"TIM RICHARDSON -> ROSS SAUER"  wrote in
news:17963$MATZDOBRE{at}JamNNTPd:

 TR> On 07-21-09, ROSS SAUER said to ALL:

 RS>> Yesterday I had a terrific time.

 RS>> At the Sheboygan airport 3 WW2 planes flew in, and I saw them land.

 RS>> A P-51, a B-24, and a B-17.
 RS>> The sound, was pure music.

 RS>> Here's the article in the Sheboygan Press about the event.

 RS>> http://tinyurl.com/kr2ybs
 TR> Every year around the first part of May, a group of the Confederate
 TR> Air Force fly vintage WWII (and even a couple of WWI-era bi and
 TR> tri-planes) into Gillespie near here for the annual Gillespie Field
 TR> Air Show.


 TR> And there are;


 TR> B-17's


 TR> B-24's

Small correction, there's only one flying B-24 left.

 TR> B-25's

I like the solid-nose models, they packed lots of firepower into those,
as many as 8 (or more) .50's and even a 75mm cannon!

 TR> DC 3's


 TR> One DC 4


 TR> One of the original `flying wing' aircraft

One actually is still around?
Prop or pure jet?

 TR> Several brands of fighter planes

Of course.

 TR> Two of the old single-seat Piper Cubs

Taildraggers.

 TR> An F-86 Sabre Jet


 TR> Two Russian Migs

Mig-15's?

 TR> A Japanese Zero

Cool.

 TR> Two or three Messerschmidts 109's
 TR> and one Messerschmidt 110

 TR> Chinese Migs of Korean War vintage


 TR> Propeller fighters for Air Craft Carrier WWII operations (Corsairs,
 TR> Mustangs, etc etc

Mustangs were used on carriers?

 TR> and on and on and on!


 TR> Buying a ticket (about 5 bucks) gets you an all-day tour of these
 TR> aircraft. Not to mention the stands offering WWII vintage uniforms,
 TR> patches, yaddida yaddida


 TR> About $250.00 will get you a trip up in a B-17 and about a 30 minute
 TR> flight.


 TR> A DC 3 or DC 4 flight is around $150.00.


 TR> I once sat at the controls of one of the DC 3's talking to one of the
 TR> pilots. Its actually a pretty easy plane to fly, although a good bit
 TR> of prior instruction would be wise.


 TR> The old Piper Cub single seaters were so easy to fly, you could climb
 TR> in, take off and fly it with no trouble at all.

Sounds good, kind of like the EAA convention in Oshkosh.

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