Unofficial Oshkosh 1979 thread

[garbs]

Not as many from '79. Took out most duplicates, but there may still be some repeats:











There's some water damage on a few of these:

















Somebody out there must know the story on this one:

[Paul Stroud]

According to this old thread, the Spitfire is ex-Indian AF Mk XVIII TP276, owned at the time by Rudy Frasca

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =3&t=22539

https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-dir ... marine.pdf

[mike furline]

Another excellent year. First time I had seen a flyable P-63.

[JohnB]

I like the arctic trimmed F-51.

[kalamazookid]

Is that EAA's Duck or another airframe?

[bdk]

According to this old thread, the Spitfire is ex-Indian AF Mk XVIII TP276, owned at the time by Rudy Frasca

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =3&t=22539

https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-dir ... marine.pdf

Still owned by the Frasca family I believe, in a container in Chino, unless it has been sold.

[kalamazookid]

According to this old thread, the Spitfire is ex-Indian AF Mk XVIII TP276, owned at the time by Rudy Frasca

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22539

https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-dir ... marine.pdf

Still owned by the Frasca family I believe, in a container in Chino, unless it has been sold.

Here is a photo of it (not mine) from Frasca Air Museum, Urbana, IL in 2014.

Spitfire F.R XVlll, TP276 (1) by George Land, on Flickr

[bdk]

Frasca Spitfire in February of 2021

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[Zac Yates]

The P-63 is gorgeous! I didn't realise it survived with clipped wings for so long.

[Neal Nurmi]

The P-63 is gorgeous! I didn't realise it survived with clipped wings for so long.

Mike Smith brought it to Reno 1979 still with the clip. By 1981 it was living in Oakland with normal wing tips.

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[Neal Nurmi]

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[Zac Yates]

That's too cool! Thanks for sharing, Neal.

[Stoney]

Neal this pix brings back memories as I kept my SNJ just off the right side of that P-63 at that time in OAK, it crashed in France some years later.

[Lon Moer]

I like the arctic trimmed F-51.

That was when Indy 500 Champion Johnny Rutherford owned it.

[AG pilot]

The P-63 is gorgeous! I didn't realise it survived with clipped wings for so long.

Mike Smith brought it to Reno 1979 still with the clip. By 1981 it was living in Oakland with normal wing tips.

I just learned Mike Smith passed away on Dec 24th, 2023. He was a very interesting guy to visit with, and will be missed.