warbird first love ?

[tom d. friedman]

i'll keep this brief to not put anybody in the snooze mode...... bought a wings mag at the airport when i went to washington d.c. with my 7th grade class in 1974.

[Yak 11 Fan]

This is my first love, my ambition was to fly in a Mustang, through the generosity of a good friend I have achieved more than I thought I ever could

[k5083]

A young August, already wearing Birkenstocks at that age!

And for the record, shorts with dark socks were fashionable at that time.

August

[coldaffyduck]

I my love for warbirds started when I was growing up with a P-47 making low "straffing runs at my fathers grass strip. By straffing run I mean diving from 4000 ft to about 50 ft (if that high) and around 350 mph.

[T33driver]

But in the end, she left me ... for BILL ...



August

Not surprising young Austin Powers fancied the Spit.

[Kudzu]

I think it started for me with reading WWI &II history books in the library after elementary school. Then the Black Sheep sealed the deal! I finally got to go to my first airshow in 85 at Myrtle AFB (closed now) during a graduation trip (I saw Top Gun in the theater too). Now I get to play with the 1:1 scale models at our museum (hard to believe it's been 15 years since we got our first plane! ) .
I just hope we will get one of my favorites one day, the Corsair or a B-25 !
Brian

[Bill Greenwood]

K5083, is that really you in front of RAF? If so give us the details about when and where? I really don't like that ultra shiny paint job. I never met the previous owner Don, but I was told he was a nice guy and took good care of the planes.

[Steve S]

First recollection was some airplane books in the library at my elementary school followed shortly thereafter by the Baa Baa Black Sheep TV Show and that cemented my love for hte Corsair. Shortly after my dad brought home a Revell 1/48 model of a corsair that we built together and the monkey was firmly lodged on my back
Second Key memory was my first air show in up state NJ (Sussex) in the 80's and seeing Fuddy Duddy, along with Dr. Andersons P40 and a couple of P51 that I are now a blur. I rember they were doing low passes, back when you could actully sit right up next to the taxiway and as the P40 was coming around a P 51 came up from behind and did a barrel roll around her- Nothing has ever sounded so amazing.

Steve S

[K5DH]

the Dehavilland Mosquito

Mmmm... Mosquito... gorgeous airplane... first time I ever saw one was in an old movie called 633 Squadron... anyone remember it?

[hang the expense]

My parents would stop by dothan ala. on the way to the beach and I could play in the b-17s till dad had to come drag me out of them.flew alot of missions sitting there on the ground.B-17s and p-40s since 1968.

[mustangdriver]

Yeah that is a great film. The only two I have ever seen in person is the one in the NMUSAF, and Kermitt Weeks' in the EAA Museum.

[Joe 25]

I've always had a fascination with flying and aircraft in general. Didn't really come onto the warbird scene until five years ago. That's when I took a flight on a B-17 and I haven't looked back since.

[Russell Smith]

I think it started for me with reading WWI &II history books in the library after elementary school. Then the Black Sheep sealed the deal! I finally got to go to my first airshow in 85 at Myrtle AFB (closed now) during a graduation trip (I saw Top Gun in the theater too). Now I get to play with the 1:1 scale models at our museum (hard to believe it's been 15 years since we got our first plane! ) .
I just hope we will get one of my favorites one day, the Corsair or a B-25 !
Brian

Kudzu - not one here in Charlotte, but there is a B-25 in Ashboro (or used to be, anyway).

russ

[T J Johansen]

When I first saw a T-6 fly here in Norway. That must have been back in 1981-82. Kinda makes an impression on a 12 year old!

T J

[Django]

the Dehavilland Mosquito

Mmmm... Mosquito... gorgeous airplane... first time I ever saw one was in an old movie called 633 Squadron... anyone remember it?

I've got it on DVD.