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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:08 pm 
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Good turnout of aircraft at Heavy Bombers Weekend in Janesville today. All of the aircraft are on their way to Oshkosh. The C-1 Trader crew said they are planning on arriving Monday morning. Also had four Avengers - three on the ground, one that performed a couple passes and never landed. Should be a good year for Turkeys at Oshkosh!

Also heard buzz that a Hamilton Metalplane is coming to Oshkosh as well. I know it's not a warbird, but I'd guess that it's probably the only survivor.

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Last-minute entry for judging from Tab-Air:

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Well, just being a bit silly (There's a shocker)...nice to see a smooth wing fit on Corsair 92050.

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2 more Skyraiders just arrived - total of four on the ground at OSH. Outstanding!

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Planning to be up there on Wednesday...hopefully the weather is good - seeing chance of storms Wed-Sat.


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Tri-State P-40M and P-51 Toulouse Nuts drawing a lot of attention.

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I'm so glad the P-40 made it! This Kiwi would be very grateful to see any shots of it.

Also, Toulouse Nuts is a damned fine-looking machine. Very pretty but also "real", if that makes sense?

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Looks like A-26 Silver Dragon had a nose gear failure. Initial reports are that everyone is O.K. Bummer, lovely plane. I hope they can get her fixed up ASAP.

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TAdan wrote:
Looks like A-26 Silver Dragon had a nose gear failure. Initial reports are that everyone is O.K. Bummer, lovely plane. I hope they can get her fixed up ASAP.


and the owner is a prolific wix member.....bummer

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I would add the Stinson L-1 as a strong contender to take home an award. Nice to see the Tri-State P-40M and Toulouse Nuts make it, and Paul Keppeler's F-86 is an absolute stunner.

Stayed on the flight line after the show and got some great jet warbird flying from two of the F-86s, a Marchetti and two T-33s. Also got some awesome passes from two QF-4s on arrival. Unfortunately also witnessed the incident with the A-26. Sad to watch. I feel really bad for Tim and his crew, especially after getting the fresh engine back so recently. Thankfully, it appeared that everyone walked away unhurt.

Here are a few quick pics from today.

ImageIMG_0777 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0803 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0834 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0857 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0877 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0922 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

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I have the exact same QF-4 shot, I must have been next to the previous poster, the volunteer is taking the same step!


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I'm not back in PA to confirm, but I believe we have scratched from osh with the C-123. I know we have had engine problems on the one engine and had to cancel two other prior shows.

But hopefully next year we will have a C-47 that will be able to make it.

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Two Notes;

I can see a C-123 from my window here so we do have at least one in attendance. Two would have been better - sorry to hear about the scratch.

Another unfortunate scratch is Rod Lewis' A-20. It lost an engine 100 miles short of OSH and is down safely (AFAIK) but will not attend.

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Thunder Pig arrived Monday. Impressive display of reverse thrust as she heaved herself backwards on to the psp.

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Looks like I was in the right place at the right time. Lets hope this is the last plane crash I am able to shoot. ImageA-26 Crash by Nick N, on Flickr


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kalamazookid wrote:
I would add the Stinson L-1 as a strong contender to take home an award.

Here are a few quick pics from today.

ImageIMG_0777 by Matthew Vader, on Flickr



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