Archive for the 'Warbirds' category
Spitfire P9374 takes to the air – September 2011
January 29, 2012 2:45 pmWarbird Registry Profile: Spitfire P9374
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First post restoration flight of Furias
September 17, 2011 1:00 amFirst post restoration flight of the R-4360 powered Hawker Sea Fury Racer ‘Furias’
[Source: airplaneboy10 via YouTube]
Warbird Registry Profile: WH589
Sea Fury/WH589 ‘Furias’
September 16, 2011 9:57 amFirst run of the R-4360 powered Hawker Sea Fury Racer ‘Furias’
[Source: airplaneboy10 via YouTube]
Thanks to robkamm on WIX for pointing this video out.
Warbird Registry Profile: WH589
My 1980 Single Engine B-17 Landing
April 6, 2011 3:44 pmA true story by Larry Kraus.
Okay, I ran out of usable fuel and to this day can’t explain why I didn’t have at least 40 minutes fuel left in the mains, but I did learn several lessons. For instance,just because the systems on one B-17 work in a particular way, don’t count on the all working that way. Also,there are important bits of information in maintenance manuals that aren’t in the flight manuals. I already knew not to put much faith in fuel gauges, but I thought that at least one of them might be remotely accurate.
Flight Of The Lightnings
November 25, 2010 4:24 pmWarbird movie coming to a theater near you?
December 7, 2009 1:19 pm‘War Birds’ film flying at TMU Pictures
Michael Chait set to direct combat action-adventure movie
Dec 6, 2009, 11:00 PM ET
TMU Pictures is moving forward with the action-adventure film “War Birds.”
Michael Chait wrote the original story and will produce and direct the screenplay written by Josh Staman and Bryan Binder. J. Todd Harris (“Bottle Shock”) and screenwriter Richard Jefferies (“Tron Legacy”), who will polish the script, are producing.
Sean Miller and Kyle Heller of Chait’s Michigan-based TMU Pictures also are producing. Marc Marcum will serve as co-producer.
“Birds” follows an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot as he gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat. Shooting is scheduled for the summer in Michigan using all real airplanes and aerial sequences, including authentic P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, F4U Corsairs and a B-17 Flying Fortress as well as modern military helicopters and jets.
Click here to goto the full article at The Hollywood Reporter
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Doolittle Raiders Planning a reunion
November 17, 2009 2:18 pm
File Photo
by Rob Bardua
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force11/16/2009 – DAYTON, Ohio — The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders are in the final stages of planning their 68th reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, April 16-18.
The reunion will include a free public autograph session, educational event and memorial service at the museum, as well as a dinner (for a charge). In addition, a free public concert honoring the Raiders will take place at Wright State University’s Nutter Center.
Of the nine living Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, five are currently able to travel and plan to be on-hand for the reunion events.
As a possible special tribute to the Raiders during the reunion, the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Association, Inc. is hoping to secure enough sponsorship funding to fly in and land 25 B-25 Mitchell Bombers on the runway behind the museum. If their efforts are successful, this aviation event would be the largest gathering of B-25s since WWII.
A Trader returns to the air
January 19, 2009 11:31 amDaniel Serrato of Eufaula, AL has acquired C-1 Trader Bu. 136778 and with much time, money and effort has returned this unlikely warbird to the air in late 2008. The C-1 Trader was the workhorse of U.S. Navy carrier aviation for many years before being replace by the C-2 Greyhound. While the C-1′s cousin, the S-2 Tracker, has found life after service as a firebomber, often being fitted with turboprop engines, only a handful of C-1 Traders managed to avoid the scrap yard. Congratulations Daniel for preserving an unusual piece of aviation history.
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Warbird Heritage Foundation’s F-86 Sabre Returns to the air
December 10, 2008 2:25 pmWarbird Heritage Foundation’s NAA F86F Sabre (N188RL/52-4986) took to the air on Dec. 7, 2008 at 10:45 AM for the first time in over a year. The WHF’s Sabre has been undergoing extensive maintenance in 2008.
The annual maintenace of this aircraft was covered in a thread on WIX that include numerous pictures and discussions on the project.
