Warbird Information Exchange

So, last year this event was known as Warbird Weekend but it's expanded in a great way. It was very laid back and casual last year and I was afraid that may have been lost with the added promotion and potential for more yahoos to show up and screw it up but it was pretty much perfect. I forgot to count but i'd guess at least 50-60 planes were on display today. A rough rundown would be 2 P-51's, the FHC Storch, Skyraider, PBY, Tigercat, a static only Me262, DeHavilland Heron, Beaver, a bunch of Navions, CJ-6's & T-6's, some Stearmans, various models of Stinsons, a Tiger Moth, a few Twin Beeches and many more various vintage aircraft.

Here is a photo of the highlight of the day. The PBY did a waterdrop while Bud & Ross Granley flew aside it. It was AWESOME!!!



Got alot of shots to sort through but they're coming, I promise.

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-Al Sauer
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That is one sweet shot.

Eric

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and the last thing he'll see is a mirrored Spitfire!

Spooky, did "Grumpy" attend the show?

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"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
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Nope, apparently still in C-eh N-eh D-eh @ Abottsford. I hope Al includes a picture of John Sessions' UPF because wacoykc will do a back flip over the scheme, it is BEEEOOOOTTIFUL!!
It was a good show and like STC I was fearful that somehow it would go sideways but it didn't, pretty cool watching Cascades Warbirds NAVIONS doing a three ship with smoke-

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Whose PBY?

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I believe it belongs to Fred Owen and is based in eastern Washington. Definate highlight of the weekend.

My computer is terribly slow and it took hours to get my pictures offloaded from my camera. I'm hoping to have a ton of pics to share later tonight or tomorrow. It'll be worth the wait, I promise.

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-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Okay, I finally got a batch ready. I seem to have caught a bug (hopefully not that darn swine flu) which has slowed me a bit.

Let's start with the PBY

















Now on to another beautiful twin











More fighter action

























Trainers

























Navions and more























Static only 262 and Storch









And the rest...























There are more pics to be seen here as well---> http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythec ... 338089453/

Thanks for looking. I still have to sort through Sunday pics so there will be more coming hopefully soon.

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-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Smokin' Hot Spooky! Beautiful shots!!

Thank you for posting those great photos !!

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What's this?

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It's a Ryan SC-W

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-Al Sauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythecat

Ryan SCW, Shep. Great pics Spooky..thanks!!!

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He bowls overhand...He is the most interesting man in the world.
"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

Thanks, guys.

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“Words are never enough . . . words do not exist to make us see, or know, or feel what it is like, what actually happens."

Amazing pics, thanks.

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Great pics. What is the story with the Heron? I had no idea that one of those was flying in the US (and still with the original engines).