Oshkosh Photo Dump (pt 1-Warbirds)

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw) 07/28/2017 at 14:03 • Filed to: Oshkosh, airventure, Planelopnik, What's Up, Doc

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A lot of pics - despite my phone dying late in the day. So much awesome at Airventure- - what can’t be conveyed via pictures is how friendly everyone is, and that they are focused on showing everyone a great time.

Doc

What’s up Doc?

More Doc

Fifi - I had just climbed down from Doc when I saw this.

Moar gauges!

Millennium Falcon

Pressurized tube running to the back of Doc

Warthog and B52

All of the propellor blades!

B1B bomb bay (looking up)

Under the B1B

Loooong engines. There was a puddle of jet fuel under the wings later in the day.

Sleek

Flying Fortress

B-25

Many B-25s

F4U-Corsair (fixed)

C-47

SNJ-4 Cutaway. A lot going on there...

Douglas A-20 Havoc - had never heard of it before

F8F Bearcat

Wisconsin ANG F16

Fairchild C123

Mustang Alley

P-39 Airacobra

P-40

Mustang

PT-13

T-28's

TBM-3

P-51 in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen - this one flew during the airshow

Warthog

Wilga

Spitfire

Cockpit of the Spitfire

Taxiing for departure after the airshow

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:18

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That Bearcat (416) is actually a Corsair.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:23

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I think that SNJ cutaway might also be an SBD Dauntless. Hard to tell for sure, but the rib on the wing and the rear-facing machine gun sure look Dauntless-y.

Great photos! I’m jelly. That Dyess Bone is probably one of the ones I’ve seen on my numerous trips to Dyess AFB. I’ve never seen a Spit up close before, except in a museum. Looks like beautiful weather, too. AirVenture is on my bucket list. Thanks for posting.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/28/2017 at 14:25

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Dammit! I knew I had a Corsair picture in there, and figured from the get go that I’d mix the two up. Fixed now.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:28

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The B17 Flying Fortress is listed as a Superfortress.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:28

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;)

WilliamsSW > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/28/2017 at 14:31

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Clearly Doc and Fifi are on my mind... Fixed, thanks! :)

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/28/2017 at 14:32

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I started doing this for those that I wasn’t sure of—I have 5-10 pictures of various aircraft tails for this very reason.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:35

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Good idea. I do the same thing.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/28/2017 at 14:37

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The B-1 was very hard to get pictures of - it’s got a small cross section from the front, yet looks huge from the sides. Between that and the crowds, it was tough. The pictures of that one are a mix of photos taken at 9 am and 6 pm- nothing in between.

Weather was perfect— 80 degrees, and a few clouds in the afternoon for occasional shade.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:41

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Here’s one I took a year or so ago up in Abilene.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/28/2017 at 14:51

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That’s beautiful. I think Jcarr will see it airborne this weekend—

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/28/2017 at 14:55

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That picture of the Spit taxiing was literally the last photo before my battery died around 6:20. Unfortunately that meant that I couldn’t get a picture of it on departure, when it made the right turn and exposed the bottom view.

I was surprised by it, but it had a build plate noting it as a Supermarine MkIV, built in 1941 or 43 (can’t recall, no photo of it). I tend to focus on those aircraft that don’t have 15 more like it on the grounds (ie P51).

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 14:57

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Gotta get you a portable battery. I’ve got 3.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 15:03

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Man, I’m loving seeing all these pictures of my plane!

WilliamsSW > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/28/2017 at 15:21

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What’s missing here is how awesome Doc’s Friends are. I took the tour (and bought a t shirt), and the people were just super. You could really sense the excitement in their voices at being able to show off Doc at Airventure. They clearly cut zero corners in making Doc airworthy for a long time to come, too.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/28/2017 at 15:23

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I forgot it. :( Airventure has charging stations, which I didn’t realize until late in the day. I left my phone there for 30 minutes and it charged to 14%, somehow.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 15:29

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I know, they’re great to work with. I’ll be meeting with them again on Monday about Doc’s new home!

WilliamsSW > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/28/2017 at 15:32

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They were excited about that, too! I gave a little bit to help that cause — best of luck working on that! !!

promoted by the color red > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/28/2017 at 18:19

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Doc is the best thing to come from China Lake since the Sidewinder missile.

Ogre8 > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 19:22

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These are amazing thanks very much

WilliamsSW > Ogre8 07/28/2017 at 19:54

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Glad to share - thanks!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 07/28/2017 at 20:38

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Very nice. Thank you. (Ttyymmnn will approve...)

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/28/2017 at 23:43

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Part II now up! Thanks! I’m sure that Jcarr will bring more—

PyramidHat > WilliamsSW 07/29/2017 at 13:13

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Very nice! While not Oshkosh, I was at the Boeing Museum, yesterday...so I got some plane exposure, myself...

WilliamsSW > PyramidHat 07/29/2017 at 13:18

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That’s a great museum, too! Went there many years ago, and loved it. We also took a flightseeing tour out of the airport that day. Beautiful area—