 AM »

Quote from: BobbyR on February 04, 2010, 07:33:35 PM

The best part is that you had a really unobstructed view.

.. and perhaps a certain vulnerability to small arms fire.

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