"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
08/13/2018 at 11:30 • Filed to: Oshkosh, airventure, Planelopnik
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"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
08/13/2018 at 11:30 • Filed to: Oshkosh, airventure, Planelopnik | 9
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Two days in Oshkosh this year!! Took a while to dig through over 500 photos, and crop them a bit. All photos taken with a potato, so if you don’t like it, shut up and go to Airventure yourself next year!!
Doc in the air!
Missing Man Formation of C-47s in honor of Bluebonnet Belle (note 4th C-47 lower left)
A1 Skyraider
A26 Invader
B-17G
Two Skyraiders and an F4U Corsair at the end
Douglas C-47s (same ones in the missing man formation above)- note the black and white stripes, these were painted on the aircraft that participated in D-Day for identification purposes.
C-17 Globemaster - the bigger tail behind it is a C-5M Super Galaxy
Peanut Butter and Jelly
F4U Corsair - engine was running at the time, seemed to have a significant oil leak they were working on
F-5
Grumman F7F Tigercat
F-86
F-22 Raptor
KC-135 - boom extended
Gloster Meteor
Jet intake on the Meteor
Foreground - MiG-17; Background - F-86
P-40 Warhawk
P-51 Mustang
Sopwith Camel Replica
Sopwith Snipe
Supermarine Spitfire
P-51
P-51 Mustang
C-5M Super Galaxy. It big.
Walking through the Super Galaxy
C-47 - ths aircraft took part in D-Day
Yak-9
Some gratuitous shots of Doc - one of two airworthy B-29's:
B-17 on the left; B-29 “Doc” on the right
Almost perfect blade alignment
Part II tomorrow!!
E90M3
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 11:36 |
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Oppo constantly reminds me of how much I like planes.
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WilliamsSW
> E90M3
08/13/2018 at 11:46 |
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If you think you like planes now, go fly one and you’ll really be hooked.
Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 11:57 |
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The Camel is my favorite WWI plane, and that paint scheme is wild . The Corsair is my fav from WWII.
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
08/13/2018 at 12:03 |
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I agree on the Camel, but for WWII there are so many beautiful airplanes, I don’t know how I’d pick one. I certainly love the Corsair.
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 12:08 |
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It’s the wing design. For me, it projects a deadly kind of panache.
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
08/13/2018 at 12:11 |
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It’s pretty. As is this:
ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 12:15 |
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Great shots, thanks for sharing. I wonder how many of those MiG-17s are out there. I shot this one, with Randy Ball at the controls, back in 2013. But the nose numbers are different.
Love that Corsair livery, too.
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WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
08/13/2018 at 12:26 |
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Nice shot!! I took a few pictures of the Mig- 17 flying past during the airshow, but none really turned out, thanks to the mediocre camera and even worse photographer.
The MiG and F- 86 nose to nose were being se t up for a presentation comparing and contrasting the two, but I didn’t stick around- I needed to get all the way across the show to visit the Fun Fly Zone to watch the STOL aircraft play.
Just Jeepin'
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 12:59 |
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I flew in a small plane in college, won the flight at a charity auction.
About 15 minutes into the flight we suddenly dropped several feet, and I quickly realized I needed to be back on the ground soon to avoid vomiting.
Years later I paid for my dad to have a flying lesson, and was invited to join them, and this time was fine, but that first experience really turned me off the idea of flying small planes.
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WilliamsSW
> Just Jeepin'
08/13/2018 at 13:46 |
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It’s not for everyone - and on hot, windy days, you kinda feel like a leaf being blown around a bit, but I like it.
Jayvincent
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 21:25 |
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Nice framing! thanks for sharing. What were you shooting with?
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Jayvincent
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 21:32 |
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Meteor in person, that’s awesome spotting!
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WilliamsSW
> Jayvincent
08/13/2018 at 21:44 |
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Samsung Galaxy S6 - and a lot of cropping. I’ m no photographer. Took about 500 pictures and just edited the ones I liked.
Non-warbirds will be tomorrow, thanks!
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WilliamsSW
> Jayvincent
08/13/2018 at 21:48 |
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Me either - sadly there was supposed to be a Dehavilland Vampire AND a Venom, too, but the Venom crashed the Friday before Ai rventure, and I * think* the Vampire was owned by the same organization, so it cancelled.
As a result, the Meteor was there, but buried on the Warbird flight line, with * nothing* marking what it was.
RIP Venom pilot. He was killed in the crash.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> WilliamsSW
08/13/2018 at 22:08 |
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Tigercat HNNNNNNNGGGG
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WilliamsSW
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
08/13/2018 at 22:31 |
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That is such a beautiful airplane.