Warbird Information Exchange

The pink Warhawk was the mount of a WWII aviatrix. IIRC, Ms Parish was a ferry pilot . That she flew her aircraft into the 90's is fantastic. that she painted it pink , her choice. Should it be painted in authentic WWII colors? I'm of the opinion that her use of the aircraft constitutes a portion of history that also needs to be addressed, as does that period between the end of the war and today. When does the period of the post war racing get to be remembered with flying examples and museum exhibits of their own? I'm for right now. AFAIC the quasi military look is getting well worn and humdrum

If I' had my 'drothers, and no disrespect for Mr. Archer, Mr. Weeks should have honored the late great Paul Mantz with an original paint scheme on P-51C NX1204.

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Charles Neely

Here is a photo taken at Sun-n Fun 2002.
Bill

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Bill--

How cool is that: a segue back to Spits...via a pink Spitfire!

Steve N--

Yep, I knew about the K'zoo collection grounding itself a few years back, and also that Suzanne Parish had "parked" the Kittyhawk earlier still. I keep hoping that decision may someday be reversed...even if only for one aircraft at a time... After Sue retired from flying the P-40, I saw a photo--B&W, sadly enough--in one of the mags, showing Sue flying along in a nice Beech T-34 painted the same as the P-40! Anyone got a (colour) shot of that to share?? And what became of the T-34?

S.

Spitfire LF Mk. IX E that was built in 1944, operated by Planes of Fame.




There is also a Mk XIV at Camarillo that is undergoing maintenance. The Griffon is out for an overhaul. I have a pic of it here somewhere...

There were actually two T-34s painted in the pink scheme. I understand Ms. Parish bought the first one as a "replacement" for the P-40 (a little more forgiving to fly.) That aircraft was destroyed in a fatal crash back in the late 90s (someone else was flying it.) She then got a second T-34 and had it painted in the same scheme..don't know if she ever actually flew that one though. It was on display in the Air Zoo's "old" building until last year, when it was moved to make room for the newly-restored XP-55. I assume it's now in a hagar somewhere around AZO. I'll dig around to see if I have any pics, but I don't think I ever took any, as I thought it was horrifically ugly.

Disclaimer: This is not a comment on Ms. Parish's personal character, as I have the utmost respect for her, and her service to our country. It's simply my personal opinion as to the esthetics of the paint job on her airplane (I'll probably still get flamed for it anyway.)

Whoops..double post

Mk. VIII at Cavanaugh

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Good stuff guys!

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

A few of Spitfire MK912:





One with the "Yellow Nose Bastard"



Sad to see MK923 just sitting their parked The way I remember her









And you know I can't post on the MK923 subject without paying tribute to the man who made the magic.



A nice blue MK923



Cheers Dave C

great photos!! so how many spits are in flying condition? seems like quite a few from these pics.

A picture I took 22 years ago, showing PL965 during her years on outside display in the forest of Overloon.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=149570

In exchange for PL965 the museum received NH649:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=232057

Tillerman.

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More Spitfire pix...please

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Bax101--

PeterA could tell you precisely, but I think the number of flyable Spits right now is around 54 or 55. Several of those, such as Harry Stenger's newbuild "Grace T9", Peter Monk's Spirit of Kent and the Kennet Aviation Seafire XVII, are very welcome recent additions to the flying population of Mr Mitchell's masterpiece...ain't it cool...

S.

Here are a few from Chino 2003, and 2007.
http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z74/ ... no%20pics/

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Ontario-Warbirds looping Spit pic just became my desktop background!
thanks EVERYBODY for great pics.

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