Warbird Information Exchange

Did anyone get any pics of the Fly over this weekend for the Minnesota WWII Memorial Dedication?

I was unable to attend, heard that close to 10,000 people made it to the ceromony.

According to The Red Star and Tribunal, it was more like 22,000 with 4200 WWII vets on hand to be honored. The fly-over consisted of 18 mostly local warbirds.

John

The folks in Minnesota really do an excellent job of honoring the veterns and involving them in the activites.

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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK

I could not sneak away on Saturday, but someone called me from ANE.
The airplanes participating were
3-B-25s Miss Mitchell, Betty's Dream, and C+Ps polished example
3-P-51s Little Horse, City of Winnepeg Squadron, and Gerry Beck's A
11-T-6s from the local area...
Sorry no pictures...

I didn't get any pictures (something told me to bring my camera to work that morning but I ignored it). I was making a delivery in South Saint Paul, about a mile or two from Fleming Field, and they flew right over me. I was sure that I wasn't going to be able to see any of it, but darn was it cool and the high point of my day (the low point was when the suspension failed on my car about an hour and a half earlier.)

In addition to the planes Warbirdnerd listed, there was the CAF SMW BT-13 that flew past about two minutes later. It looks like maybe it was the missing man, since when I saw the T-6's, they were in four V's of three, but the last V was missing a plane.

Max (Lurker) has his most recent photo essay ready and it's another beauty...
http://maxair2air.com/07AIR/WWIIflyover/O01.html

Yeah, I just got those in my inbox this weekend. Really nice photos. I alway enjoy his shots!