Warbird Information Exchange

Hey everyone. wanted to let you all know that the airshow is goingon today and tomorrow. Today went great! Please come out if you missed todays, Ill post pics tomorrow!

Dave

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I was out there and will be out again today. I will be posting photos soon as well, including a very scary stack fire that was too close for my comfort. The Tigercat was spinning the right engine for a long time and I was starting to wonder how long it was going to turn. When it finally caught, the fireball that came out was big, and lit all the fuel that had come out prior to start. I have seen a lot of stack fires over the years and most are pretty harmless, but this one too close for my comfort.

Dave

thanks for having us today.
A great operation all around
I see a day where the show is on the level of Chino someday soon.

keep up the good work.

Good luck with your find

Tom Neely

fire pics:
http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php/topic,12010.15.html

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Thanks Chuck, that is a good one. Best I ever seen was when a backfire blew a intake loose on the Rose and started a fire

Lynn

Hey there Earl (Tom). Thanks for coming out! Great to meet you! Looking forward to coming down and shopping!

Great to meet all the people who stopped by today from WIX that said hello. Hope I got all people who wanted tours through the airplane today.

Remember anytime someone wants a tour of the aircraft, please let us know, well be mroe than happy to take people through.

Dave

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California Air Heritage Foundation
B-25J / C-47B / And the list goes on....
"Never start a fight with 7 men when all your packin' is a 6-Gun! "

Proud Supporter of....American Aeronautical Foundation 501(c)(3)
http://www.aafgroup.org

Jeeze, those muppets at "fencecheck" really don't have a clue do they?. I bet Clay will be thrilled to discover that not only does he now own Joes F7F, but he also owns a couple of POF's Chino birds....

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Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

Doh! And that's why we actually move the halon bottle into position before the motor cranks.

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... 8959;image

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Maybe he was setting up for which ever aircraft was to the East of the Tigercat?

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Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

Yep...one bottle for the whole ramp...sounds typical. Sure hope she wore her track shoes!

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

No one in that thread said the F7F was Clay's. I was told by the EAA that the P-40 and the Corsair coming out were from Clay's collection. I discovered when I got there that it was actually the POF P-40, and the Corsair, from wherever never showed up.

There wasn't a fire bottle at the F7F when it started. The fire spotter, Sherry, was actually fire spotting for the F8F that was next to the Tigercat. She spotted the fire and ran over, but it was about out when she arrived. They should have had more fire bottles on hand.

Doh! Last post duly edited.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Hmmmm, I think ZRX61 is right on this one.

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... c=12010.30

Les

So someone made a mistake. I happen to know that photographer personally and calling him a "clueless muppet" is ridiculous.