Warbird Information Exchange

This last weekend was the 35th anniversary of the Stuart FL Air Show.
List of warbirds static and performing, TBM, BT-15, C-47, T-6, Corsair and Mustang.
But of note were some of the current military aircraft.
50th anniversary of the F-16 displayed in the colors of the YF-16's first flight.
This was also the final season of the A10 Demo team, and this was their last performance.
So, a couple of interesting things going on.

Some photos below.

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Bill


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As a former member of an A-10 unit, it will be sad to see them go.
A great air show aircraft, could do a great display in front of the crowd.

Hopefully someone one can get one as a warbird....someone imported a complete Tornado F2 and plans to fly it, so I'd guess anything's possible.

In comparison, the A-10 is inexpensive and "green" to operate. No one overseas operates them, so there isn't a black market for parts.
Hopefully, someone will have the political juice to pry one out of D-M.

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I figure if you wanted my opinion on items unrelated to this forum, you'd ask for it.

Couple more photos,

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Bill


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Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing them.

Excellent shots Bill! That was one heck of a lineup they had for the show, as far as the military demos are concerned!

Very sad to see the A-10 go.

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Great shots. Whose color scheme is the mig painted in? and whose mig is that?

That's a Cuban scheme. Which immediately took out to me as well.

No idea to whom it belongs.

The Mig 17 was flown at the show by Tony Remudo.

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Bill


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These are great, thanks for sharing them. Never saw that MiG before either.