Warbirds (CAF) at Pease AFB, NH

[Larry Wielgosz]

These photos were taken at Pease AFB, NH in 1983 or 1984.









Larry

[Matt Sharkey]

That is a lot of FOD

[krlang]

I remember that show,
I was 13 or so.
I am assuming that that is Ken French's tiger moth.
And Yes, that is an amazing amount of trash on the ramp.

WOW, It is amazing to think that the T-Birds have been flying F-16s that long.

[Obergrafeter]

Can anyone identify the red and white plane behind the Tiger Moth? Also whats up with that red Star on the PT? We just got a new Tiger Moth at our strip (5c1) yesterday.

[krlang]

Other than it being a Stinson, thats the best I can do.

[gregv]

Nice pics! Fifi looks great in bare metal, and yes that is a lot of crap floating around!

greg v.

[Don Martin]

Hi Don,



So here is some information you can add to the thread,



Yes that is Ken Frenchs Tiger Moth, the Stinson behind it is a 108-2 that belonged to a guy from Seabrook NH he kept it at Hampden.



As for the PT-19 it was owned by a guy from Rochester NH and was hangered next to Dan McQue's Stearman, has for the Red Star if I recall he was a Russian guy hence the Star.



The date of the show is fall 1984 and the photo's are from Sunday when everyone was getting ready to leave. Fifi and the B-24 headed up to Portland Maine for a few days. Other Warbirds their that weekend included New England Esquadrilles C-47,Great White Fathers T-28,Doug Shlutz in Crazy House,Dean Martin with one of the Fougas he had just brought in,Ken Laughtin with one of his T-28s and T-34s,Bob Colsan with his SNJ-5,Reese and Hank with their T-6s. Bob Davidson was their with his Mustang also. I'm sure I'm missing a few others.



That was a great show we had the Happy Hooligan guys do a Demo in the F-4s they tore the place up. Also MASS Ang came down with their F-102s and the FB111s based at Pease did their usual fun. Show two B-52s for Loring did a low hot pass on Sat.

[krlang]

I knew if I posted that it would put up the Bat Signal, The Col. called me within a few hours.

heres my favorite Colonelism...

Doug Shlutz in Crazy House

I miss that shlutz!