Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:57 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:famvburg wrote:Oct. '83 issue of WHAT?
air comics.... aka air classics
Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:05 pm
Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:06 pm
chris hill wrote:Does anyone have pictures of wildfire?
Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:12 pm
Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:47 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:Looking at the web site, there is no mention of the first flight, nor any other flights, and the last up date was a year ago.
I doubt Wildfire will be there,
Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:31 pm
Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:40 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:other than Tsunami, all the others were modified designs of a known airframe. Wildfire is the P-75 of air racers, a part from this plane, and a part from that one, and if we make it look like a plane, it should fly. It is not doing as well as the P-75 did, at least the P-75 flew more than once in 20+ years.
Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:01 pm
Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:21 pm
famvburg wrote:ISTR about 15 years ago there were 2 other 'P-75' types in the works. One was supposed to use parts from a T-2, Sea Fury & a couple of other a/c. The other was a similar P-75 mix n match. Don't know what ever became of them.
Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:58 am
Randy Haskin wrote:famvburg wrote:ISTR about 15 years ago there were 2 other 'P-75' types in the works. One was supposed to use parts from a T-2, Sea Fury & a couple of other a/c. The other was a similar P-75 mix n match. Don't know what ever became of them.
The two you are probably thinking of are the Matt Jackson/Dave Cornell "American Spirit" and the Greenameyer racer "Shockwave".
Rod Lewis purchased American Spirit late last year...perhaps to be finished? Unknown what the status of Shockwave is.
American Spirit:
Thread showing photos of the airplane at Stead after Lewis purchase:
http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/smf/ind ... pic=1445.0
Shockwave (model):
A better photo of the model here: http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthre ... =10&page=2
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:25 am
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:36 am
famvburg wrote:Now, also ISTR one of them was a conventional gear, it used a Piper Commanche nose gear for the tailwheel. The other was a tri-gear & used an F-100 nose gear. I don't recall which was which, tho. Another racer that ended up never being, AFAIK, was "Really Gotcha", a suped up Corsair (the drawing looked like a -4) & was by the racing T-6 guy "Gotcha". This was in an early - mid '70s Air Classics.
Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:52 am
famvburg wrote:Another racer that ended up never being, AFAIK, was "Really Gotcha", a suped up Corsair (the drawing looked like a -4) & was by the racing T-6 guy "Gotcha". This was in an early - mid '70s Air Classics.
Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:33 am
Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:49 pm
Yak 11 Fan wrote:Sadly not in Europe any longer, it went to New Zealand in late 2005/early 2006.