CAF Air Show Galveston 1972 Part 2

bilwor · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:49 am

Here is the second part of the air show that day.
bill word

tex-fan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:57 am

very nice, thanks

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

Holy Krap.., surprised to see the Mosquito!!!!

Where is that now????

Holedigger · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:04 am

Indeed, very cool to see a Mosquito on the ramp. That pre-war Wildcat paint is rather cool as well, always liked those schemes!

RickH · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:06 am

Thanks, Bill. My first Galveston show was a few years later. Nevr saw the Scatterbrain Kid I, never saw the Mosquito, never knew it made it to a Galveston show.

The Blues taking the F-4s in there was sporty at best. GLS only has a 6000 ft runway ! We can do it with the A-4 but not the F-4, 7000 is our min.

Speedy · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:30 am

That was Ed Jurist's Mosquito, right? Man, that had to be JUST after he brought it over the pond. Very nice!

Also great to see the Blues in the F-4's. I never got to see the T-Birds fly the Hun (which I've been told was pretty cool), but it seems the Phantom was just MADE to be a demo plane. Maybe it was the size (big as a B-25), or the shape of the wings, or whatever...but the diamond and delta formations were so filled in that it seemed 'solid'.

Great stuff, Bill. Thanks!

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:37 am

Thanks for the photos!

bluehawk15 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:41 am

That A-26 with the yellow band on the tail and red nacelle rings isn't with us anymore, as far as I know. I think it had an engine fire in San Angelo and sat abandoned for years. John Stokes mechanics salvaged some parts off it for one of his planes in the late 80's, then a few years later it went away. Where to I don't know.

oldsoul1864 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:38 pm

Great Picts,

Thanks for posting them. They bring back sweet memories. The first airshow that got me hooked was Transpo 72 at Dulles airport. Wow that was a great show!

I can't recall, but most of those birds were there I think. It was awesome, I was like 14 and hooked on warbirds!

Chip

DenverWarbirdFan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:42 pm

Did the Blues frequently use pink smoke or is that just the kodachrome?

bilwor · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:50 pm

I think it is a combination of red smoke against a blue sky and Kodachrome.
bill word

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:25 pm

The Mosi is at the USAM in Dayton now I think, somebody needs to confirm this for me. Ober is this the same one you gave your carbon foot print on...

Lynn

Holedigger · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:52 pm

Seems to be
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/mossiere ... rs709.html

airnutz · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:48 am

oldsoul1864 wrote:

The first airshow that got me hooked was Transpo 72 at Dulles airport.

OS, do you know of any photo collections of the early Dulles shows? I attended one of the big ones around
1970? Saw my first C-5A, a Vulcan, Valkyrie, and a blistering routine flown by and E.E. Lightning..among
others there.

Thanks Bill for this Galveston series of photos..nice stuff!

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:04 pm

bluehawk15 wrote:

That A-26 with the yellow band on the tail and red nacelle rings isn't with us anymore, as far as I know. I think it had an engine fire in San Angelo and sat abandoned for years. John Stokes mechanics salvaged some parts off it for one of his planes in the late 80's, then a few years later it went away. Where to I don't know.

I was told by a member of the "Spirit of Waco" group years ago that N6101C was trucked to the farm of a Ranger Wing member and stored. I haven't got any confirmation that it is still there, so if anyone knows anything, lets hear it.

T J

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