Wings over the Dells

Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:09 am

Went down to the Wings over the Dells airshow in Baraboo/WI Dells this weekend. It was a pretty neat show. They didn't have many static aircraft but the airshow itself was pretty good. Just took a few shots as I only had my crappy point and shoot with me. Enjoy!

Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:20 am

Has the repro "Memphis Belle" recently had its nose art repainted? I know that the nose art on the European version is the "movie-ized" version. Has Tallichet's version always had the more accurate nose art?

kevin

Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:38 am

No it did not. I redid it in the late 90's and at that time they still wanted the movie style nose art on it, with the big fancy letters.

Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:41 am

Thanks for sharing the pictures Bear...wish I could've made it!!!

John

Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:33 pm

Bear,
Whose bent-wing number 11? Nice pix. Tell me some more about the WOD airshow. I'm in Texas but my wife is from Lafayette ,county Wis. I've heard about the Dells for years but never have made it there.

Doug Ratchford, 'Canso42'

Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:51 pm

Doug,

The corsair is registered to MTW Aviation Inc Trustee in Wilmington, DE. I can't tell you much about the show, as it was my first time attending. More vendors than anything else, but a cool little show and the actual airshow portion was really good.

Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:40 pm

I agree..the vendors are starting to cheapen these shows..we need those who sell more expensive items..tends to keep the "riffraff" at bay{ wink}

Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:13 pm

Bear,
Thanks for the id. Tell us about that purty Stang on your avatar.
Doug.

Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:15 pm

And what is that nice blue #27 biplane?

Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:50 pm

Canso--

The blue bipe is, I'm quite sure, an early-30s Travel Air...but I haven't a clue which model. Lovely thing, at any rate.

The F4U-4 appears to be the Vintage Wings of Canada example, which was a very, very welcome guest (flown in by VWoC founder/owner Mike Potter) at the CWH FlyFest last month. A Corsair in the CWH hangar again was a sight for sore eyes. Nice pic...

S.

Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:59 pm

I got to see "The Belle" at Felts Field a few years ago and to me it looked like a warbird should, chipped paint, oil stains, etc. And now it looks even better with the "F" nose.

Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:03 am

I didn't know anything about the show, but it sure was cool to see Memphis Belle on the final approach from the interstate on my way to Minnesota!

Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:12 am

Canso42 wrote:And what is that nice blue #27 biplane?

It is an 1929 Curtis Wright Travelair E-4000.
Clay is a heck of a pilot and a super nice guy.
See his website if you are interested in a fun ride...
http://www.nostalgicwings.com/index.htm

Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:15 pm

REGINALD VON GLEASON III wrote:I agree..the vendors are starting to cheapen these shows..we need those who sell more expensive items..tends to keep the "riffraff" at bay{ wink}

From what I've seen...as long as there is a charge to get into a particualr airshow it tends to keep out the "riff-raff" (most of the time :roll:

). The free airshows open to the public tend to draw the "idiots" which cause problems.

John

Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:44 pm

Bryan,
Thanks for the link; that looks pretty cool. I'm in Texas but my in-laws live in the SW corner of Wisconsin and I'm searching aviation interest things to do for the next time I'm up there.
Doug