Warbird Information Exchange

Flying with "Mustang Jim"

With Carl Terrana RIP in his Harvard II

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Don't touch my junk!!

Pilot in numerous G.A. aircraft, mostly taildraggers, as PIC
Co-pilot or back seater in:
DC-3 (many)
C-45/D-18 Beech (lots)
Lodestar
Ford Trimotor
Stearman
Waco UPF
Fairchild 24
Travelaire 4000
B-17
B-25
A-26
P-51 and TF-51 numerous times
P-40N
SNJ/T-6 (many)
My favorites.... barrel rolls in a DC-3 with 40 skydivers on board and being in the back of a Steve Hinton's P-51 over Orange County when El Toro's tower came up on the frequency and said "Mustang overhead, the pattern is empty and you are cleared for a low approach if you like sir"..... you can guess what happened!

I have flown in:
C-123
Tri motor
UH-1
B-17G
B-25
Tri-motor
T-28
T-6
P-51D
L-21
L-4
L-5

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

Flown in:
B-17 have about 9 hrs as crew one being as flight engineer(Today...yay )
B-25 about 100 hrs as crew 3 hrs at controls going cross country(thanks Greg V.)
SBD-5 we swapped observors for an airshow.... so i got to play with the guns during the passes
T-33 .6hrs at controls

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Jon

L-3, L-4, L-19, Stearman, AT-6, T-28, T-34, B-17, SB Lim-2 ( Mig-15 UTI), Soko Galeb G2, Brussard, DC-3, SF 260, Ford Trimotor.

Regards,
Mike

Hmm,


Passenger only!
C-1A A bunch of times
L-17s A bunch of times
HU-16 A couple of times
T-28 once

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"Hindsight is usually 20% off!"

Flown (stick time)
B-25J
SNJ-5
C-54D
Caribou C-7A
PV-2
Total in all types about 2300 hours

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GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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The list is short, but distinguished:

Flown:
- T-34B (from the back seat)

Flown aboard:
- B-17G Chuckie (many times)
- B-17G Nine-O-Nine
- B-17G Aluminum Overcast
- B-24J Witchcraft

Sat in/toured:
- B-17G Sentimental Journey
- B-29 Fifi
- B-25J Pacific Prowler
- B-25 Silver Lady
- A-26B Spirit of Waco
- PBY-5A The Black Mariah
- HU-16 Albatross (fresh from the "boneyard" back in the mid 1990s)
- F/A-18A Hornet (at an air show in the late 1980s)

Cheers!

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

AT-6
T-28
T-34
F4U-7 Blue Max
B25
PV2C Fat Cat


Glen

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Its only " THE LAND OF THE FREE" because of the brave.
Proud member Rolling Thunder Indiana Chapter 6

Flown:
O-2A Skymaster

Flown in:
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-25 Mitchell (x2)
R4D Gooney Bird
SNJ-6 Texan
PT-17 Stearman
L-20 Beaver
DHC-6 Twin Otter (ok it was a civie one)
CH-47 Chinook
F-15E Strike Eagle
KC-135 Stratotanker

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Richard Mallory Allnutt - Photography - http://www.rmallnutt.com

Flown in: B-24J and B-25J

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"Keep 'em Flying!"

I have been very fortunate to be Passenger in:
B17- Thunderbird (several flights as Crew Chief)
T-6
Stearman
B-25 Special Delivery
SBD
DC-3
TBM
AT-11
Kate Replica
Huey

On the Wish List-
A-26
PBY
P-51
Sea Fury

Steve S

Anyone besides me been in a warbird that........
crashed?
engine failure?
had a in-flight emergency?

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Don't touch my junk!!

Run away prop in a B-25 and a C-54, both landed without incident. You can not taxi a B-25 on one engine!

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GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English.

Flown in:
P-51
T-6/SNJ (several)
O-1
L13
H-13G
Chipmunk
B-17
L-20

Flown (from the back or right seat)
P-51
T-6
O-1
L-20

Oh yeah, had a few rings stick in the Merlin on take-off one time; made lots of black smoke out of the A-bank that got our undivided attention for a couple of minutes...

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